Don't Be a Slop Cannon
AI applies the pressure of disposable everything to something new: intelligence. Use it a lot. Just don't let the speed replace the part of you that decides.
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Ideas about attention, systems, technology, and how we choose to use them.
- 02The Model Is the Spice. Own the Machine Around It.The Dune analogy is not that tokens are scarce. It is that dependency creates power. Own the boundary around inference—and the system that makes your product valuable.
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Attention as Power: The Signal That Shapes UsWhat we pay attention to becomes what we believe, who we are, and how the world changes. Attention is not just a resource - it's a force. - 04
When the Context Flips: Rethinking AGI and the Future of Human-AI CollaborationArtificial General Intelligence might not arrive with a bang, but with a flip - when AI stops waiting for input and starts offering context. - 05
Using AI Intentionally: A Systems Thinking ApproachHow to think about AI through the lens of inflows, stocks, and outflows - and why that matters. - 06
Performing for the Crowd: When Everyone Is WatchingWhen we live online, we perform. Platforms collapse all our audiences into one - and algorithms amplify what performs best. - 07
Why Governments Are Suboptimal SystemsAnd why real progress often feels impossible. - 08
The Age of Captured AttentionYour attention is the most valuable thing you own - and it's being auctioned off every second. Let's explore how we got here. - 09
Try, Fail, Adjust, Repeat: How Reinforcement Learning Mirrors GrowthReinforcement learning isn't about being told what to do - it's about trying, failing, and learning through feedback. Like life. - 10
Small Rules. Big Consequences.How Conway's Game of Life taught me that tiny rules, repeated enough times, can produce something that feels alive.