The Razor's Edge of Human Government Design
Capitalism is cruel, communism is compassionate, and somehow we have to thread between them
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Capitalism is cruel, communism is compassionate, and somehow we have to thread between them
Why real creativity might require real feeling — and what we'd owe an AI that had it
Why I think Markdown is a better spec format than HTML
It's not that companies aren't using AI—it's that they can't

An open-source Life Operating System for your Digital Assistant
Companies always wanted to do the work themselves — AI just gave them the tools
Companies don't want to pay millions for the bottom 90% anymore — they'd rather hand the top 10% better tools
Hard-to-vary explanations, ideal state criteria, and what knowledge actually is — voice transcript, lightly cleaned