Thoughts & Comments
The Rise of the Adversarial Candidate
We reap what we sow
March 24, 2026
Deus Ex Machina
On the myth of AGI
June 12, 2025
Weakness is not a Solution
It turns out designing vulnerabilities into our systems makes us more vulnerable
October 30, 2024
Context Matters
We must transition from assuming things are true to assuming they are false
October 20, 2024
Perfectly Fragile
Until we incentivize building resilient systems, we're going to have a bad time
July 21, 2024
Rebuttal to "Why Crypto Just Won't Die"
We're building blockchains for the same reason we composed alphabets
March 15, 2024
Marketing is the Mission
Time to process a bit of grief
February 29, 2024
The Joy of AI Dread
What if the innovator is (perhaps for the first time) the demographic most imperiled by the innovation?
April 30, 2023
Privacy (or not) is a Systems Property
And there is no such thing as enabling privacy as a "feature"
March 30, 2023
Security is a UX Problem
The first step to improve security is to stop blaming the victim
February 15, 2023
The Economics of Deception
On identity, trust, and verifiability
December 30, 2022