Thoughts & Comments

The Rise of the Adversarial Candidate

We reap what we sow

The Rise of the Adversarial Candidate

March 24, 2026

Deus Ex Machina

On the myth of AGI

Deus Ex Machina

June 12, 2025

Weakness is not a Solution

It turns out designing vulnerabilities into our systems makes us more vulnerable

Weakness is not a Solution

October 30, 2024

Context Matters

We must transition from assuming things are true to assuming they are false

Context Matters

October 20, 2024

Open Source & Competition

Cooperation is an essential component of efficient markets

Open Source & Competition

July 25, 2024

Perfectly Fragile

Until we incentivize building resilient systems, we're going to have a bad time

Perfectly Fragile

July 21, 2024

Rebuttal to "Why Crypto Just Won't Die"

We're building blockchains for the same reason we composed alphabets

Rebuttal to "Why Crypto Just Won't Die"

March 15, 2024

Marketing is the Mission

Time to process a bit of grief

Marketing is the Mission

February 29, 2024

Leadership Predispositions

And the environments that attract them

Leadership Predispositions

August 30, 2023

The Joy of AI Dread

What if the innovator is (perhaps for the first time) the demographic most imperiled by the innovation?

The Joy of AI Dread

April 30, 2023

Privacy (or not) is a Systems Property

And there is no such thing as enabling privacy as a "feature"

Privacy (or not) is a Systems Property

March 30, 2023

Security is a UX Problem

The first step to improve security is to stop blaming the victim

Security is a UX Problem

February 15, 2023

The Risk of Enforcing the Status Quo

We suppress new technologies at our peril

The Risk of Enforcing the Status Quo

January 04, 2023

The Economics of Deception

On identity, trust, and verifiability

The Economics of Deception

December 30, 2022

AI and Attorney Woo

First, go watch Season 1 of Extraordinary Attorney Woo

AI and Attorney Woo

November 01, 2022