Thoughts & Comments

The Rise of the Adversarial Candidate

We reap what we sow We reap what we sow

March 24, 2026

Deus Ex Machina

On the myth of AGI 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 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 We must transition from assuming things are true to assuming they are false

October 20, 2024

Open Source & Competition

Cooperation is an essential component of efficient markets Cooperation is an essential component of efficient markets

July 25, 2024

Perfectly Fragile

Until we incentivize building resilient systems, we're going to have a bad time 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 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 Time to process a bit of grief

February 29, 2024

Leadership Predispositions

And the environments that attract them And the environments that attract them

August 30, 2023

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

April 30, 2023