Thoughts & Comments

Reflections on "Don't be evil"

European digital autonomy is a global good

Andy Schwab

Jun 10

The Rise of the Adversarial Candidate

We reap what we sow

Andy Schwab

Mar 24

Deus Ex Machina

On the myth of AGI

Andy Schwab

Jun 12 '25

Weakness is not a Solution

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

Andy Schwab

Oct 30 '24

Context Matters

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

Andy Schwab

Oct 20 '24

Open Source & Competition

Cooperation is an essential component of efficient markets

Andy Schwab

Jul 25 '24

Perfectly Fragile

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

Andy Schwab

Jul 21 '24

Rebuttal to "Why Crypto Just Won't Die"

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

Andy Schwab

Mar 15 '24

Marketing is the Mission

Time to process a bit of grief

Andy Schwab

Feb 29 '24

Leadership Predispositions

And the environments that attract them

Andy Schwab

Aug 30 '23

The Joy of AI Dread

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

Andy Schwab

Apr 30 '23

Privacy (or not) is a Systems Property

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

Andy Schwab

Mar 30 '23

Security is a UX Problem

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

Andy Schwab

Feb 15 '23

The Risk of Enforcing the Status Quo

We suppress new technologies at our peril

Andy Schwab

Jan 4 '23

The Economics of Deception

On identity, trust, and verifiability

Andy Schwab

Dec 30 '22

AI and Attorney Woo

First, go watch Season 1 of Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Andy Schwab

Nov 1 '22