







The world doesn’t react to the vibes we want to give off
AI FOR EPISTEMICS & COORDINATION
Civilization and technology have radically improved the human condition. Nonetheless, the world sometimes goes in directions which essentially nobody would prefer — e.g., nuclear arms races, unexpected financial crashes, predatory marketing, or ubiquitous political misinformation.
Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI
AI is junk food for the mind: easy, tempting and ultimately very bad for you.

The AI Preference Cascade Reaches Farther
Those who know keep warning us about AI risks.

Our minds did not evolve for AI
AI is mental junk food: tasty and tempting, but ultimately unhealthy — a cognitive hot dog

The Preference Cascade Is Only Getting Started
We are in the midst of a preference cascade about existential risk from AI.

Are We Betting on the Wrong Kind of Intelligence?
AI optimizes for the world as it was. Rewilding could be what prepares us for the world as it is.

On Taste, Effort & Curiosity - again
When AI collapses how long it takes to ship, what’s left is judgment, experimentation, and knowing what not to build.
The future belongs to those who can refute AI, not just generate with AI
Why verification, not prompting, could shape the next decade of engineering

TrendLife Study Shows AI Is Moving Fast, but Consumers and Families are Being Left Behind
New study of over 10,000 consumers across 9 countries reveals worry exceeds excitement about generative AI as most lack the tools and confidence to use it safely TOKYO, May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --...

AI Changes Everything
From fear to optimism: why I am convinced AI is worth embracing.

Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?
Reflections on autonomy and the value of thinking for ourselves

March 2026 Global Dialogues Survey | Windfall Trust
Here’s what the world had to say about the AI economy

The Age of Wonders and Terrors
Twenty years ago, when the idea of AI taking over the world in our lifetimes still struck most of us as the unconstrained fantasy of those who knew too much science fiction and too little science, …
The AI future where humans get paid to be creative
An AI Future Is Much Shakier Than You Think
The ghosts of past futurism give pause to predictions of digital change.

