That’s the thing about the bridge. On the edges, at least, you have company. You have your tribe, your certainties, your enemies clearly marked. On the bridge you have the view, which shows you too much, and the quiet, which never lifts. Continue reading The Bridge
As Dickens wrote of Fezziwig, we all have “the power to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil.” That power extends beyond the office. It shapes families, communities, and the future we’re building together.
If you’ve been reading this blog quietly for a while, thank you. If you’re standing at your own threshold, wondering what comes next, I hope you’ll stay tuned.
The archipelago is forming. And there’s room for you on these islands. Continue reading Big Updates: The Book Has Evolved. So Has the Mission.
ow we treat workers as AI reshapes the economy. How we handle communities disrupted by automation. How we balance efficiency against human dignity when machines can do it faster and cheaper.
If we justify humane treatment of displaced workers by arguing it “maintains social stability” or “protects consumer spending,” we’re building on straw again. The moment someone decides the instability is manageable, the justification disappears. Continue reading Straw Houses
We call it common sense. But what we’re really doing is designing around fear of the worst among us. And in doing so, we create the very outcomes we were trying to prevent. Continue reading 2026-The Year We Stop Being Played
George’s system is messier, slower, built on handshakes and trust and knowing people’s names. It’s inefficient as hell. But it gives people something Potter never offers: a stake. A piece of the thing they’re helping to build. Continue reading It’s still A Wonderful Life: Why Ownership Matters
In a world where growth can occur without people, people don’t automatically benefit from growth Continue reading Why the “Strong Economy” Feels Like a Lie—And Why We Can’t Let Billionaires Write the Next Chapter
Why repair what’s broken when you can discard it? Why wrestle with suffering when you can anesthetize it? Why invest in healing when replacement is more efficient? Continue reading Mending Is Better Than Ending
American competitive culture—the belief that you prove your worth by sacrificing everything, that love must be earned through achievement, that there is no second place—is a choice. Not fate. Not human nature. A cultural invention.
And a cruel one. Continue reading The Wrong Race: What Winning Costs in America
But those rough edges were never the source of authenticity. They were just markers of who could and couldn’t afford good editing.
The machine didn’t give me my ideas, create my arguments, or manufacture my voice. It did what my human editors did—helped me find the words that were always there but just out of reach. Continue reading Breaking Down Barriers: AI’s Role in Authentic Writing
History is full of surprises that make experts look foolish and predictions look quaint. The breakthroughs might be invented in rich nations, but the transformation—the real meaning of those breakthroughs—often comes from places no one was watching Continue reading Where No One Is Looking
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