Who Reads? AI, Authorship, and the Collective Conversation
Writing just got a whole lot easier, but reading didn’t. Here’s what comes next.
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Knowledge & Tech
From the printing press to AI. How technology reshapes speech, knowledge, and individual choice.
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Who Reads? AI, Authorship, and the Collective Conversation
Writing just got a whole lot easier, but reading didn’t. Here’s what comes next.
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To Understand the AI Alignment Problem, Consider the Human Alignment Problem.
We haven’t solved that one, either.
AI Can’t Linger Over Dinner
There are no substitutes in the search for human connection.
The Automated Overton Window
How digital systems shape which political alternatives become thinkable
Enshittification, Despotification, and the Open Internet
It’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes.
AI and the First Amendment
LLMs can be infuriating, and they’re not even human. Critics may ask: Why should they enjoy First Amendment rights?
