When Software Becomes Labor: Who's Accountable When AI Agents Act on Our Behalf?
When Perplexity's AI agent shops Amazon on your behalf, who's actually responsible for what it does—and how do we design systems where meaningful accountability is even possible?
On Being There
A short story about AI twins, digital presence, and what we lose when showing up becomes optional.
Apple's Health Pivot: From Feature to Business Model
Apple's reorganization of health and fitness under its services isn't just an internal shuffling—it's a declaration that the company has spent a decade building its next multi-billion-dollar business.
Google Makes $460 From Your Data. You Get $2.
Technology platforms extract enormous value from user data while compensating the sources minimally or not at all.
Why Creative Work Can't Be Measured Like Business Outcomes
The tension between creative craft and business outcomes isn't a problem to solve—it's a productive collision that forces better solutions than either pure artistry or pure commerce can achieve alone.
The False Promise of AI Deregulation
The House's proposed decade-long ban on state AI regulation creates a dangerous oversight vacuum just when we need thoughtful rules to ensure AI systems serve human needs rather than exploit our vulnerabilities.
Conway's Law in the Age of AI: How Communication Shapes Organizations
As AI agents reshape organizational communication patterns, Conway's Law works both ways—our systems mirror our structures, but those systems then reinforce and calcify those same structures, creating a feedback loop that AI will dramatically amplify.
Why I Traded My Apple Watch for a Casio
In trading my Apple Watch for a simple Casio, I'm rediscovering what it means to listen to my body rather than outsourcing my health decisions to algorithms and activity rings.
