Every Promethean revolution carries the seeds of its own decentering. The telescope, spaceflight, the genome — and now LLMs. Rabbi Bunim, to the AI builders: "I am but dust and ashes." To the rest of us: "For my sake was the world created."
Anarchy’s Middle Managers: my review of The Dispossessed
Riffs on power, bureaucracy, and giving the work away, inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s great novel.
I gave an AI three classic Soviet invention puzzles. It solved one in six seconds. Was it inventing or recalling? Either way, are we any closer to an invention machine?
When a bridge collapses, blaming gravity is a non-answer. Engineers are supposed to design for gravity, and people who design companies should similarly design for financial gravity. This book is about how to do that.
