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With AI, We’ll Get What We Pay For

Published in 2026 • Perspective

We spend enormous energy asking whether AI will do what we ask it to. We spend far less time asking:…

The AI Question Is Really an Everything Question

Published in 2026 • Perspective

The social media addiction verdicts came down this month, and while it’s heartening to see companies held accountable, the relief…

How to Make AI Serve the Public

Published in 2026 • Perspective

Rethinking AI power: why the public must govern the systems shaping our lives.

The Architecture of Abundance

Published in 2020 • Perspective

See where it all started – our collaboratively created speculative fiction about a world that is designed around its natural abundance.