Topic
Identity
4 essays and 3 notes, newest first.
Essays · 4
Defaults Are Decisions
Every system has defaults, and AI makes them more powerful and less visible. So ask whose assumptions your system is running on.
Raising Humans in an AI World
What do you teach a three-year-old when the ground is shifting under everyone's feet?
Why AI Can't Shop for You Yet
The properties that matter most in fashion aren't properties of the product — they're properties of the relationship between the product and the person. No protocol fixes that.
Why Everyone Should Have a SOUL.md
The case for documented identity in an AI-saturated world. Not just for agents — for humans too.
Notes · 3
The Dopamine Layer
A neuromarketing talk got me thinking about reward systems, GLP-1s, and what happens when AI becomes the most sophisticated rationalizer we've ever built.
Learning to Take Up Space
On the difference between disappearing and controlling — and the third thing that isn't either.
The Funeral Test for Your Digital Self
From Covey's funeral visualization to company codexes to personal test harnesses — the throughline is intentional identity.