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Essays on automation, wealth, and the future of human purpose — written to be actually useful.
The Future of Money in a World Run by Machines
What happens to money itself when AI and automation reshape how the economy works? The rules of money — who controls it, how it moves, what it's worth — are about to change more in the next twenty years than they have in the last two hundred.
The Ladder Problem: Why Entry-Level Jobs Matter More Than Total Employment
The standard debate about automation focuses on total job loss. That's the wrong number. The number that matters is how many entry-level jobs remain — because those are the rungs everyone needs to start climbing.
Why I Call It Citizens' Dividend, Not UBI
Universal Basic Income is the right policy for the wrong reasons. The framing matters — and "dividend" captures something essential that "income" obscures: this money is owed, not given.
We Built Everything for Scarcity. Now We Need to Rebuild It for Abundance.
Healthcare, education, housing, retirement, immigration — every major policy system was designed around the assumption that resources are fundamentally limited. That assumption is being invalidated. The systems remain.
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