The State Addicted to the Instrument
COVID was the Keynesian moment. The post-COVID state is the Hayekian warning: emergency instruments rarely remain emergency instruments.
The Machine Should Make Us More Human
Why the next AI race should not be measured by how much it removes us, but by how much it extends human will and judgment.
The Sound of a Dying Interface
Fake EV engine noise is not really about sound. It is about old industries using nostalgia to delay a new interface.
The Source Code of Meaning
AI forces an old metaphysical question into practical infrastructure: if consciousness is treated as accidental, our machines will treat meaning as optional.
The Netherlands Is Better Than It Feels
The facts are not subtle: the Netherlands is safer, richer, healthier, better educated and more abundant than in 1990. The problem is that fear has better distribution than progress.
The Outside Is the Illusion
Quantum physics does not prove Vedanta. The deeper wound is the fantasy that truth can be understood from outside reality.
Will Apple Move Fast Enough to Make the Interface the Institution?
After Apple’s keynote, the real question is not whether Apple can make Siri better. It is whether Apple is bold enough to turn the iPhone into the trusted personal AI interface.
