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The Entry Point Moved
May 10, 2026
The Class of 2026 is graduating into something their advisors did not fully prepare them for. Not a recession, not a tight market in the traditional sense....
Entrepreneurs Don't Have a Flag When the Chips Are Down
May 2, 2026
There's a conversation happening in boardrooms and congressional hearings about which AI models Americans should be allowed to use. The implicit assumption...
The Involuntary Pilot Program
April 18, 2026
New essay is live. The Involuntary Pilot Program - After the Grind The GSA lost 40% of its workforce and is now automating a million work hours. This is the...
The Fear Index Is Up. The Strategy Is Wrong.
March 31, 2026
A new Quinnipiac poll finds that 55% of Americans now believe AI will do more harm than good in their daily lives. That is an 11-point jump since April 2025....
The Solow Paradox Returns: AI Is Everywhere Except Where It Counts
February 23, 2026
In 1987, economist Robert Solow made a famously dry observation: "You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics." Nearly four...
The Resume Is Dead
February 19, 2026
When AI can do the credentialed work, credentials stop being the signal. What replaces them? Judgment, taste, and the ability to sit with ambiguity. Read the...
The AI-Washing Problem: When Companies Blame the Robot
February 19, 2026
Here is a number that should make you uncomfortable: 30,700 tech workers have lost their jobs so far in 2026. Of those, roughly 1,430 have been explicitly...
The Last Moment That Matters
February 18, 2026
This week's headlines read like a countdown clock that nobody asked for. Microsoft's AI chief told reporters that most white-collar tasks could be "fully...