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Essays on AI, foresight, and intentional living. Each one starts from signals that are already here and follows them into a future worth building toward.
AI + hyper-specific co-branding
What if co-branding collaborations were as simple as 10 min conversation and as common place as a google search? This article explores the signals pointing toward a hyper-specific Agentic AI future. And the most important question this future asks isn't economic. It's personal. Not what can I monetize. But what do I want to still be nourishing long after I'm gone.
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Conversations With AI: Scaling Mental Ontology
This article explores how conversations with AI can help individuals deepen their own thinking and make new personal connections, rather than simply accepting AI-generated answers. It highlights the concept of using AI to "scale mental ontology," suggesting that AI can amplify and transmit our ways of understanding and navigating the world, enabling us to share knowledge and frameworks of thinking in unprecedented ways.
Read the essay →Updating Atoms Like Pixels
"Programmable matter" envisions a future where physical atoms can be updated as easily as digital pixels, shifting manufacturing toward "growing" products by merging technology with biology [1]. Inspired by innovators like Neri Oxman, the article suggests that the boundary between the physical and digital is dissolving as our environment and cells become editable. The work explores the concept of Material Ecology, where design and nature are deeply intertwined .
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Experiential Futures Exhibit: Timeless
TIMELESS is my first experiential futures exhibition. It explores intentional living, legacy, thinking in decades, embedding physical objects with digital memories, and what it means to “meet the moment” of future memories. It serves as both an art exhibition and a foresight laboratory.
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The Post-General Era
Wrote about a shift I am see as we move from averages to hyper-personal worlds. "Perhaps the biggest insight is the importance of people learning to navigate choice rather than accept the general. When the world is no longer designed for the average, you can’t hide in the general. Knowing ones own self is no longer a nice-to-have but a necessity in navigating this post-general era. We need to realize that technology is becoming an incredibly powerful mirror, revealing deeper parts of ourselves."
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Conversations With AI: Youth & The Future
This conversation with AI, explored a topic for a future podcast episode featuring my kids sharing their visions of the future. It touched on questions about technology, future jobs, and timeless values such as curiosity, kindness, and adaptability. I reflected on the importance of play, emotional intelligence, and constructive conflict in a tech-driven world. The conversation is thoughtful and hopeful, highlighting how the next generation might navigate and shape the future with intention.
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AI Agents + TV
Showcasing new signals of change in the TV industry and new experiences that it will bring. With it I shares a conversation I had with ChatGPT about the topic. The content is good but the real goal is to look at how I ask questions and get inspiration. Learning how to ask deeper questions is one of the best skills you can hone for the future.
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Becoming Better Humans
A decade ago, I published the first issue of 3vies Magazine, Volume 30 . The very first piece I ever wrote was an article titled “Becoming a Better Human.” It was the spark that set in motion an entire year of creating and publishing a print magazine. Ten years later, those words feel more relevant than ever. Recently, listening to Mustafa Suleyman on Sinead Bovell’s podcast I’ve Got Questions , I was struck by his statement: “the goal of technology is to improve the lot of all humanity.” His words carried me back to that very first article—its spirit, its urgency, and its timelessness.
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Change, Rhythms and Feedback loops
One of the biggest challenges for any human or company is learning how to effectively update their belief system. It's learning to introduce tiny new concepts and finding new paths. Change is a daily occurrence for those seeking progress . The first step in anything life-changing is becoming aware of one's desire to change. Next is transitioning that desire into actions and feedback loops. Then, consistent action over time. In short, this is reorienting people on how to alter their decision-making process.
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The Future of Value Exchange
This paper explores the evolution of compensation and value exchange , which is shifting from a measure of productivity to a reflection of alignment, access, and contribution. These shifts are transforming the very foundation of our economies. From extractive systems, measured by productivity and anchored in a scarcity mindset, to systems of collective growth, access, and contribution, rooted in an abundance mindset that values nourishment and mutual flourishing.
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