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Energy Is Money. Money Is Memory. We Just Made Remembering the Most Expensive Thing on Earth.
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Energy Is Money. Money Is Memory. We Just Made Remembering the Most Expensive Thing on Earth.

The AI buildout is not a compute story. It is the largest act of memory-making in human history. And the thing that decides what humanity keeps is now a queue position at a utility.

August 9, 2026•8 min read
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You Are the Moat

A letter to the generation being told they have to compete with infinity.

May 22, 2026•9 min read
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Psychedelics Could Become Extractive Capitalism—Unless We Hold Stakeholders Accountable

November 11, 2021
DAO: The Way Of Dao
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DAO: The Way Of Dao

September 20, 2018
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Enterprise Blockchain: Can Big Business Co-opt an Existential Threat?

June 19, 2018
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What Solutions are Best Built with Blockchain- or NOT

March 28, 2018
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Systems & Innovation

A Historical Perspective on Blockchain

March 21, 2018
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Systems & Innovation

The Ball and Blockchain: Obstacles to a World-Changing Trajectory

March 20, 2018
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Clout v. Klout: Why They Aren’t the Same Thing, And Never Will Be

April 17, 2012
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Amazon Trumps All Other Suitors in Quest for Hulu

September 19, 2011
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Jumping Through Hoops with Hulu: Will Hollywood Kill Their Offspring Again?

September 19, 2011
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Key Cloud Migration Decisions

August 23, 2011
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A Cynic Predicts IT and Media in 2011

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I Made Money Today on Psychedelics. I'm Not Celebrating.

On the day Eli Lilly spent $2.8 billion upfront ($3.8 billion total if regulatory milestones are met) validating psychedelic medicine, a woman named Tina…

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