Systems Thinking
The Discovery That Never Happened
How unspoken questions and missing dissent can prevent ideas from meeting—and what organizations can do to protect discovery.
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Learning & Knowledge
AI & Emerging Technology
Before the Fire: How We Learn to Use AI Safely
Responsible AI use is a learning loop: anticipate what could go wrong, observe what happens, and use what you learn to improve the next decision.
AI & Emerging Technology
What Chatbot Tricks Can Teach Us About Working Together
Repeatable habits keep human judgment involved when working with GenAI: develop the substance, pause to review, then give it shape.
Learning & Knowledge
Give Each Other a Break: We Aren’t Losing Our Minds
Shared false memories and real differences between versions can both shape disagreements. Ask whether people were shown the same thing.
Society, Policy & Culture
Same Behavior, Different Meaning
Visible behavior can carry different cultural meanings. What goes unrecorded creates blind spots for language models and for us.
AI & Emerging Technology
Behavior Patterns for Creating with GenAI
Shared Conceptual Vocabulary for Working with AI
AI & Emerging Technology
What Did You Stop Wondering About?
An invitation to revisit an old curiosity and see where a conversation with generative AI might lead.
AI & Emerging Technology
The First Tool That Can Speak Before It Knows Why
Generative AI can produce fluent language before purpose, audience, and evidence are fully formed. That changes the thinking loops we need.
AI & Emerging Technology
Brainstorming with AI While Keeping Our Feet on the Ground
A grounded reflection on brainstorming with AI, chasing creative rabbit holes, and keeping human judgment in charge.
AI & Emerging Technology
Before You Hand Someone a Hammer
A short PSA about choosing the right tool for the job, and teaching Generative AI through guided, low-stakes practice.
AI & Emerging Technology
The Invitation
A reflection on generative AI as an invitation for broader participation, patient teaching, and community learning.
AI & Emerging Technology
Second Brains, Post Offices, and the Problem of Finding Things
A plain-language explanation of why AI-powered second brains depend on maps, indexes, and human validation to find the right information.
AI & Emerging Technology
Where Second Brains Break
A practical article on stress-testing AI-powered second brains for retrieval, source authority, calibration, and safe operating boundaries.
AI & Emerging Technology
Building a Better Human-Bot Collaboration Environment in Obsidian
What it took to turn scattered notes, an AI agent, and a shifting workspace into a collaboration that actually got better over time.
AI & Emerging Technology
How LLMs Answer Questions They Were Never Taught
A useful answer is not proof that a chatbot knows, remembers, or has checked the answer.
AI & Emerging Technology
Learning From the Illusion of Knowing
A convincing response can still be a useful object of investigation.
Learning & Knowledge
Estimating the Speed of Light with Chocolate
Estimate the speed of light with a microwave, a ruler, and a chocolate bar.