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Featured writing · 2026

The Next Great Transformation Needs a Great Transition

From Polanyi to AGI and the fight to re-embed intelligence in society.

Communications

Reality Engineering in the Age of the Dark Forest

From the archive · 2025

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Karl Polanyi

How the rise of market society reshaped economic and social life.

Nick Bostrom

Life and meaning when advanced technology can meet our practical needs.

Iain M. Banks

A fictional civilization exploring abundance, intelligence, freedom, and intervention.