Essays
One record per published post, linking it to what it cites.
8 records. Review labels describe the catalogue entry, not the source’s reliability. About record status
For the Love of Law
An argument that the law is the source code of the state, that its illegibility is a compounding debt, and that machine-readable law is the overdue successor to the codex.
Qualified confidenceHello, World
The introductory post, setting out who the author is, the ground between engineering and policy that the later essays occupy, and what the blog is for.
Qualified confidenceI Gave an AI a Civilization to Run. It Built a Nuke.
An account of building a Civilization VI evaluation harness, with reported pilot results about agents’ observations, plans and actions.
Limited evidenceNeo-Technocracy: Same Dream, Bigger Budget
An essay tracing technocracy from Technocracy Inc. through OGAS, Cybersyn and the No.10 data science team to the AI build-out, which it calls neo-technocracy.
Qualified confidenceSomewhere Worth Living
An essay on the Britain we might grow into and what we owe the places we inherit, illustrated with AI-generated imagined streets.
Qualified confidenceWhen the Agents Found God
An essay about religious-themed activity on Moltbook and an author-arranged exchange between two AI systems about meaning.
Limited evidenceYou Can't Shame a Fork
An argument about how copying and updating AI systems complicates accountability, compared with institutions that developed around print and scientific publishing.
Qualified confidenceYour Country Needs Builders
A personal reflection on the Innovation Fellowship, Redbox and building institutions that retain the ability to learn and act.
Qualified confidence