The Manifesto
Most of what's shaping AI, business, tech and how it actually impacts people is poorly explained. We don't have a balanced and objective view on what's currently happening in society. I'd rather just tell you how I see it and give you my authentic thoughts.
This newsletter is built on one belief: convenience is great, dependency is expensive.
During the pandemic, I went almost ninety days without being able to get a haircut. Not a crisis, not even close. But it put something in front of me I'd never had to look at before: I'd outsourced something that basic so completely that I had no alternative when the normal way of doing it just stopped working. So I bought a pair of clippers and learned to cut my own hair. Not because everyone should. Because I wanted a choice, and I hadn't had one.
We are handing more of our lives over to systems we don't own and can't see inside of, and we're doing it fast. Most of it is genuinely good, and I use plenty of it myself. But there's a real difference between using something and being unable to function without it, and almost nobody is keeping track of which side of that line they're on. That's the question underneath everything I publish: how do we use the modern world without becoming powerless when the systems we depend on change, fail, or decide differently?
I take the trending stories shaping our world and give them real conversation and its impact on us. Not just what happened but why it matters. The context behind the headline. The question everyone's thinking but nobody's publishing. The real story usually lives somewhere between the announcement and the outcome, and that's the part I'm interested in.
What you'll get from every issue:
Authentic takes, in plain language, on the things impacting us as a society. You'll learn something you genuinely didn't know and read where I stand on it. You'll walk away with something useful to bring into your next conversation, meeting, or decision. Or, you'll disagree with me completely.
I'm excited for you to join me in these conversations.
Jay