Blog
I use ChatGPT to spellcheck, translate, fact check, research, and occasionally for inspiration. The writing itself is my own.
Ideas

Impermanence and revolt
2026-02-08
Saying 'no' as a form of orientation when meaning starts to drift.

Talleyrand vs La Fayette
2025-11-27
Deux modèles de décision pour un monde en changement.

Machines of no intrinsic grace
2025-05-01
Ensuring AI contributes to a democratic future is up to us.

Will AI expand or reduce speech?
2024-01-17
Thinking from first principle about the ecosystem effects.

The Agony of Eros
2024-01-14
A review of Byung-Chul Han's essay.

Success metric: societal good?
2023-04-12
A missing consideration in assessing the safety of new technology.

It’s time to stop thinking of hackers as superhuman
2020-02-22
Turning our attention to the power of individuals to protect democracy.

The three stages of our relationship with Tech
2020-01-22
According to Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard.

Psychological warfare and built-in injustice
2020-01-14
The need to reform the French “classes prépas.”
Stories

Four Fragments
2026-02-08
An ode to D_ from The Copyriter, by Daniel Poppick.

The one day list
2026-01-29
On the eve of his retirement, Chris takes stock of his wishes.

Winter storm
2026-01-25
Learning to be more like snow.

Cinq à table
2026-01-12
Un groupe d'ammis dit au revoir à Sam.

Désir à Venise
2026-01-07
Obsession maladive dans la Sérenissime.

Provence, année zéro
2025-11-28
Du souvenir des collines à l’espoir du renouveau.