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Things I went deep on - technical rabbit holes, ideas about how technology shapes the world, and whatever I could not stop thinking about long enough to write down.

March 15, 2026·4 min read

The speed of light is a governance problem

I was thinking about Mars colonies and realized the communication delay does not just slow things down. It changes how civilization is structured at a fundamental level.

SpaceCivilizationFermi ParadoxCommunication
March 4, 2026·4 min read

What we lose when AI manages our friendships

I was thinking about delegating friendship maintenance to AI. The more I followed that thought the less I liked where it went.

AISocietyFriendshipsTechnology
February 22, 2026·4 min read

What happens to the life we seed

I was thinking about Mars colonization and wondered why we need humans there at all. What if we just sent bacteria and waited a billion years?

AstrobiologyPanspermiaEvolutionSpace
February 13, 2026·3 min read

Someone should be watching the sky

We have a Space Force. But Space Force is about military positioning in orbit. Who is actually responsible for protecting Earth from what comes from outside?

Planetary DefenseSpacePolicyExistential Risk

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These posts are original and take a while to get right - finding the right angle, doing the research, sitting with the idea long enough that it is worth writing down. I aim for at least one a month, but there is no fixed schedule. When something is ready, it goes out. You will not get anything else.

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