Oct 1, 2026 · 6 min · 4 segments
Find the video version of this episode here. As some of you may have seen, the blog and podcast I ran for 7 years ended but the rebirth is here. The short…
Neoliberalism provides no answers for a world where half of knowledge work is automated and companies are forcing workers to wear video cameras to record how they do the work to train AI models for robots to do it in the future.
We are in a strange interregnum where the contradictions of the system are being made bare for all to see, but not easily make sense of.
The question of ownership of these technologies has always been pertinent, but we've reached a new tipping point.
Similar to my last platform, my goal here is to provide not just a cathartic critique of the system, but to outline viable alternatives based on the best map of the territory that we can possibly make.
All Models Are Wrong is for people who want to truly grok the truth, see the world for what it is, and play a part in changing it.
Some of the technologies that I see already here and on the horizon of potentiality for disrupting how we see the world, how we make a living, and how we fall in love include various forms of advanced cryptography like zero-knowledge and fully homomorphic encryption; neurotechnology with wearable EEGs and EMGs; biotechnology, including synthetic biology and genetic engineering; the death and rebirth of narrative technologies like platforms, social media, and the feed; quantum technology potentially breaking away a lot of the existing cryptographic schemes that we rely on; robotics, including drones, automation, kill chains, et cetera; the continued financialization of the economy via real-world assets, stable coins, and tokenization; personalized computing, including personal user interfaces and local AI; and the expansion of open source and decentralized alternatives, including blockchains and CRDTs; and of course, the ongoing build-out of new infrastructures, including more data centers, energy, and compute.
These are just some of the technologies that I have in mind.
The introduction of these technologies will force us to ask ourselves difficult questions that we may or may not have much time to come to grips with before they disrupt our lives.
It's not that all of the technologies that the industry hypes is for sure coming and we all need to completely change how we live our lives right now because of existential risk.
But too many times progressives have been caught on the back foot and working people have been hurt because of it.
Neoliberalism provides no answers for a world where half of knowledge work is automated and companies are forcing workers to wear video cameras to record how they do the work to train AI models for robots to do it in the future.
We are in a strange interregnum where the contradictions of the system are being made bare for all to see, but not easily make sense of.
The question of ownership of these technologies has always been pertinent, but we've reached a new tipping point.
Similar to my last platform, my goal here is to provide not just a cathartic critique of the system, but to outline viable alternatives based on the best map of the territory that we can possibly make.
All Models Are Wrong is for people who want to truly grok the truth, see the world for what it is, and play a part in changing it.
Some of the technologies that I see already here and on the horizon of potentiality for disrupting how we see the world, how we make a living, and how we fall in love include various forms of advanced cryptography like zero-knowledge and fully homomorphic encryption; neurotechnology with wearable EEGs and EMGs; biotechnology, including synthetic biology and genetic engineering; the death and rebirth of narrative technologies like platforms, social media, and the feed; quantum technology potentially breaking away a lot of the existing cryptographic schemes that we rely on; robotics, including drones, automation, kill chains, et cetera; the continued financialization of the economy via real-world assets, stable coins, and tokenization; personalized computing, including personal user interfaces and local AI; and the expansion of open source and decentralized alternatives, including blockchains and CRDTs; and of course, the ongoing build-out of new infrastructures, including more data centers, energy, and compute.
These are just some of the technologies that I have in mind.
The introduction of these technologies will force us to ask ourselves difficult questions that we may or may not have much time to come to grips with before they disrupt our lives.
It's not that all of the technologies that the industry hypes is for sure coming and we all need to completely change how we live our lives right now because of existential risk.
But too many times progressives have been caught on the back foot and working people have been hurt because of it.
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