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Rather than react to headlines, it connects ideas across disciplines to understand why change happens—and what comes next.
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AI First, Doctor Second
At what point does AI become the doctor for most interactions, with human physicians serving primarily as specialists, validators, and prescription writers? That sounds like
Power, Restraint, and the Department of War
When I first read that the Department of Defense had been renamed the Department of War, my reaction was immediate. I was surprised, disappointed, and
Power, Markets, and Presidential Insider Advantage
In financial markets, timing and information is everything. And the President of the United States sits at the center of all of it. A regulatory
Leaving a Country in Rubble
There was a time when we believed—perhaps naively—that the era of wars ending in cities reduced to rubble was behind us. When the goal is
Technology changes faster than institutions adapt.
The gap between the two defines our era.
MAXSIGMA
Areas of Exploration
Leadership
Exploring the incentives that drive behavior in business, investing, politics, and everyday life.
Institutions
How governments, corporations, media and other institutions gain, maintain and sometimes lose legitimacy.
Reflections
Questions of purpose, leadership, values, achievement, and what it means to build a life worth living.
Technology
The ways technology reshapes economies, communication, decision-making, and society itself.
More Recent Essays
Leaving a Country in Rubble
There was a time when we believed—perhaps naively—that the era of wars ending in cities reduced to rubble was behind us. When the goal is
When Power Speaks in Extremes
There are moments when a single sentence reveals more about leadership than any formal policy or speech ever could. Recently, Donald Trump wrote, “A whole civilization
The World We Live In — And the One We Would Choose
Something doesn’t quite add up. The tone of our public discourse feels harsher, more absolute, more hostile than the reality I experience in everyday life.
Birthright Citizenship and the Politics of Belonging
Thinking in public. Summing what matters. The current debate over birthright citizenship feels, on the surface, like a policy discussion. But the more you sit
SOCIETY
The Collapse of Common Ground
Why our public conversations have deteriorated—and how we might rebuild them
8 min read
TECHNOLOGY
Work in the Age of Intelligence
AI will not just automate tasks. It will reorganize the meaning of work itself.
10 min read
LEADERSHIP
The Burden of High Responsibility
Power is not the freedom to act. It is the obligation to consider every
9 min read
FUTURE
Beyond Growth: A New Metric
GDP cannot measure what matters most. It is time for a new scorecard for civilization.
11 min read
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