MaxSigma
Thinking in public. Summing what matters.
MaxSigma is a journal of essays on power, leadership, technology, institutions, incentives, and the long arcs shaping society.
The goal is not to chase headlines or offer easy certainty. It is to slow down, connect ideas, ask better questions, and make sense of the forces beneath events.
Read the latest essays, explore recurring domains of inquiry, or start with the questions that keep resurfacing.
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
EXPLORE IDEAS BY DOMAIN
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.
Technology changes faster than institutions adapt. The gap between the two defines our era.
MAXSIGMA
RECENT ESSAYS
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
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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