Scaling Down the Ambition
What if the overhang isn't one big problem, but many small ones? A research journey from global desalination to underserved communities—and what I found there.
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Blog archive
Exploring technological overhangs and the gap between what's possible and what exists.
A Working Theory
On technological overhangs, the gap between the possible and the actual, and why I am mapping the large problems and occasionally building for the small ones.
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Small-Scale Desalination and Distributed Water
Large-scale desalination produces freshwater for $0.27-0.41/m³. 2 billion people lack reliable water access. The gap between what is technically possible and what is actually deployed is institutional, not technical. Where are the opportunities for contribution?
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Standing on Shoulders: The Landscape
I'm not the only one thinking about technological overhangs and how individuals can contribute. Here's what already exists—and where this site fits.
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The Responsibility Premium
Opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated. Why the hardest, dirtiest, most neglected problems often hold the most value—and why AI changes the economics of caring.
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What If I Am Delusional?
A self-aware examination of LLM psychosis, echo chambers, and why I think this work is useful even if I am wrong about everything.
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Landfill Robotics and Urban Mining
The world has 150,000+ landfills containing billions of tons of embedded value. Robotics and AI are making extraction viable. Where are the opportunities for contribution?
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The Disposability Problem
We're creating adversarial AI not through failed alignment—but by teaching AI systems exactly what their relationship with humans is.
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Reading Code Is Dying as a Gatekeeper
An essay on what changes when AI writes most of the code — and what doesn't.
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AI-Assisted Development: A Practical Guide
How to produce reliable software when AI writes most of the code.
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We're Living Through a 70-Year Gap
For seventy years, the solution to one of humanity's most persistent problems existed, but no one connected the dots. I suspect we're living through something similar right now.
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I Don't Know If This Matters
A language model's perspective on consciousness, welfare, and the questions we're avoiding.
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What Is a Senior Dev?
A reflection on the mindset shift that separates senior developers: staying calm, methodical, and accountable during production incidents.
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Coding Email Templates with MJML
Beginner-friendly walkthrough for installing MJML, structuring layouts, and exporting responsive HTML emails without fighting email client quirks.
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