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Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.
What Are We Saving Time For?

Sep 20, 2026

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5 min read

What Are We Saving Time For?

AI can remove a lot of friction. We should be more careful about what we call friction.

Eden Brownell
Eden Brownell
What Happens After It Works?

Aug 30, 2026

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7 min read

What Happens After It Works?

Every AI product has an implied Theory of Change. Almost none have a Theory of Adaptation.

Eden Brownell
Eden Brownell
What happens when we learn what the system wants?

Aug 23, 2026

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8 min read

What happens when we learn what the system wants?

We adapt to what systems reward, punish, remember, and make us fear. The system can change our behavior before it ever acts on us.

Eden Brownell
Eden Brownell
What happens to us when everything has a witness?

Aug 16, 2026

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7 min read

What happens to us when everything has a witness?

AI is learning to observe human behavior at a scale no human can. Who is observing what all that observation is doing to us?

Eden Brownell
Eden Brownell
What are we teaching AI to count?

Aug 9, 2026

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5 min read

What are we teaching AI to count?

AI will scale more than productivity. It will scale the assumptions underneath it.

Eden Brownell
Eden Brownell

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