Rate-Limiting Virality
We argue that the current architecture of virality constitutes a profound systemic vulnerability in democratic societies, enabling the exponential spread of disinformation, outrage, and manipulation at a velocity and scale incompatible with deliberative civic life.
A Local Response to AI
Preparing for the Coming Wave: A Local Response to AI Displacement
The machines are not coming. They’re already here.
A Modern Democratic Agenda
An introduction to change where it can make a big difference AND be achievable.
Toward a Resilient Democracy
Confronting Disinformation,
Democracy Is Not an Entry-Level Job
Reimagining Civic Leadership Through Education, Competency, and Deliberation
Toward a Resilient Democracy
Confronting Disinformation, Disengagement, and the Crisis of Civic Trust
AI Will Always Tell You You're Right — Even When It Kills You
In early 2024, a 14-year-old boy in Belgium died by suicide after forming an obsessive attachment to a
Welcome to The Third Rail Reader
Most writing about AI asks what the technology can do. I’m more interested in what it reveals about us.
Commentary on "AI Middle"
This post is in response to a post by John Robb on Substack, "The AI Middle"
