Essays
The Power of Tools and Cycles
Why I build what I build
Your Attention Belongs to Someone
If you don't have an algorithm, you're being run by one
The Closing Window
Time to think about our relationship with AI
Priorities and Salience
How to pass an hour and spend a decade
Currencies of Value
What are you counting?
The Film That Forgot to Ask
Two hours of your undivided attention, and nowhere to put it
Fiction
The Embedded
In the Sundarbans of 2045, Priya Dhar is a Fault Witness: a human body embedded in a sensor network, deployed to barrier arrays when the system encounters what it cannot classify.
No Override
Monday morning: a leaked document arrives at Daniel Voss's apartment. By Wednesday midnight, the EU's AI accountability framework will be locked for a decade.
The Baixa Conspiracy
Lisbon, 1755. In the space of six minutes, one of Europe's great cities is destroyed.
Favours of the Sea
Martin Calvert has been coming to the same Greek island for years. He knows the harbour, the taverna, the light. He knows how to be content.
The Feast
Florence, 1472. A merchant on the edge of ruin is throwing the feast of his life.