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Rock Solid Stupidity: Wyoming's GRANITE Act
Sometimes legislation is so dumb, it needs the full Carey treatment. Ladies and gents, I present to you, the Wyoming GRANITE Act.
Feb 19
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How Big Tech Becomes Ungovernable
Big Tech companies like Google, SpaceX, and Meta aren't just monopolies—they're becoming ungovernable through tech extensivity. Why €4B in fines went…
Feb 17
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January 2026
The Ladder to Nowhere, Part 2: OpenAI's Complete Picture of You
OpenAI is building a ladder to comprehensive surveillance. Each rung delivers value—ChatGPT, health tools, wearables, BCIs—while collecting everything…
Jan 27
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The Ladder to Nowhere: How OpenAI Plans to Learn Everything About You
ChatGPT Health is a small part of a much larger plan to learn everything about you. In this post, I talk about what's driving them and how they might…
Jan 25
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On Silverback Gorillas, Men & Dating
Sometimes I wish Substack existed when I was in my 20s.
Jan 12
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Restarting Paid Subscriptions
Fair warning, in case you want to re-evaluate your life choices.
Jan 12
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Political Grok-Pocrisy
Grok is spewing out CSAM on X, and yet politicians are happily still using the platform anyway. The problem is, they're also passing draconian laws.
Jan 7
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I Built an AI-Powered Futures Forecasting Pipeline With Claude Code
Here's how I did it and what I learned. Plus, humor, cats, and link to the source code.
Jan 2
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December 2025
On Numbing Out
A stream-of-consciousness mental reflection on a great piece of writing.
Dec 27, 2025
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Remembering Joi (July 2020 - December 2025)
Remembering our most chill fur baby, who died very suddenly.
Dec 19, 2025
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48 Laws, 25 Years Later: Law 27 -- Tech Hype Cycles are Actually Cults in Disguise
Or how Silicon Valley builds cultlike followings and why they work.
Dec 18, 2025
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Robert Greene's 48 Laws, 25 Years Later
A review of some of Robert Greene's 48 laws, and whether they still have relevance today.
Dec 8, 2025
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