Coherence
Why piecemeal AI produces silos and lock-in, and why AI and your existing systems have to be raised together.
Essays
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The Crane and the Building
The crane is only useful because there's a building. The building only rises because there's a crane. The return doesn't come from either one — it comes from the two reinforcing each other, floor by floor.
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The Coupon and the Printing Press
Subtraction has a floor — you can only cut to zero. Capability has no ceiling at all. Point the most capable tool you have ever had at making things cheaper, and the very best you can do is a cheaper version of what you already were.
