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Things I went deep on - technical rabbit holes, ideas about how technology shapes the world, and whatever I could not stop thinking about long enough to write down.
The speed of light is a governance problem
I was thinking about Mars colonies and realized the communication delay does not just slow things down. It changes how civilization is structured at a fundamental level.
What we lose when AI manages our friendships
I was thinking about delegating friendship maintenance to AI. The more I followed that thought the less I liked where it went.
What happens to the life we seed
I was thinking about Mars colonization and wondered why we need humans there at all. What if we just sent bacteria and waited a billion years?
Someone should be watching the sky
We have a Space Force. But Space Force is about military positioning in orbit. Who is actually responsible for protecting Earth from what comes from outside?