New Artisans

Counterfeit Artisans

Brands as Potemkin Villages, and Hunger for the Real.

Oct 8 • 

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Equivalence

Originality does not scale

Oct 3 • 

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What Sort of Magic?

New Artisans and Technology.

Oct 1 • 

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September 2025

Hypotheses

A time for alchemy

Sep 24 • 

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The Company We Keep Matters

Chaos, Artisans, Heretics, and Alchemists.

Sep 17 • 

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The Nature of Boundaries

Something about constraints.

Sep 10 • 

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The Nature of Mediocrity

It's a natural partner of efficiency and productivity

Sep 3 • 

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August 2025

Batteries Not Included

When Everything Becomes Extractive

Aug 27 • 

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Fallow

and "running interference" to recover it

Aug 20 • 

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The Half Life of a Brand

AI as an own label Human.

Aug 13 • 

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The Art of Conscious Forgetting

Finding Balance

Aug 6 • 

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July 2025