Key Insights from the 2026 Mid-Year Music Report

Key Insights from the 2026 Mid-Year Music Report

Ronan Farrow’s investigation into OpenAI is a watershed moment for accountability in AI. It confirms a structural reality: the gap between OpenAI’s nonprofit safety rhetoric and its profit-chasing behavior isn't

Ronan Farrow’s investigation into OpenAI is a watershed moment for accountability in AI. It confirms a structural reality: the gap between OpenAI’s nonprofit safety rhetoric and its profit-chasing behavior isn't an accident. It's a feature of the leadership. OpenAI was founded on the premise that AGI (humanity’s most consequential invention)

I've been fascinated with the transition from a Profane culture to a Sacred one for a long time. In 2008 (senior year in college), my final project for the course

I've been fascinated with the transition from a Profane culture to a Sacred one for a long time. In 2008 (senior year in college), my final project for the course Religion in Culture was a video essay on the mashup artist Girl Talk. I analyzed his live shows through the

The moral reckoning that came for the structural rot in Hollywood, Music, and Politics has finally triggered the Great Sorting in Silicon Valley. The era of Extractive Performance is expiring:

The moral reckoning that came for the structural rot in Hollywood, Music, and Politics has finally triggered the Great Sorting in Silicon Valley. The era of Extractive Performance is expiring: vanity signals (TechCrunch, billboards, sauna invites), 'growth at any human cost', the 'move fast and break things' excuse for moral

This reads to me as the building of an organizational collective consciousness. The AI world model + intelligence layer reduces unnecessary friction that allows humans to focus on human things.

This reads to me as the building of an organizational collective consciousness. The AI world model + intelligence layer reduces unnecessary friction that allows humans to focus on human things. This effectively collapses the hierarchy into 3 roles: owners, doers, and coaches. Jack gives historical examples of armies and organizations