
GTM Engineering and the Honesty Problem
Two failure modes the discipline has not yet diagnosed: corrupt signal and wrong physics

GTM Engineering and the Honesty Problem
Two failure modes the discipline has not yet diagnosed: corrupt signal and wrong physics

The Casino Was Right
Vitalik recently reframed Ethereum's purpose in a way that cuts through most crypto discourse. His question: if Signal, Starlink, and locally running open-weight LLMs are currently more directly liberating than Ethereum, what exactly is Ethereum for? His answer: sanctuary technologies. Not systems that remake the world. Not totalizing replacements for governments or corporations. But tools that prevent total control — a shared digital space with no owner, where commitments persist without dep...

The Casino Was Right
Vitalik recently reframed Ethereum's purpose in a way that cuts through most crypto discourse. His question: if Signal, Starlink, and locally running open-weight LLMs are currently more directly liberating than Ethereum, what exactly is Ethereum for? His answer: sanctuary technologies. Not systems that remake the world. Not totalizing replacements for governments or corporations. But tools that prevent total control — a shared digital space with no owner, where commitments persist without dep...

Raise the Ceiling, Move the Wall
The Carrying Capacity Trap Nobody Talks About

Raise the Ceiling, Move the Wall
The Carrying Capacity Trap Nobody Talks About

The Post-1945 Order Is Dead.
The Question Is Whether the Next One Has to Look the Same.

The Post-1945 Order Is Dead.
The Question Is Whether the Next One Has to Look the Same.

The Actor Model Transition
What happens when the system’s primary participants are no longer human

The Actor Model Transition
What happens when the system’s primary participants are no longer human