Over the next six weeks, I’ll be writing the manifesto for Lightpage (an AI notebook app I’ve become quite smitten with), while documenting the process in public. The goal is for this series to be part exploration of what it means to be human in the age of AI, and part case study of how a manifesto comes to life.

a declaration. a devotion. a quest.

For the last year, I’ve been working to improve my relationship with food, and with myself more generally. Little did I suspect this journey would also completely transform how I approach marketing. But let’s start at the beginning. For the better part of fifteen years, food has been my drug of choice, and my kryptonite. It's my go-to strategy on those days when I want to escape, or when I need to soothe some emotional wound. Some people drink, others numb with TV or social media. My vic...

I'll never forget the 20th anniversary of 9/11.I spent the latter half of the day huddled up in my living room, carefully reading a book from Popular Mechanics called Debunking 9/11 Myths. That night, for the first time since my teenage years, I went to bed with my lingering questions answered. I'd finally put my own conspiracy thinking to rest. This is the story of how I came into those beliefs, and the long, winding path to ridding myself of them. It's also a meditation on ho...

Brothers. Sisters. Fellow Creators, Artists, & Media Professionals. We are gathered here today, on this webpage, to discuss The Pattern. Once you see it, there is no unseeing it. But it is urgent that we open our eyes. Like a wildfire after years of drought, The Pattern is ripping through our digital commons, and seeping into the hearts and minds of humanity. The Pattern is stifling our creative potential. It is poisoning our culture. And it is standing in the way of our ability to live well ...