The Stupidity Subsidy
W24 — Everyone keeps asking whether technology made us dumber. Wrong question. The data says no. Our intelligence didn't move, the reward function did. We built the first machine in history that pays smart people to act…
Where did this come from and can you prove it? Content authenticity, digital watermarking, supply chain transparency, and the infrastructure for trusting information in an era of synthetic media.
7 Posts · Nov 27, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026
W24 — Everyone keeps asking whether technology made us dumber. Wrong question. The data says no. Our intelligence didn't move, the reward function did. We built the first machine in history that pays smart people to act…
W22 — The slogan is wrong on every axis it was built to carry. The lie is not lazy; it is load-bearing. Strip it back and you find the real commodity and the reason it stays hidden. The model keeps what fits and files…
W19 — Misattribution isn't an injustice problem, it's an intelligence problem. Put the wrong name on a discovery and the field asks questions designed for the wrong person. The correction never arrives because no one…
W08 - Your calendar is broken, your clock runs on Bronze Age finger-counting, and your interest rates are modeled on Sumerian goat reproduction. We're not living in a high-tech civilization. We're running 21st-century…
W50 - From Amazon patenting white backgrounds to billion-dollar battles over rounded rectangles, welcome to the intellectual property circus—where common sense goes to die, innovation moves at the speed of litigation,…
W06 - In the intricate ballet of innovation and economic growth, intellectual property (IP) rights are the silent conductors orchestrating a mixture of harmonic advances and dissonant setbacks.
Navigating the Challenges of Misinformation with C2PA 🔮 "Predicting the future isn’t magic. It’s artificial intelligence.” — David Waters The Rise of Misinformation In an era where information is readily accessible, the…