August 24, 2026
C. Rich For more than a decade, the public was told that the digital commons belonged to everyone. Every open-source commit pushed to GitHub, […]
August 21, 2026
By C. Rich The decision to keep the most capable artificial-intelligence models behind closed doors is often presented as prudence: a necessary sacrifice of […]
August 20, 2026
By C. Rich The modern AI frontier rests on a paradox that is becoming harder to ignore: the public’s lives, labor, conversations, writings, and […]
August 19, 2026
By C. Rich I just finished watching Tom Campbell on Joe Rogan (8/18/26), and it was uncomfortable for me. I found it awkward. Yeah. […]
August 18, 2026
Dragging Darwinism Into The 22nd Century By C. Rich To revisit Charles Darwin from a far-future intellectual vantage point is to confront both the […]
August 17, 2026
Listen to Free Audio Version Here By C. Rich We have always assumed that evolution was behind us. We look backward across millions of […]
August 14, 2026
By C. Rich Let’s talk about the AI grift. There’s a special kind of anger that builds when you watch a genuine technological leap […]
August 14, 2026
By C. Rich https://osf.io/kyrmz/files/7x6bw Artificial intelligence systems are accumulating coordination complexity at an unprecedented rate, approaching a Crest state in which the marginal costs […]
August 4, 2026
C. Rich https://osf.io/jtu74/overview Treat the Younger Dryas as a clean demarcation line. Set aside every debate about its cause, mechanism, or meaning. Focus […]
July 8, 2026
By C. Rich The global supply chain isn’t just fractured; it’s being intentionally, systematically re-engineered. For decades, the West traded resilience for efficiency, outsourcing […]
July 7, 2026
By C. Rich There is a distinct flavor of irony in watching the tech elite stumble blindly through the AI infrastructure bottleneck. For the […]
June 30, 2026
C. Rich Let’s talk about the hyperscalers problem. Independent researchers and serious thinkers often notice it immediately: the mechanical flourish at the close of […]