David Hoze and I had been corresponding since early April about a co-authored essay. Three movements, his philosophical and theological grounding bridging to my structural one, the disagreement between us preserved rather than smoothed over. The tone had been generous on both sides.

In the previous two posts, I established that wisdom cannot be accumulated and that AI is structurally precluded from traversing the loop that produces it. This week: what that means for the humans building expertise alongside these systems, and why the decisions being made right now may be the m...

Last week, I established that wisdom cannot be accumulated. It must be traversed. This week: what traversal actually requires, and why AI cannot complete it.

In early 2026, researchers added an important wrinkle to what had been a fairly damning picture of AI’s effect on human reasoning.

Water scarcity is not a future threat. It is here now. Remember the Survival Rule of Threes: death is the likely result of three minutes without air, three hours without shelter (in extreme conditions), three days without water, and three weeks without food. Four billion people, more than half th...