So There I Was

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The Man Who Believed the Lie

July 20, 2026 · #STIW

Nolan's Odyssey sends Odysseus to Hades to face Sinon, the man who believed the lie. On plans that only work because someone was kept out of the room.

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Still Your Lawn

July 18, 2026 · #STIW

HBR's warning to every company that bought its AI: when it fails, courts come after you, not the vendor. You can contract the labor. You cannot contract the ownership.

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Nobody Can Swim Your Mile

July 17, 2026 · #STIW

AI firms hiring $400K philosophers makes headlines. The quieter story: ethics as a line item, commoditized and offshored. Some things you cannot hire out.

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Rewired, Ungrounded

July 16, 2026 · #STIW

McKinsey's case for rewiring the organization around AI is strong. Five of six elements about speed, zero about conscience. Where is the breaker panel?

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Flood Watch

July 15, 2026 · #STIW

Torrential rain, Texas Flood on the speakers, and a law firm's warning about AI agents: water does not ask permission, it finds the gap.

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The Ink Wasn't Dry

July 14, 2026 · #STIW

Three days after the maker's mark post, Brussels moved the date. On string lines, concrete, and what a moved deadline teaches.

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Measure Twice, Deploy Once

July 14, 2026 · #STIW

Two AI governance surveys, one pergola, and why you set the posts before you hang the roof.

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The Maker's Mark

July 11, 2026 · #STIW

Brussels wants machines to stamp their work. Makers have been doing it for centuries, and for a different reason.

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The Biggest Room in the World

July 10, 2026 · #STIW

Forty experts in Geneva, a warning about catastrophic harm, and the chairs that were not in the room.

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So There I Was, Starting a Blog

July 10, 2026 · #STIW

Why this blog exists, what kinds of stories you will find here, and the one rule every post follows.

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