On frames, freedom, and the knowledge we don’t know we’re missing There was a fly in the passenger seat with me today. Not my car, not my wheel. I was just sitting there, watching the road go by, when I noticed it — darting around the cabin, landing on the dashboard, hovering near the glass.…

ESSAY  ·  POWER & HUMAN NATURE What obedience under coercion cannot tell us — about loyalty, love, or character May 2026  There is a simple test for character that almost no one thinks to apply: watch how a person treats someone who cannot fight back. The elderly man who has lost his independence. The child…

The last time you figured something out on your own — not after a search, not after asking an AI, but sitting with the confusion until it slowly cleared — when was that? Can’t remember? That’s normal. Because that kind of experience is quietly retreating from our lives. We tend to describe AI as a…