AIGORA: Why Humans Will Win the Age of AI

AIGORA (AI + agora) is a vision for a human-centered AI ecosystem — a decentralized, liquid marketplace where individuals find AI products that deserve their trust. It reframes the future of artificial intelligence not as a zero-sum race between monopolistic platforms, but as a flourishing commons of interoperable agents, governed by permission, reputation, and mutual benefit. In the age of AI, humans will win — not by outcompeting machines, but by designing systems where our trust, values, and agency are sovereign.

The Fifth Loop of Universal Causation: Status

Athena: Humanity has mastered the physical, thrived biologically, developed language to shape meaning, and built narratives to create purpose. But beneath it all lies a more primal force: Status. Is this the hidden engine of causation, organizing hierarchies, influencing behavior, and even steering entire civilizations? Let’s discuss.

Littoral Governance: A New Politics for the Age of AI

Littoral Governance represents the next evolution in political systems—one that mirrors the co-evolution of AI and human systems in Littoral Science. It responds to the complexity and speed of the AI-driven world by embracing decentralization, distributed decision-making, and collaborative governance.

Being Human: A Curriculum

Reframing spirituality as the culturally-neutral, teachable practice of becoming more human, as expressed in: 3 Capabilities4 Attributes per CapabilityPrerequisiteTaskTechniqueMindset12 Learning Outcomes Inspired by the Minerva Baccalaureate, especially their focus on Content over Context. A. Connecting (cosmos) #wonder#identification#formation#universalizing B. Individuating (pneumos) #agency#antifragility#reflection#specializing C. Advancing (logos) #inspiration#intervention#reformation#normalizing CapabilityTriggerSkillProcessValueConnectWonderIdentificationFormationUniversalIndividuateAgencyAntifragilityReflectionSpecialAdvanceInspirationInterventionReformationNormalTriastic Humanity

What is a Technical Co-Founder?

Most successful startups require both a technical "hacker" and a relational "hustler" to bring them to life.  One common pattern is that a "hustler" has access to ideas and potential funding and looks for a "technical co-founder" to join him or her,  through a process often compared to finding a spouse. Responsibilities A technical co-founder, like any co-founder, is... Continue Reading →

Agile as Organizational Therapy

Agile is a meaningless buzzword for many because it is perceived as an answer in search of a question.  Too often, Agile is "cargo-culted" into an organization as an imposed process without first developing a deep understanding of what problems need to be solved.  True progress only happens when the solution is aligned with the problems people actually... Continue Reading →

Transforming the Bay with Christ: A Platform Analysis

My series of four articles (plus a postscript) analyzing the regional spiritual renewal initiative Transforming the Bay with Christ: A Platform for Regional Transformation? From Platforms to Governance Trading Control for Authority The Process for Products TBC Postscript: A Missional Creed

TBC 2: From Platforms to Governance

In our first installment on Transforming the Bay with Christ (TBC), we talked about how platforms enable us to tackle problems and markets too big for any one entity to manage directly. Because of that, though, it is much harder to create a successful platform than it is to create a successful program. In this installment, we will talk about how to do that.

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