Every year technology gets easier to use. This trend has given rise to what many call The Convenience Trap. One-click logins. Automatic payments. Smart devices that just work. Everything is designed to remove friction from our lives. And to be fair, it often does. Things that used to take effort now happen in seconds. What […]
AI Is Starting to Decide What Is True
Search engines used to be maps. You typed something in, and they pointed you toward places where you could explore the information yourself. Forums, blogs, research papers, random corners of the internet. Now, though, AI is starting to decide what is true for users, changing the way we interact with information online. Interestingly, AI Is […]
The Push Toward a “Verified Internet”
The internet used to let you exist without proving who you were. You could show up with a username, an idea, or a question. That was enough. No ID. No phone number. No facial scan. Just participation. Now, The Push Toward a “Verified Internet” is changing what it means to take part online. For a […]
The Internet Is Quietly Becoming Five Websites
There was a time when the internet actually felt infinite. You could stumble across strange personal websites, niche forums, weird hobby communities, and blogs written by people who simply had something to say. It felt messy, decentralized, and unpredictable. Every link could lead somewhere completely different. Now, The Internet Is Quietly Becoming Five Websites, and […]
The Illusion of Anonymity
There is a strange idea that floats around the internet that anonymity is just a few settings away. The Illusion of Anonymity is a concept that inspires people to use a VPN, create a burner email, get a second phone number, maybe even a third. Download encrypted messaging apps, create accounts that are disconnected from […]
BlackRock, Tokenization, and Oil: Why I’m Still Not Buying It
Tokenization is having its moment. One recent headline in this space is BlackRock tokenization, which is capturing the attention of the financial industry. Everywhere you look, someone is promising that putting real-world assets on a blockchain will “modernize finance.” Stocks, bonds, real estate — and now oil — are all being pitched as candidates for […]
Undermined, Again, This Time by AI
Humanity is standing on the edge of something that looks like progress but feels like control. It’s no wonder many feel their agency could be undermined by AI. We are on the verge of an absolute nightmare — not because AI is evil or because machines are about to wake up, but because the incentives […]
Bank-Based Crypto Misses the Point – Self-Custody Was the Point
The Forbes article “SoFi Is Only the Beginning of Bank-Based Crypto Products” reads like a victory lap for crypto’s arrival in polite society. Banks are in. Regulators are warming up. The rough edges are being sanded down. At the same time, the conversation around Self Custody bank based crypto is gaining traction in the financial […]
How Traditional Banks Are Trying to Undermine Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency — from Bitcoin to stablecoins — was created in part as an alternative to traditional financial systems that many saw as resistant to innovation, slow, centralized, and costly. The complex relationship between traditional banks and cryptocurrency is coming under increasing scrutiny. But in 2025–2026, the tension between the old financial establishment and the crypto […]
Coinbase Pulled Support for a Crypto Bill. That’s a Security Story.
When I first read that Coinbase pulled its support for a major crypto related bill, my reaction was not anger or surprise. It was a quiet sense of familiarity. I have seen this pattern enough times to recognize it for what it is. In fact, this instance is a prime example of the complexities surrounding […]