Phi / AI

We are all born trees. Not cyborgs

In Berlin, nobody blinked at 'we are all born cyborgs.' So why does 'we are trees' make us laugh?

5 hrs ago • Karin Garcia

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September 2026

The Meeting Socrates Missed

Consciousness is not inside the tree or the machine. It shows up between.

Sep 22 • Gustaf

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July 2026

The diversity dividend - on building products for refugees

Refugees are the most diverse group there is. Designing for them, Manuela Verduci found, produces better products for everyone.

Jul 16 • Karin Garcia

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Governing Intelligence: AI’s Missing Separation of Powers

Who writes the rules for artificial intelligence, who enforces them, and who judges whether they have been followed – and why, today, all three are…

Jul 7 • Efe Teksoy

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June 2026

Future of work, reworked

AI is disrupting the economy as we know it. We have a duty to contribute to AI transformation as co-authors and not just subjects.

Jun 17 • Mishka Nemes

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May 2026

The Unlived Past

An exploration of how the modern tech stack is taking away our ability to let the past fade.

May 14 • Karin Garcia

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April 2026

Why AI dieting is a population level health risk for 100M+ Americans

Five years ago, our first demo triggered a warning I didn't understand. Now I do.

Apr 30 • Tune Health

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The Stockholm Syndrome of Labor — Why the post-AGI “crisis of meaning” is a red herring

The post-AGI meaning crisis is a distraction. The real question is who holds power when elites no longer need us.

Apr 9 • Elsa D.

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It's Time for a High-Culture Revolution

We are a 'high-tech, low-culture' society, wielding god-like tools with social structures stuck in the Roman Era.

Apr 2 • Veronica Zora Kirin

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March 2026

Don’t Give AI the Keys: Information Security 101 for your AI agents

We're giving AI agents the privileges of critical infrastructure without the guardrails that govern it.

Mar 26 • Karin Garcia

Call it algorithmic media, not social media

One regular night in December, I was dumbly scrolling Instagram like so often when I noticed:

Mar 4 • Karin Garcia

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January 2026

Better Humans?

How Transhumanism shapes tech and what an alternative could look like.

Jan 29 • David Schmidt

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