Issue 14 · May 2026
Late in the day, early on the future.
Essays on AI, aging, and the questions nobody quite warned us about.
The archive
Every essay, in order.
36 essays
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personal · The lead
On inheriting a name
My name is Hanh Dang. I am Hanh D. Brown now. The D is what survived.
personal
What revision is for
Revision is the architect's move. Five things it is for. One thing it is not.
policy
Transparent Battlefield: The Frozen Front and the Lost Inventory
From the notebook
"AI bills come in confusing units. The fix is to budget for the product the business sells: tokens. Cost per token is the only metric that compares two quotes."
"Three questions tell you how long your job lives past AI. Name the capabilities. Rank them by AI improvement rate. The slowest one decides."
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news
How to Read AI News: Three Layers, One Sentence Skipped
AI news conflates three different capabilities. The most important sentence is usually the one the announcement does not say. Here is the method for reading it.
policy
Open Weights AI: Distribution Decides Whose Values Win
news
Venture Capital and AI: Sized for Fifteen Winners a Year
