Karl Schroeder helps you achieve "earned" optimism about the future using a mix of wild science fiction speculation and hard-nosed strategic foresight. Paid subscribers get new serialized fiction, deeper analyses, and more input to the process.
Making sense of reality and sharing my view on networks, from cells to societies. Complexity, network science and artificial intelligence for public health and a sustainable society.
In Abort Retry Fail, I am attempting to chronicle the history of the computing industry. This is a goal that will likely not be completed within my lifetime.
A vision for an AI-powered, privacy-first platform with a focus on empowering people and creating a flourishing ecosystem. Posts are a mix of design principles and protocol proposals, and speculative use-cases set in the future they enable.