Archive - Field Notes

Are We There Yet? Crypto, AI, and the Search for a Way Out

Technologies used to promise better tools, but crypto and AI promise something bigger: escape from the world we're stuck in. What happens when belief…

Jun 5 •

AI Agents and Human Constraints

We're building AI agents that can move freely across digital platforms while keeping humans locked within them. We marvel at machines exercising…

Jun 5 •

AI is a mirror for uncomfortable truths about how we work and what we value. What it reflects back might surprise you.

Jun 5 •

When Business Escapes the Firm

The biggest changes reshaping business today don't start inside companies. When business escapes the firm, leaders have to meet it on new ground.

Jun 5 •

The Age of Shock

The 21st century has been shaped more by shocks than by the planned progress we once imagined.

Jun 3 •

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