The Bureaucracy of Probability
The new Stimuleringsfonds AI guidelines solve a legal problem but miss the creative crisis. A Field Note on why the real threat to the creative industry isn't 'hallucination,' but 'artificial mediocrity' and statistical homogenisation.
The Financialisation of Citizenship
Can blockchain incentives solve the participation crisis, or do they commodify civic duty? A Field Note on D-CENT, Freecoin, and the risks of financialising citizenship.
The Tyranny of the Default: A Warning from the Early IoT Era
In 2015, Ross Atkin warned us: 'You can't opt out of a Smart City.' A decade later, the 'Opt-Out Problem' is the central challenge of digital governance. A look back at the lost manifesto.