Bold Efforts

Ideas on work, AI, decision-making, and living systems

LATEST ESSAYS

Token maxxing is the AI version of staying late

Token leaderboards look like progress. Most of the time, they reveal the old corporate habit of measuring activity because judgment is harder.

Jun 18, 2026

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3 min read

The Factory of One

AI is changing the basic unit of productive work.

Jun 11, 2026

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5 min read

The Game Piece

Everything is a game now. The question is who designed it, and for whom.

Jun 4, 2026

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3 min read

The Deferred Life Plan

The milestone is always just ahead. The life is always just after.

May 28, 2026

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3 min read

Intelligence Was Never the Problem

The constraint has always been agreement. AI just makes it harder to ignore.

May 21, 2026

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2 min read

The Goodbye That Already Happened

Every job has a last good day. It is almost never the last day.

May 14, 2026

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4 min read

The Offshore That Grew Up

Forty years of evolution, 1.9 million engineers, and the one question the industry keeps refusing to answer.

May 7, 2026

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4 min read

Skipping the Beginner Stage

AI can do junior tasks. It cannot create senior judgment.

Apr 30, 2026

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6 min read

When Output Became the Job

The gap between fake work and real work just became invisible

Apr 23, 2026

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3 min read

Why Would Anyone Want to Come In?

Some companies build places people choose. Others send calendar invites and call it culture.

Apr 16, 2026

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4 min read

I write essays on work, life, and decision-making that aim to stay useful long after they’re written. If this resonates, you’ll probably enjoy what comes next.

LATEST ESSAYS

Token maxxing is the AI version of staying late

The Factory of One

The Game Piece

The Deferred Life Plan

Intelligence Was Never the Problem

The Goodbye That Already Happened

The Offshore That Grew Up

Skipping the Beginner Stage

When Output Became the Job

Why Would Anyone Want to Come In?

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