The Inquiry
On Intelligence
What we mean by a good mind — and why the measure keeps betraying us.
5 pieces
Essay·7 minIntelligence Moves Faster Than Consciousness
Humanity's hardest problem has never been discovery. It has been acceptance — and the gap between what we can know and what we are willing to believe is where AI now lives.
September 16, 2026
Essay·8 minThe Information Equality Fallacy
Access to information has been democratized. Judgment has not. In an age of infinite answers, the scarce resource is the quality of the decisions we make with them.
August 21, 2026
Essay·5 minThe Cult of the Clever
We have confused intelligence with the performance of it. The costliest ideas of our age were not stupid — they were brilliant, and that was the problem.
June 24, 2026
Essay·6 minIs Artificial Intelligence Leading to Ossification of Human General Intelligence?
We built machines to extend our minds. The quiet risk is that in leaning on them, we let the muscles they were meant to assist quietly wither.
June 28, 2026
Essay·5 minIntelligence Is Not a Scalar
The moment we agreed intelligence could be ranked on a single line, we agreed to be ruled by whoever sat highest on it.
April 30, 2026