Behind the Book: Sins of the Internet
August 28, 2026
It began around 2000 as a couple dozen HTML pages and grew across 25 years into a book. Here is the story behind my moral critique of the digital age.
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Behind the BookBehind the Book: A Treachery of Legions
August 27, 2026
The general who won 69 AD for Vespasian and then disappeared from history. Here is the story behind my Roman novel about Marcus Antonius Primus.
BusinessThe Client Sent Us the Wrong Source Code
August 27, 2026
Asking for something is not the same as verifying you got it, and the gap between those two costs more project time than any other mistake I have watched. We asked a client for their source code. They sent it.…
Critical ThinkingHurricane Season: Do It Now, Because You Cannot Do It Later
August 26, 2026
Everything you need for a hurricane is on a shelf right now. The day it lands on the news, the water aisle is empty and the gas lines are around the block. Decide now whether you are leaving or staying,…
GhostwritingDoris and the Book for Her Daughter
August 26, 2026
Doris came to me in her late seventies, knowing the end was coming, and wanted her dreams written as a novel for one reader. The book made no money and worked perfectly.
Behind the BookBehind the Book: Ridiculous Things People Actually Believe
August 26, 2026
An episode of Ancient Aliens started it. Here is the story behind my unsparing field guide to conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and the machinery that sells them.
BusinessThe Water Kept Flowing When Nobody Was Watching
August 26, 2026
One question will tell you whether your AI agent project is going to work, and it takes an afternoon to answer. The question is not what the agent can do. It is what the agent is allowed to do when…
Critical ThinkingTen Thousand Hours of Beads
August 25, 2026
Deliberate human burial goes back at least a hundred thousand years. At Sungir, two children were buried with ten thousand ivory beads, each about an hour of work, by people living at the edge of their food supply.
BusinessThe Executive Who Wanted Twelve Readers
August 25, 2026
An executive hired me to write a book for about twelve people. The narrowest goal I have ever been handed produced the biggest outcome, including a CEO foreword and $30 million in venture capital.
Behind the BookBehind the Book: Grim
August 25, 2026
Grim began with one scene at the crucifixion and grew into a novel about a reaper who attends death across all of history. Here is the story behind it.
Behind the BookBehind the Book: The Woman Who Walked Through Walls
August 24, 2026
I started at the execution scene and wrote backward. Here is the story behind three women, a device that removes consequences, and what people do when they cannot be caught.
Artificial IntelligenceLinkedIn Built a Report Button That Pays the Person Clicking It
August 23, 2026
LinkedIn shipped a one-click AI slop flag with no definition, no training, no notification and no appeal. The structural flaw sits deeper than any of that. In a feed where attention is finite, suppressing a competitor makes room for you,…
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