Episode 01 · 18 min
Can AI actually be good for the planet?
Everyone's arguing about energy use. Fewer people are asking what happens if we point this thing at the hardest problems we have.
AIInnovationClimate
Explore
Wander by theme rather than by date. Everything here connects to something else.
Episode 02 · 22 min
What would the world's greenest data centre look like?
Waste heat into greenhouses, grid balancing, water loops. I went looking for the people already building it.
InnovationSystemsClimate
Field note
Can we engineer serendipity?
The best collaborations I've seen started with an accidental conversation. What if accidents could be designed?
Collective ActionPeopleSystems
Short essay
Why optimism isn't the same as wishful thinking
Optimism isn't a prediction. It's a working assumption that effort might matter — and that assumption changes what you attempt.
OptimismPeople
Experiment in progress
What happens when you bring 100 people together to solve one problem?
An experiment in collective intelligence: one intractable problem, one hundred strangers, seventy-two hours.
Collective ActionSystemsPeople