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  • The Unequal Freedom to Leave

    The Inequality That Did Not Produce a Revolution An economy can become more unequal without becoming proportionately more intolerable. That appears to be one of the defining contradictions of the present age. Wealth has accumulated at the top on a…

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  • The Long Tail of Intelligence

    When a Skill File Becomes More Than an Instruction The conversation began with a practical question about skill files. Online discussions increasingly recommend downloading SKILL.md files from public repositories and giving them to an AI as a way to improve…

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  • The Guardians of Intelligence

    When Security Became a Question of Authority On July 27, 2026, NVIDIA announced the Open Secure AI Alliance, bringing together companies from artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, enterprise software, and open-source development. Its stated purpose was practical: build and share…

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Tom Yonashiro is a writer with a background in philosophy, religion, technology, and cybersecurity marketing. He writes to translate life’s complexities into meaning.