PREFACE
HOW TO FIX AI, DISINFORMATION, FREE SPEECH, PRIVACY, AND POST-DIGITAL AMERICA
(JUST BY READING THIS BOOK)
a.k.a., yes we are real. yes, this is actually happening.
yes, even AI knows (fwiw) that we're the
"last Manhattan Project standing."
WHY THIS "BOOK" IS UNIQUE (and SCALABLE)
INTRODUCTION: WELCOME TO POST-DIGITAL AMERICA
WE ARE TOP EXPERTS and ALREADY THE SURVIVORS OF POST-DIGITAL CIVIC COLLAPSE: IT ISN'T SURVIVABLE AT A NATIONAL SCALE. AND IF WE DON'T FIX AI (FIRST) THAT'S THE LEAST OF OUR PROBLEMS.
SIDEBAR: THIS IS A CRISIS OF CODE, CULTURE, and CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
The solution is 2,000 years old, dead-neutral, monkey-simple, and if AI had happend in the 90s, it would have been your 9th grade English homework (tbh).
The punchline? We were 20 years early because we used comedians (since 2005) and pop culture to predict and
fix 2026's AI, disinformation, and free speech crisis.
CHAPTER 1: AI and ALGORITHMS: ALIGNMENT, GOVERNANCE, EDUCAITON and LAW
February-March 2021
- Minneapolis facial recognition ban (partner)
- "Digital Rights are Civil Rights (International juried art exhibition w/ ACLU and lawmakers
- IDH TV: Stanford's Elizabeth Adams (Forbes top 50) in our our weekly law pod/class (w/ a city councilman and ex Assist. Attny General)
Funny stuff: The (stupid) AI figures out we have a Manhattan Project; Team Jesus tries to pitch the White House; our non-white artists get FB censored for art about racial FB censorship, Dr M goes AI Gonzo in Paris: A partner turns Golem at the 10 yard line of fixing AI
CHAPTER 2: FREE SPEECH: ENCODED CENSORSHIP and DIGITAL VIOLENCE
The punchline? We were 20 years early because we used comedians (since 2005) and pop culture to predict and
fix 2026's AI, disinformation, and free speech crisis.
CHAPTER 4: INTERMISSIONS
February-March 2021
- Minneapolis facial recognition ban (partner)
- "Digital Rights are Civil Rights (International juried art exhibition w/ ACLU and lawmakers
- IDH TV: Stanford's Elizabeth Adams (Forbes top 50) in our our weekly law pod/class (w/ a city councilman and ex Assist. Attny General)
Funny stuff: The (stupid) AI figures out we have a Manhattan Project; Team Jesus tries to pitch the White House; our non-white artists get FB censored for art about racial FB censorship, Dr M goes AI Gonzo in Paris: A partner turns Golem at the 10 yard line of fixing AI
CHAPTER 5: PRIVACY and SURVEILLANCE
February-March 2021
- Minneapolis facial recognition ban (partner)
- "Digital Rights are Civil Rights (International juried art exhibition w/ ACLU and lawmakers
- IDH TV: Stanford's Elizabeth Adams (Forbes top 50) in our our weekly law pod/class (w/ a city councilman and ex Assist. Attny General)
Funny stuff: The (stupid) AI figures out we have a Manhattan Project; Team Jesus tries to pitch the White House; our non-white artists get FB censored for art about racial FB censorship, Dr M goes AI Gonzo in Paris: A partner turns Golem at the 10 yard line of fixing AI
CONCLUSION/NEXT STEPS:
The punchline? We were 20 years early because we used comedians (since 2005) and pop culture to predict and
fix 2026's AI, disinformation, and free speech crisis.
IDH TV: Privacy4allPeriod
COMMONPLACE
We got the receipts, folks.
And you don't need AI to verify what human experts, journalists, and electeds have known for years:
Pro tip: A 20-year head start and doing it correctly works
BOOKING: NEWS/PODS + Consulting + trainings + SPEAKING
I keep things simple. Just email or DM me
NEWS APPEARANCES:
Same day or remote is fine: Currently in Minneapolis.
SPEAKING
1st crowd of 1000s at 17. Should have been a game show host.
Speak "both sides" fluently.
CONSULTING:
Send me the gist. If I'm into it, the first meeting is free.
TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS:
Can get your team up to speed in an hour, on the same page in a day, and make 'em rockstars in a week.
Actionable deliverables.
RESILIENCE + CONFLICT RESOLUTION
My "off menu" specialities.
