carolyn rogers

Welcome to my page. This is my collection of writing and ideas about the tech I think about every day (crypto, AI), the patterns I observe in systems and institutions, and what it means to be human in a technological age.

latest essays

How do organizations actually move fast?
And can AI really solve the fundamental constraints of coordination?
Bad Potatoes
Erosion of insight and the problem of objective specification
Thinking unevenly well
Why is it hard to transpose good thinking across domains and scales?

selected work

What’s it all for?
An essay on meaning, progress, and technological ambition. Featured in the syllabus for PP338 Policy Design and Implementation at Claremont Graduate University, Spring 2026.
Awakening the Machine
A documentary interview series on artificial intelligence featuring Tim Urban, Max Tegmark, Robin Hanson, and others.

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ai · crypto · systems · embodiment