Maxim Gorbachev · 66 essays

Exploring how technology transforms human potential, and what it means to stay truly human.

Read Transhumanism is Maxim Gorbachev’s living archive of 66 LinkedIn essays about AI, attention, work, power, and human agency.

AI, work, and human agency
Attention, judgment, and choice
The human consequences of the systems we build

66 essays English original · Russian, Spanish & Hebrew available

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I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS A SUCCESS STORY

Published: September 2, 2026
Read time: 17 min read

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From AI maturity and the attention economy to children, privacy, and the meaning of a human future — the full run of the Transhumanism series.

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Archive 064 English original

I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS A SUCCESS STORY

Published

September 2, 2026

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17 min read

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Archive 067 English original

The Capability Gap

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September 16, 2026

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3 min read

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Archive 066 English original

We Had Revenue. We Hadn’t Built a Company.

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September 9, 2026

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5 min read

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I Thought Helping People Was Always the Right Thing to Do

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September 8, 2026

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8 min read

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Archive 063 English original

What If We’re Measuring the Wrong Thing?

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August 6, 2026

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4 min read

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We Are Building the Next Intelligence Before We Understand Our Own

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July 31, 2026

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8 min read

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Archive 061 English original

I came to AI for speed. I got much more.

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July 2, 2026

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4 min read

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Archive 060 English original

First, We Must Belong to Ourselves

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June 4, 2026

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6 min read

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Archive 059 English original

The Infrastructure We Are Building

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April 15, 2026

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3 min read

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Archive 058 English original

The Largest Investment in the Infrastructure of Force in Human History

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April 9, 2026

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5 min read

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Archive 057 English original

When Behavior Becomes Infrastructure

Published

March 27, 2026

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3 min read

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Archive 056 English original

The World We Are Building for Our Children

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March 23, 2026

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4 min read

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Archive 055 English original

The Responsibility We Are Quietly Delegating to Machines

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March 12, 2026

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7 min read

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Archive 054 English original

The End of Human Cognitive Monopoly

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March 5, 2026

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6 min read

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Archive 053 English original

Children, Algorithms, and the Age of Cognitive Overload

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February 19, 2026

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5 min read

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Archive 052 English original

The Hidden Cost of Staying Who You Used to Be

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February 12, 2026

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3 min read

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Archive 051 English original

Awareness in the Age of Transhumanism

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February 5, 2026

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5 min read

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Archive 050 English original

AI Didn’t Replace Us. It Made Us Optional.

Published

January 29, 2026

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4 min read

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Archive 049 English original

Did You Notice How Much Is Decided Before We Arrive?

Published

January 23, 2026

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6 min read

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Archive 048 English original

Our Habits in the Age of Transhumanism

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January 15, 2026

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3 min read

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Archive 047 English original

Comfort Over Freedom

Published

January 8, 2026

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4 min read

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Archive 046 English original

Think and Grow Rich in the Age of AI

Published

January 2, 2026

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5 min read

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Archive 045 English original

Power Moves Through Algorithms

Published

December 25, 2025

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4 min read

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Speech as an X-Ray of Thinking: Why Hidden Misalignment Becomes Visible Faster in the Age of AI

Published

December 18, 2025

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3 min read

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Archive 043 English original

The Language Fallacy: Why We Can’t Predict the Future of AI

Published

December 11, 2025

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4 min read

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Archive 042 English original

Success in the Age of AI: Why Einstein’s Formula Matters More Than Ever

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December 5, 2025

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4 min read

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Archive 041 English original

15 Years of AI Maturity: How Technology Has Reshaped Work, Thinking, and the Logic of Progress

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8 months ago

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3 min read

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Archive 040 English original

Verified Attention: Why the Age of AI Demands a New Standard of Human Presence

Published

November 20, 2025

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4 min read

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Archive 039 English original

The New Human Dream in the Age of AI

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November 13, 2025

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4 min read

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The Attention Economy 2.0: AI, Focus, and the Rise of Human-Centric Business

Published

November 6, 2025

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4 min read

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Archive 037 English original

B2H: Business to Human. The Age of Genuine Attention.

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October 29, 2025

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3 min read

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Archive 036 English original

🧠 The Algorithmic Soul: Who Shapes What We Believe in the Age of Machines.

Published

October 23, 2025

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4 min read

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Startup Without a Soul: Why Belief Outlives Any Metric

Published

October 16, 2025

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3 min read

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The Attention Economy: Why Human Focus Became the World’s Most Valuable Resource

Published

October 9, 2025

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4 min read

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Archive 033 English original

The Evolution of AI in the Age of Transhumanism: From Narrow Tasks to Replacing Human Labor.

Published

October 3, 2025

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6 min read

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Archive 032 English original

Modern Marketing and Its Future: Trout’s Laws in the Light of a New Era

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September 25, 2025

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5 min read

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Archive 031 English original

The future belongs to those who are ready to change today. Am I ready for these changes?

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September 18, 2025

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3 min read

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From Consumption to Human-Centric: The Next Great Economic Shift

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September 11, 2025

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4 min read

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Archive 029 English original

Realistic Positive Thinking: How to Stay Optimistic Without Ignoring Reality

Published

September 4, 2025

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8 min read

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Archive 028 English original

Humanity in the Modern World: How to Preserve Warmth in a Cold Reality

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August 28, 2025

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12 min read

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Archive 027 English original

BETTER TO FORGIVE ONCE THAN TO HATE FOR A LIFETIME

Published

August 21, 2025

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12 min read

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Privacy with AI: A Beautiful Illusion

Published

August 14, 2025

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12 min read

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"We All Die Anyway" – And Other Stupid Excuses for Neglecting Your Health

Published

August 7, 2025

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14 min read

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From TikTok to Reels: The 8-Second Attention Span Crisis

Published

July 31, 2025

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10 min read

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The New Death: When Algorithms Erase You

Published

July 24, 2025

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9 min read

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How You Shared Your Data for Discounts and Bonuses?

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July 17, 2025

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12 min read

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Successful or Outdated? Why Poverty Today Is Not a Life Sentence and Wealth Is No Guarantee

Published

July 10, 2025

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21 min read

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Do You Still Know How to Think?

Published

July 3, 2025

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6 min read

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Archive 019 English original

Anxiety as the New Normal: When the World Accelerates Faster Than Our Minds

Published

June 26, 2025

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15 min read

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Burning Truth: Information Warfare in a Fahrenheit 451 World

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June 19, 2025

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10 min read

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Ghosted by Humanity: Why Your Best Friend Is a Bot

Published

June 12, 2025

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17 min read

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The Children of the Future Are Already Among Us: You Just Missed the Upgrade

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June 5, 2025

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10 min read

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Why We Can’t Function Without Stimulants

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May 29, 2025

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6 min read

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Digital Immortality: Why We’re Uploading Ourselves to the Cloud

Published

May 22, 2025

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21 min read

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The Digital Peter Pan Syndrome: Why AI Is Making Adults Childish

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May 15, 2025

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11 min read

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TRANSHUMANISM IN ACTION: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING HUMANITY

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May 8, 2025

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15 min read

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The Art of Lying: Why Everyone Lies and What It Means for the Future

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May 1, 2025

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9 min read

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Monogamy vs. Polygamy: Eternal Love or Free Relationships?

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April 24, 2025

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8 min read

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Transhumanism and Fear of the Future: How Emotional Intelligence Helps Cope with Uncertainty

Published

1 year ago

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11 min read

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Happiness as a System Error: A Critical Analysis of Human Nature

Published

April 10, 2025

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8 min read

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The Aesthetics of the Future: Transhumanism and Mental Health in the Web 3.0 Era

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April 3, 2025

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13 min read

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Self-Deception in the Age of AI: Why We’re Unprepared for Changes in the Job Market

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March 26, 2025

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16 min read

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE: ECO-FRIENDLY BUSINESS IN THE AGE OF TRANSHUMANISM

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March 20, 2025

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14 min read

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Transhumanism and the Meaning of Life: How Technology and Mindfulness Intertwine Our Path

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1 year ago

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13 min read

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Transhumanism and Web3: A Decentralized Evolution of Humanity

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March 5, 2025

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17 min read

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The Digital Quagmire: How Online Addiction and Fake News are Shaping Young Minds

Published

February 27, 2025

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13 min read

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Key Problems and Mistakes in Business Communications in the Age of Transhumanism

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February 24, 2025

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8 min read

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Maxim Gorbachev

Maxim Gorbachev writes about the choices technology asks of us. His essays examine how AI, attention, work, and power shape daily life, then turn the question back to the person making the choice.

AI, work, and human agency
Attention, judgment, and choice
The human consequences of the systems we build

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