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Timothy writes about power the way I try to write about leadership. He shows what happens when individuals stop thinking and start accepting inevitability. When we tell ourselves the system decides, not us. His work on tyranny is really work on the cost of abdicated judgment. If you care about civic responsibility, about what it means to lead when everything feels predetermined his thinking will change how you see your own choices.
What makes this Substack stand out is its philosophical simplicity paired with radical practicality. Allen writes about ideas that feel counterintuitive in our culture but ring true the moment you read them. "Rest is growth." I found his writing is measured and deliberate, which mirrors his message perfectly. There's no clickbait, no manufactured urgency, no attempt to game your attention.
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The question they keep asking is the one the industry keeps avoiding. Not "what can this technology do" but "what is it doing to us, and who decided that was acceptable." That question is why this publication exists. It is also why mine does.
The question The Citizens keeps asking is the one most technology coverage avoids entirely. Not what the technology can do. But who it is being built for, who authorised it, and who is paying the price when it goes wrong. If you read this newsletter because you believe the people building these systems should be answerable to the people living inside them, The Citizens is the publication doing that work most directly in the UK right now.
Mila writes about the moment money and technology start making your decisions for you. Not loudly. Quietly. Through design, through metrics, through nudges you did not notice until she names them. No hype. Just a clear eye on the mechanisms. If you have ever wondered why you keep clicking something you did not mean to click, she is already writing about it.
A new publication but very interesting "I study why sycophantic organizations produce sycophantic models, and how to architect a way out through System 2 logic".
Great source of material if you want to know where AI is heading...Some hard truths we all need to hear.
I'm enjoying reading Joel posts, he has been a CEO and train CEO. Very interesting publication, it's a "curated newsletter designed specifically for CEOs and senior executives."