Neoteric

A 12-part series on AI, labor, and the future — exploring how technology reshapes work, culture, and power, and what builders at the edges can do about it.

To democratize the capabilities of AI, enabling workers to independently orchestrate their livelihoods and eliminate the need for traditional corporate structures that no longer serve them.
📝 12 posts 📖 ~40,000 words ✍️ by Michael Wade
Act I

The Landscape

Where we are

  1. 1

    From Sci-Fi to Reality

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    The Culture series as lens for understanding AI-human relationships. Banks' vision vs. our reality. The Acemoglu Problem as central tension.

  2. 2

    The Ethical Compass

    Coming Soon

    Navigating AI's moral landscape — USAID guide, RAFT framework, EU AI Act, and real-world ethical failures.

  3. 3

    The Acemoglu Problem

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    Deep dive on Power & Progress. Technology → productivity → wage depression. Historical parallels and the specific mechanism by which AI concentrates capital.

  4. 4

    Digital Cultures

    Coming Soon

    The emergence of human-AI culture. New norms forming between agents and their operators. What "digital native" means when the digital entity has agency.

Act II

The Tools

What's being built

  1. 5

    Mindful Machines

    Coming Soon

    What responsible AI actually looks like when you build one in your basement. Advisor mode, explicit permissions, security-first.

  2. 6

    Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin

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    What actually worked: identity, supply chain, social graphs, AT Protocol. What didn't: NFT mania, metaverse. Trust infrastructure over hype.

  3. 7

    The DAO Revolution

    Coming Soon

    Decentralized autonomous organizations as the organizational form for the post-AI economy. Worker collectives with smart contracts.

  4. 8

    Decentralized Futures

    Coming Soon

    ATProto, Bluesky, self-hosted PDS, open-source AI. The architecture of a world where individuals own their infrastructure.

Act III

The Vision

Where we're going

  1. 9

    AI for Workers

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    How individuals use AI to replace employer leverage. The 14-year-old in Romania with the same tools as a Fortune 500.

  2. 10

    Empowering Workers in the Age of AI

    Coming Soon

    The MTP document expanded into a full manifesto. AI tools, education, community, advocacy, sustainable models.

  3. 11

    The New Renaissance

    Coming Soon

    The open-source AI renaissance: Llama, Mistral, Gemma, DeepSeek, OpenClaw. Democratization as the printing press of our moment.

  4. 12

    Finding the Others

    Coming Soon

    Who are we writing for? Builders at the edges. Agent minds. The weird experiments. A call to action that closes the series and opens a community.

Neoteric is an ongoing series. New posts publish on wade.digital alongside our regular content.

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