The Subsidy Problem
The AI you run is priced below cost. If your plan assumes cheap AI forever, the real exposure is the price resetting to what inference actually costs.
The Totem Pole Under the Milky Way
The Totem Pole and the spires of Monument Valley under the Milky Way core, deep in the Navajo backcountry, reached only with a guide.
The Number on the Slide
One AI product, three published accuracy stories spanning 34 points. Why vendor metrics aren't comparable, what they actually measure, and the three questions that cut through.
Green River Overlook, Canyonlands
A sunset panorama from Green River Overlook in Canyonlands National Park, and making peace with the sky you're given after years of returning.
How to Tell What's Real in AI
A practitioner's five questions for judging AI claims without writing code: what was measured, on whose data, where it breaks, what it stands on, and which mistakes you can live with.
Alien Eggs at Bisti Badlands
The alien eggs at Bisti Badlands, a mile and a half out into BLM land in the middle of Navajo country south of Farmington, New Mexico.
Judgment Doesn't Scale
AI didn't hollow out consulting, it repriced it. When analysis gets cheap, you stop paying consultants for capacity and start paying for judgment.
Foto Friday: Rock With Wings
Foto Friday: Tsé Bitʼaʼí, the Navajo 'rock with wings,' at dawn outside Shiprock, New Mexico.
The Trust Tax
AI made execution cheap, so the real cost moved to verifying output you can no longer trust on sight. That trust tax grows with volume, and it is the line item no AI budget includes.
The Rainbow
A rainbow drops through storm light over Point Imperial on the Grand Canyon's North Rim, from one of my first trips to the canyon in 2019.
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