AI: Space Race or Boom or Bust?
AI investment is surging as the U.S. races China. What can past technology booms teach us about the risks of building too fast?
Welcome to the New EarthBlog
Welcome to the new EarthBlog, the journal behind Dan H. Lawrence’s books and creative work. Explore writing updates, world-building insights, new stories, and reflections on curiosity, belonging, leadership, and the experiences that shape his work.
The “Hot Mess” and the New Means of Production
Agentic AI is becoming part of the infrastructure used to create software. This essay examines how platform defaults, delegated production, and opaque AI supply chains shape institutional systems before they ever reach the point of use.
When Memory Becomes Democratic
Persistent AI memory can become governable when communities help decide what institutions remember, how long it persists, and how it can be challenged. This essay explores practical models for making memory visible, revisable, and democratically accountable.
Part five of a series
When Memory Outpaces Governance
Part four of a series
When Memory Encounters Inequality
AI systems that remember do not enter neutral institutions. This essay examines how persistent memory can preserve unequal scrutiny, carry old classifications forward, and make existing disparities harder to escape.
Part three of a series
When Memory Becomes Institutional
Persistent AI memory can become part of an institution’s routines, defaults, and decision-making. This essay examines who controls that memory, whose judgments persist, and how earlier choices shape future governance.
Part two of a series
When Memory Becomes Infrastructure
AI systems are beginning to remember across interactions. That shift turns memory from a convenient feature into infrastructure, raising deeper questions about power, accountability, and who controls what persists.
Part one of a series
A Birthday, a Book, and a Crossroads
A reflection on leadership, adaptive decision-making, and choosing to leave a role with integrity. Explores the values behind Letting the Good Ones Go and the challenges of navigating layoffs with compassion and clarity.
Something I’ve Been Working On Quietly…A New Leadership Book!
My new release, Reflective Leadership, offers 365 daily affirmations to help leaders cultivate clarity, courage, and grounded presence—one reflection at a time.
Earthlog Enters the Archives: A Sci-Fi Adventure in Publishing
Earthlog now has a Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN)—a big step for getting it into libraries! Learn how ISBNs, LCCNs, and cataloging open doors for indie books.
Anticipatory Compliance: When Fear Edits the Story
There’s a kind of censorship happening right now that’s harder to pinpoint than book bans or legislation—it’s the kind that happens before anyone even complains.