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The Architecture of Goodness: Designing Systems That Make Decency Sustainable
We’ve measured morality by character for too long. The Architecture of Goodness argues that ethics must be designed, not preached, replacing heroism…
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Kanav Jain
Survival Isn't Proof of Worth
Longevity isn’t virtue. The systems that last the longest often do so by pushing their stress onto others. This is how survival turns into capture.
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Kanav Jain
​The Right to Fuck Up
We replaced repair with disposal. It’s time to build a more human world.
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Kanav Jain
Sanctiphagy
A good system shouldn’t need saints. It should metabolize harm before someone has to transcend it.
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Kanav Jain
Stricter in Love Than in Law
Why do we grill our loved ones harder than corporations or governments? Stricter in Love Than in Law reveals how modern institutions turn excuses into…
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Kanav Jain
Is Our Obsession with ‘Authenticity’ a Trap?
​“Be real” is the gospel of our age, chanted by politicians claiming to speak from the heart, influencers in “no-filter” confessionals, and employers…
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Kanav Jain
Critical Bioengineering
From medical implants to insurance portals, from stress fractures to eviction notices, the physics of failure hasn’t changed. What’s changed is the…
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Kanav Jain
​Consensus Without Conflict Is a Lie
In journalism, science, and law, we know that a single, smooth answer is dangerous. So why do we call it “best practice” when it comes from an…
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Kanav Jain
When Explaining Makes Things Worse
We often use lengthy explanations after a mistake to manage our own discomfort. But true accountability requires concrete steps, not just eloquent…
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Kanav Jain
The Ethical AI CEO Is a Contradiction by Design
Stop searching for an ethical AI CEO. The job is impossible. The problem isn't a lack of individual virtue, but a system that makes virtue a liability.
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Kanav Jain
How I Learned to Laugh at 'Inevitable'
The powerful have always used the language of weather and physics to enforce their will. The best counter isn't a better argument—it's seeing the…
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Kanav Jain
Truth Doesn’t Fail for Lack of Facts, It Fails on Contact with Power
For more than a decade, we've treated misinformation as a problem of persuasion. Fact-checks, media literacy drives, AI detection tools all assume that…
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Kanav Jain
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