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Why we need fewer heroes
When a society, an institution, or even a piece of software continually produces heroes, it offers clear evidence of a broken architecture.
13 hrs ago
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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.
Oct 9
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Kanav Jain
Sanctiphagy
A good system shouldn’t need saints. It should metabolize harm before someone has to transcend it.
Oct 7
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Kanav Jain
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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…
Sep 25
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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.
Sep 13
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Kanav Jain
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The Stock Market Hates a Cure
Ten years ago, Gilead Sciences did what modern medicine says it exists to do: it cured a disease.
Jul 16
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Kanav Jain
Why Doctors Say No to New Tech
It’s the diagnosis pulled out whenever a doctor or nurse pushes back on some new system, tool, or “transformation.” To outsiders, it sounds neutral—a…
Jul 14
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Kanav Jain
The Myth of Moral Decay
How American Policy Manufactures Bystander Inaction
Jul 9
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Kanav Jain
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Beyond Deservingness
There’s a peculiar contradiction at the heart of modern public policy: Propose universal provision—unconditional meals, healthcare, housing, or cash—and…
Jul 1
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Kanav Jain
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Racism as a Business Model
How Denial Became a Revenue Stream—and What It Will Take to Break the Machine
Jun 13
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Kanav Jain
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Universality Disincentivizes Surveillance
In health insurance, credit, and employment, private actors mine ZIP codes, prescription histories, résumé gaps, and spending habits to assign risk and…
Jun 2
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Kanav Jain
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Edge-Case Medicine: How Profit Logic Treats Life as Waste
Capitalism doesn’t just cut corners—it cuts people out.
May 4
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Kanav Jain
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