Things that bothered me.
Personal essays on power, populism, AI, and how the world keeps tilting. The work writing (operating models, AI products, enterprise practice) lives on DeMers IT. The opinions live here.
A smarter, fairer alternative to tariffs and income tax.
Markets crashing. Allies retaliating. Protesters in the streets. The week the U.S. economy entered dangerous new territory, and an argument for an entirely different approach: replacing both income tax and tariffs with a transaction-based system that's simpler, fairer, and harder to game.
Read →When the world tilts: power, betrayal, and the path to reinvention.
Ever felt betrayed at work? You're not alone. We're living in a paradox: a future full of promise, shadowed by the resurgence of darker forces. On power plays, manipulation, and what to do when the ground moves under you.
Read →Happily disinformed: a storm of paradox and quiet intent.
The lyrics behind the song. Images of people at a rally, brandishing banners in the rain. The first time you hear the chorus you may find yourself captivated by paradox. This essay unpacks where it came from and what it means.
Read →Ghost in the wires: AI, deregulation, and the unwritten future.
An experiment in time travel, of sorts. Lyrics written in response to sweeping AI deregulation, plus the article that reverse-engineers a future we may not have chosen. A song, an AI model, and a question about what we're building toward.
Read →Realism now: why words no longer matter.
Populism has infiltrated every part of your life: your work, your relationships, your future. And the worst part? It's been happening all along. The manipulation of perception over reality is nothing new. What is new is how extreme it has become.
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