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AI Work Philosophy Aristotle Employment Automation

Poiesis, praxis, and the tasks that switch sides

2025 produced the first mass layoffs publicly assumed by CEOs — signed, numbered, unapologetic. Those numbers raise a question: what exactly is disappearing? We'll analyze it by looking at the different categories of tasks. Aristotle had three words for this 2,500 years ago: poiesis, praxis, phronesis. They still hold.

·16 min
AI OpenAI Anthropic Pentagon Ethics

Pentagon. Anthropic said no. OpenAI said yes. It probably changes nothing.

On February 27, 2026, OpenAI raised $110 billion and signed with the Pentagon — the deal Anthropic had just refused. Behind the apparent ethical standoff, four complementary readings: HR strategy, commercial negotiation, lock-in dynamics, and a structural problem far older than AI.

·14 min