Essays on AI, institutions, and the point of human adoption.https://dougstandley.com/en-ushttps://dougstandley.com/essays/the-interruption/https://dougstandley.com/essays/the-interruption/The virus arrived in a man who was already losing something.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://dougstandley.com/essays/hello-world-can-we-talk/https://dougstandley.com/essays/hello-world-can-we-talk/Companies do not get ten years anymore.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://dougstandley.com/essays/the-last-5-percent/https://dougstandley.com/essays/the-last-5-percent/The last 5% of AI deployment is where value, risk, and accountability concentrate. It is where institutions reveal themselves — and where AI systems fail.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://dougstandley.com/essays/where-you-come-from-is-gone/https://dougstandley.com/essays/where-you-come-from-is-gone/A line from Flannery O'Connor, a recursive conversation with two frontier AI models, and the question of how humans stay sovereign when complexity outpaces our unaided minds.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://dougstandley.com/essays/no-lifeguard-on-duty/https://dougstandley.com/essays/no-lifeguard-on-duty/Most people read the sign as a warning. I read it as orientation.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT