Stories on camera
Talks, conversations and essays on video. Real-life recordings first, followed by stories made with my AI avatar.
In real life
Introducing President Barack Obama
Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2022, Copenhagen. Introducing President Barack Obama before his speech on grassroots organizing, misinformation and the next generation of leaders.
Disinformation and the threat to democracy
Ateneo de Madrid with the Obama Foundation, Madrid. Panel with Chris Simon, Leopoldo López and Sahra-Josephine Hjorth, moderated by Luis Arroyo.
With my AI avatar
Small stories directed and produced by me, using my AI avatar.
October 2026
Made with my AI avatarThe iPhone Killed the Calculator. Now the LLM Is Coming for Your Software Company.
When the iPhone arrived, it did not have to be a better calculator, camera or map to stop people from buying those things. The LLM is about to do the same to software.
Read the essayOctober 2026
Made with my AI avatarThe Anatomy of a Hype
How AI extinction became a pre-IPO story, turning a real fear into evidence of power, a barrier to competition and, eventually, a valuation.
Read the essayOctober 2026
Made with my AI avatarIf I Operated an EdTech Fund, I Would Be Shitting My Pants
After a decade building in edtech, I think 90–95% of today's edtech companies will close, consolidate, or become irrelevant within 2–3 years.
Read the essayOctober 2026
Made with my AI avatarWhen the Lie Has a Bibliography
A lie used to become dangerous when enough people believed it. Now it can become dangerous when enough machines cite it.
Read the essayOctober 2026
Made with my AI avatarIf I See One More Person Push “PedTech,” I’m Going to Vomit
Pedagogy was never the missing idea. The harder problem was building an industry whose economics allowed pedagogy to stay at the center once investment dollars came knocking.
Read the essayOctober 2026
Made with my AI avatarNobody Canceled the Iceman
Industries rarely disappear because a better rival wins or everyone goes bankrupt. They disappear through what I call the Five Cs of disappearance: Capital, Compression, Container, Customer and Category. Most industries meet more than one, few meet all five, and the last is the hardest to see.
Read the essay
Why the labels: some videos are AI-generated using an avatar trained to look and sound like me. Others are simply me on camera. I label every video so you always know which one you are watching.