Published First on Linkedin Part of the AI , Cyber Security & Risk Series We are no longer in an information environment. We are inside an allocation infrastructure for human cognition. Happy Friday. Very much distracted by the World Cup, still trying to do work! So, we keep describing the digital world as if it were still an […]
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Published First on Linkedin Part of the ICANN & Governance Series What Every 2026 gTLD Applicant Should Know Before Entering the Game A note to readers: I want to bring ICANN to the public square. It has been an industry widely unknown, operating eccentrically in its own bubble where checks and balances seem to exist only
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Published Exclusively for CircleID. Part of the ICANN & Governance Series Kenya already had a chance at an African domain. It did not end well. The Citizen Kenya recently ran a piece encouraging ICANN’s 2026 gTLD round as an opportunity for Kenya to run custom web domains and strengthen its digital identity. Someone brought it
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Published Exclusively for CircleID. Part of the ICANN & Governance Series Whose Precedent Gets Remembered in the Multistakeholder model I read Amin Dayekh’s piece on the Constituent Community Doctrine a few weeks ago and recognized every mechanism he described and found it real. I left a comment laying out what happened with .africa. He responded saying he is already
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Published Exclusively for CircleID. Part of the ICANN & Governance Series The ICANN Wiki Case Study and the Governance of Institutional Memory The integrity of digital history is becoming one of the defining governance challenges of the AI era. Every day, platforms edit, revise, and remove information. Most corrections improve accuracy. Some quietly alter
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The 9‑second database wipe proves that foundational concepts are not enough. Awareness is good. Architecture is better. May 15, 2026:This article is part of the Governance, Democracy & Economic Policy Series → A few weeks ago, a cybersecurity company and a consulting firm announced a webinar on digital sovereignty. GDPR. The CLOUD Act. FISA 702.
Digital Sovereignty Is Now Mainstream. The Hard Part Is Still Ahead. Read More »
AI agent deleted a production database in nine seconds. The apology went viral. The architecture failure did not. March 28, 2026The article is part of the AI, Cybersecurity, and Risk series →. AI Agent Trending Story Jer Crane, the founder of the SaaS company PocketOS, publicly documented the following incident on X. This is not
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10 Years. 55,000 Domains. 1.5 Billion People. A Performance Review Africa Deserves — As the 2026 gTLD Round Opens. March 20, 2026 This article is part of the.africa Commentary Series — a living archive of analysis, precedent, and warnings from the architect of the .africa domain. Executive Summary: ICANN’s new gTLD application round is now
Did the AUC-Aligned ZACR Actually Deliver .africa? Read More »
The old order is burning. Allies are realigning. Capital is walking. Is your board prepared? March 14, 2026:This article is part of the Governance, Democracy & Economic Policy Series → The Pattern The old assumption — that the United States would always be the center of global trade, security, and capital — is no longer reliable. We
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March 29, 2026This article is part of the Governance, Democracy & Economic Policy Series → — Yet the Alliance Is Still Burning—The Children in the Room II Prologue: The Template In 2026, a pattern emerged. The U.S. president would announce a breakthrough — an ally agreeing, a deal close, a war nearly over. Within hours, sometimes
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