The economy is an optimization system, just like AI. Its reward function is profit. Profit has some relationship to people’s lives better (I grow a tomato, you buy it, we’re both better off). But the gap between profit and human welfare is vast.

Imagine if companies got money based on how much good they were doing. Imagine if our economy rewarded the right things.

In today's NYT, my colleague Aaron Tanaka makes the case for citizens' assemblies setting AI's guardrails: "If A.I. shapes all our lives, all of us deserve a say in shaping its future." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/o...

Opinion | Anxieties and Advice on Facing the A.I. Crisis (Gift Article)

Sampling the outpouring of letters about artificial intelligence. Also: A Russian’s gifts to Donald Trump Jr.; Head Start; a conservative question.

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I helped build Facebook's like button. It was meant to spread a little positivity. It became an engine for addiction, because addiction is more profitable than connection. That wasn't a design failure. It was an economic one. And we're about to repeat it with AI.

I’ve been at the nexus of tech and philanthropy for a long time, and wow: the coming wave of AI-fueled philanthropy gives us a real shot at ending the need for philanthropy. But only if it takes a radically different approach. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

I’ve been at the nexus of tech and philanthropy for a long time, and wow: the coming wave of AI-fueled philanthropy gives us a real shot at ending the need for philanthropy. But only if it takes a… | ...

I’ve been at the nexus of tech and philanthropy for a long time, and wow: the coming wave of AI-fueled philanthropy gives us a real shot at ending the need for philanthropy. But only if it takes a rad...

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A bad future with AI isn't inevitable. Neither is a good one. It's a political choice. Here's what I told POLITICO: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

A proposal for democratic AI

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My 5yo daughter Evie asked what my Fortune piece is about. "We need to change what AI companies get money for. And have that decided by everyone. Because currently, companies can get money for hurting the world." Her: “Wait, we give people money for hurting the world? We should do the opposite.”

I helped build Facebook and saw it go wrong. AI is headed the same way | Fortune

I also co-founded Asana and One Project, and we have to move away from the White House's self-regulation framework for AI.

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66% of Americans support citizen panels helping set AI rules. Trump voters, Biden voters, swing voters: nearly identical numbers. When was the last time that happened? Here’s how that would work in practice: oneproject.org/how-to-make-... @beyer.house.gov @eryk.bsky.social

How to Make AI Serve the Public - One Project

Rethinking AI power: why the public must govern the systems shaping our lives.

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And here's a deeper dive on how it would work in practice: oneproject.org/how-to-make-...

How to Make AI Serve the Public - One Project

Rethinking AI power: why the public must govern the systems shaping our lives.

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The White House wants to let the companies sort it out. We know how that ends. The question is whether we demand democratic governance before AI goes the way of social media. Fortune op-ed: fortune.com/2026/03/29/r...

I helped build Facebook and saw it go wrong. AI is headed the same way | Fortune

I also co-founded Asana and One Project, and we have to move away from the White House's self-regulation framework for AI.

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I helped build Facebook. I watched it become a machine for addicting people. Because addiction was more profitable. Now the same logic is driving AI. I wrote about what we do about it. 🧵