A Lightspeed Commerce shareholder since 2018 makes the case for a bold strategic pivot before the company writes its own BlackBerry ending. The clock is ticking.
Lightspeed, You’re Totally Buggin’: A Shareholder’s Unsolicited Intervention
The SaaSberg: The Half-Trillion Dollar Empire That Didn’t See It Coming
For two decades, SaaS companies built empires on a beautiful, locked-in logic: make switching painful, make customization limited, make implementation expensive. The lock-in was the product. Now AI has destroyed that calculus — and over half a trillion dollars in market value has quietly disappeared to prove it.
The Seven American Companies That Built Your Prison (And You Love It)
Seven American companies built the world you can’t escape. From Ford’s assembly lines to OpenAI’s algorithms, they’ve made life convenient, connected, and completely dependent on their innovations. They’ve also facilitated genocide, normalized surveillance, and crushed labor rights. Progress always demands a price. You’re paying it.
We Beat Fascism. We Can Master AI. Here’s How We Do It.
We beat fascism not by shrinking from fear but by building through it. Today’s panic over AI isn’t new; it’s historical amnesia. Humanity has survived greater threats and emerged stronger each time. The question isn’t whether AI will destroy us — it’s what kind of civilization we’re willing to build with it.
Notes Beyond the Map 