Applied Punk

Applied Punk

The economics of artificial intelligence and the increasingly strange question of what it means to be human.

Applied Punk is where I work through the forces beneath the AI headlines: labor, abundance, institutions, power, and the stubborn importance of place.

Why the name Applied Punk?

“Applied” comes from applied microeconomics, where I learned to begin with a concrete question and ask what evidence could answer it. “Punk” comes from Mreston Punk, my childhood nickname. The name fits what I want the writing to be: economically serious, curious about strange questions, and willing to have a little fun.