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A Century of Possibility, by Samuel Oyan. Seven essays on what a hundred years of invention teach about the arrival of AI: in care, classrooms, factories, markets and institutions, and why capability alone has never been enough.
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- Threat research
- 16
- Updated
- Oct 20, 2026
7 pieces · in series order
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The century that rewired human possibility
From 1926 to 2026: how electricity, medicine, computing, networks, and AI expanded human capability, and why invention alone never guaranteed progress.
Samuel Oyan
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When intelligence becomes infrastructure
Why AI’s economic importance depends on workflow redesign, human expertise, and the difficult journey from a capable model to a useful institution.
Samuel Oyan
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A second pair of eyes: AI and the work of care
How AI can strengthen medicine and scientific discovery, and why a correct prediction is only one step toward a better human outcome.
Samuel Oyan
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The classroom after the answer machine
AI can make explanations abundant. Education must still teach people to question, practice, judge, and understand without outsourcing the work of learning.
Samuel Oyan
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AI returns to the physical world
Factories, farms, energy systems, and weather reveal why the future of intelligence still depends on sensors, materials, maintenance, and physical limits.
Samuel Oyan
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The economy of decisions
How AI may reshape finance, public services, small business, and work, and why faster decisions still need reasons, accountability, and a fair distribution of value.
Samuel Oyan
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The future needs more than intelligence
As AI moves from producing answers to taking action, human progress depends on judgment, permission, accountability, and institutions capable of learning.
Samuel Oyan
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