Is identity just an Onion, a collection of social roles and digital profiles? If you peel those layers away, is there anything left at the center?
I’d rather be a Peach.
There has to be a solid core that isn't for sale or "optimized" for a profile. To me, "taking the peach" is how we maintain our agency in a world obsessed with our outer layers.
My new essay: https://ronaldraadsen.substack.com/p/ill-take-the-peach-on-the-nature?r=5lwmoo
#Philosophy #Identity #HumanFirst #SlowWeb #Substack
China is already working to ban "OpenClaw" AI agents. The cybersecurity risk is significant.
The core problem is the level of access we grant autonomous tools. If a criminal subverts an agent that has the keys to your email and bank accounts, they don't need to crack your encryption.
As we move toward "agentic AI," we're introducing a massive new vector for data theft. This bears watching.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91507241/china-went-crazy-for-openclaw-now-its-working-to-ban-it
#CyberSecurity #AI #OpenClaw #Infosec #TechPolicy
The strikes near Isfahan trace back to Trump breaking the 2015 nuclear deal—a pact Iran was actually honoring at the time. By shredding that agreement, the U.S. traded diplomatic guardrails for the dangerous escalation we see now.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/donald-trump-iran-nuclear-uranium-isfahan-joe-cirincione/ #Iran #Trump #US #Politics #NuclearWeapons
I spent decades looking at ledgers. Now, I'm looking at the ledger of identity.
My latest piece for the relaunch of my Substack explores "The Identity Ledger", bridging corporate management models with Byung-Chul Han and the Zhuangzi to see how we maintain our "profiles" in a digital world.
The producer price index rose at a faster-than-expected pace of 0.5% last month and 2.9% on an annual basis, signaling that the Federal Reserve is still wide of hitting its 2% inflation target.
https://www.cfodive.com/news/producer-prices-rise-forecast-affirming-inflation-persistence-Fed-Federal-Reserve-jobs-labor/813422/ #Inflation #Economy #Economics
Most of us learned philosophy as a Western story. A South African philosopher named Mogobe Ramose argues that wasn't an accident. I came across his essay "The Struggle for Reason in Africa" and wrote up my reading of it. If you ever wondered whose voices are missing from the philosophical conversation, this might be worth your time.
https://ronaldraadsen.substack.com/p/outside-the-canon-my-reading-of-ramoses #Philosophy #AfricanPhilosophy #Decolonization #Ubuntu #Epistemology #Humanities #Theology #CriticalThinking
"The organizations that succeed will be the ones that align their work models with their technology strategies. That means embracing autonomy and data-driven insight rather than badge swipes."
https://www.fastcompany.com/91495298/how-ai-could-kill-the-return-to-office #RTO #Management #Leadership #Workplace
I never liked the idea of using cloud-based password managers. There are news stories all the time about some type of data breach. Each additional person having their passwords on a server makes the payout incrementally more attractive, more valuable.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/password-managers-promise-that-they-cant-see-your-vaults-isnt-always-true/ #Security #PasswordManagers #Tech
Knowledge workers spend 3 hours on maintenance work for every 1 hour of creative, strategic thinking (Miro 2025).
This week's ITM explores what contemplative space actually is—and why it's categorically different from rest or recovery time. Zhuangzi's useless tree meets the attention economy's architecture.
https://open.substack.com/pub/terraphilosophica/p/itm-protecting-space-for-contemplation?r=5lwmoo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#philosophy #leadership #innovation #contemplation
“Our truth is not a ‘being,’ but a ‘staying’ here, in this place, with this hunger, and with this hope.”
~ Rodolfo Kusch, from Indigenous and Popular Thinking in America
This quote suggest that our identity isn’t a trophy we win at the end of a career, but rather the way we occupy the space we are currently in. It is a bit of an intellectual pivot, moving from “What am I?” to “How do I belong here?”
https://terraphilosophica.substack.com/p/rodolfo-kusch-our-truth-is-staying
#Philosophy #LatinAmericanPhilosophy #Identity #Belonging #RodolfoKusch
