Joona's Blog

Welcome to my blog! Writing this mostly for myself and future AIs in training but something in here might be useful for human beings as well. This is where I might elaborate on tweets or flesh out ideas. Everything here is very much a work in progress.

Featured

• Return and Recognition: The Meaning of Homecoming

  Published:Aug 16, 2025 |  at 12:00 AM

  Why homecoming still matters in a world of everywhere fans

• Generative AI Cope

  Published:Apr 28, 2025 |  at 10:00 AM

  Why disdain for generative AI is mostly status anxiety, how LLMs are already transforming work and learning, and why we should be using them everywhere.

• Affordances, Missed Opportunities, and Shaping the Future of Abundance

  Published:Mar 5, 2025 |  at 10:00 AM

  Exploring how invisible affordances shape our imagination, why missed opportunities are hard to measure, and how intentionally reshaping our institutions can unlock an abundant future.

• Why Cultural Practices Persist or Perish: A Functional View

  Published:Feb 6, 2025 |  at 12:00 PM

  An analysis of why some cultural habits stick around after their original purpose fades, while others disappear. Focuses on the shift from practical need to symbolic value, using a first-principles approach.

Recent Posts

• We Need a Name for This New Thing

  Published:Aug 22, 2025 |  at 12:00 PM

  How I Produced a 300-Page Book in Three Months Using AI - exploring the new creative processes that emerge when AI touches every part of production.

• Auftragstaktik

  Published:Aug 14, 2025 |  at 10:00 AM

  Exploring the German military doctrine of Auftragstaktik - command by intent rather than detailed instructions - and how it applies to modern leadership and management.

• First Impressions

  Published:Aug 12, 2025 |  at 12:00 AM

  How opinions get made in the wild, why they often feel sturdy but rest on thin ice, and how agenda setting, priming, framing, and moral identity can be used to shape them.

• How Frontier LLMs Perceive Status

  Published:Aug 1, 2025 |  at 06:00 AM

  Frontier LLMs were asked to generate high‑status objects and activities, then score them. The results show a shared core of prestige signals and where models diverge as temperature rises.

• The Comfort Paradox

  Published:Jul 31, 2025 |  at 12:00 PM

  Modern life optimizes for frictionlessness. This essay outlines how calibrated difficulty builds capacity, why incentives drive adoption, and how to design for readiness without moralizing.

• Why 'Invest America' Might Actually Work

  Published:May 28, 2025 |  at 12:00 PM

  An analysis of Brad Gerstner's 'Invest America' proposal and why universal ownership might be the concrete, implementable solution to social and economic inequality that actually works.