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Seven Bets
AI will bring abundance. A few will capture it. Everyone else will pay the bill—unless we build something different.
Essays on AI, education, product, and politics
I’m Ryan York. I write about how technology reshapes work and learning — and who ends up sharing in what it creates.
Recent
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This Plane Was Never Going to Fly
Why the future of education isn't a better school.
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The Empty Quadrant: A Progressive Case for AI Abundance
Why progressives must own both AI as the engine of abundance and the equitable distribution of what it creates.
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The Living Product
A thesis on the future of software
What I’m working on
willowed.org
Willow
A career and postsecondary readiness curriculum built for economic mobility. I’m CPTO, building the platform schools use to teach purpose, AI fluency, and durable skills.
workthatmatters.io
Work that Matters
A twelve-week residency inside your company. Your people pick a real problem, build a system of agents that handles it, and put it into production.
clearwaterafrica.com
Clearwater
Reliable, transparent water delivery in Accra, Ghana, where 3.6 million people don’t have dependable water. Order from your phone and get it delivered to your home or business.