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Perspectives
Long-form essays and interviews on AI, leadership, economic resilience, and the forces reshaping Canada, from Perry Kinkaide and the KEI Network community.
Fact or Fiction: Consumerism Is Coming to An End
Consumerism Is Coming to An End Canadian pollster David Coletto recently posed a provocative question: Is consumerism beginning to stall? On the surface, the economy appears stable. Employment remains
The Last Commons ( Chapter Two): A Globe Under Siege (Issue #258)
Yet today those foundations are being tested by accelerating technological change, economic uncertainty, and shifting social expectations. In this issue, we continue our exploration of The Last Common
The Lost Commons Episode One: The Infrastructure We Can No Longer See
Perry Kinkaide reads from The Lost Commons: Human Relevance Under Siege, his new book on what happens to human relevance as automation and AI reshape work, community, and daily life. (14min 48sec)
Fact or Fiction: Humans The New Agents of AI
Humans: The New Agents of AI In the early days of computing, machines were tools. Humans issued commands; computers obeyed. Today that relationship is quietly reversing. Increasingly, humans function
Th Last Commons: (Chapter One): The Infrastructure We Can No Longer See (Issue #257)
Our capacity to think independently, to reflect critically, and to act with intention is increasingly shaped—if not quietly captured—by systems designed to attract, measure, and monetize our attention
Fact or Fiction: You’ve Lost You Mind
You’ve Lost Your Mind In an age of algorithmic conformity, personal sovereignty survives — if you choose it. Before every era of disruption, there is a moment when people believe the tide can still be
The Last Commons: A Final Reflection Before the Journey Begins (Issue #256)
The public is no longer merely informed; it is harvested. And the sovereign self is increasingly reduced to a metric. We ask what remains when identity is mediated, quantified, and publicly validated.
Fact or Fiction: Cell Phones For the Ages
Cell Phones: A Gift for the Ages Fact or Fiction? Five Questions Every Parent Should Ask The smartphone is arguably the most powerful consumer device ever placed in a child’s hand. It connects them to
Dehumanizing The Public by Selling Fear in The Attention Economy (Issue #255)
The article traces how fear has evolved from staged spectacle to ambient condition — delivered not occasionally, but continuously, through the device in our hands. The smartphone is not simply a commu
Fact or Fiction: Mr. Trump, Remember 1812 Again?
And it is certainly not a campaign bumper sticker. Yet once again, we find ourselves in an American political season where the past is waved like a flag—usually upside down. The War of 1812 is often r
Why Organizations That Confuse Stability with Survival Fail to Adapt (Issue #254)
From universities and hospitals to corporations and government agencies, “sustainability” has become a universal aspiration. Yet too often it is interpreted as preservation rather than adaptation. The
253 AI’s Enlightenment — To Embrace Humanism
AI’s Enlightenment — To Embrace Humanism Fact or Fiction Fiction: AI itself is on the verge of moral enlightenment and will soon guide humanity away from catastrophe. Recent discussion sparked by a WI