Oct 18, 2026
Attention is the first capacity
Before judgment leaves the person, attention usually leaves first — and recovery gets harder when a model is always ready.
Thinking · Attention
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Oct 18, 2026
Measurement, not panic
Fear marketing and utopia marketing both leave people unprepared. The Evidence area exists to keep the public map honest.
Evidence · Method
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Oct 8, 2026
Why a family foundation
We wanted something that keeps doing good long after any one of us is around to run it.
Foundation
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Oct 8, 2026
Building Good Health for someone we love
It started as a way to keep one person's records straight. It became the program I'm most protective of.
Foundation · Good Health
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Oct 8, 2026
Why the packs ride in the car
Good Heroes is small on purpose. It's built for the moments when our paths actually cross.
Foundation · Good Heroes
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Oct 8, 2026
How we pay for it
Our family pays for everything, and we keep it that way on purpose.
Foundation
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Oct 8, 2026
Field notes
What we're learning as the Institute gets going: the research, the Academy, and what we're putting on the record.
Institute · Field notes
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Oct 7, 2026
The quiet outsourcing of judgment
Much of the harm we watch is quiet. It looks like asking a model what to do, every day.
Judgment · Adoption
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Oct 6, 2026
Tweens, teens, and AI: a summer 2026 read
What published surveys suggest about screen time, AI use, and the literacy gap.
Demographics · Youth
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Oct 5, 2026
When cognitive hours stop buying dignity
What happens to identity and livelihood at home as AI changes work.
Work · Adaptation
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Oct 5, 2026
Agents in the house
What prepared families need before permissions go live.
Agents · Household
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Oct 4, 2026
Companion hours and lonely nights
Leaning on AI for companionship, studied as a pattern and with care.
Harm · Psychosocial
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Oct 3, 2026
Why we publish the slow way
Why we put out pulses, views, and curriculum instead of hot takes.
Approach · Method
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Oct 3, 2026
The Academy ladder in practice
Get comfortable, then make it work for you. Here's what that will look like in the curriculum.
Academy · Education
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Oct 2, 2026
Opening note
Why The Good Institute exists.
Institute
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