Welcome to Kernel
Kernel is an essay series for those who feel the tension between optimism and doomsday, between the wonders of digitalization and AI and their obvious dangers. It speaks to anyone who senses the dilution of identity in an online-dominated world and longs for what the offline experience still offers.
Kernel is a newsletter for people who think critically about today’s technological revolutions and, starting from first principles and fundamental human values, want to ask what these transformations truly mean.
Who benefits reading Kernel
Thinkers who measure technology impact critically.
Readers who stand between dread and determined optimism, wanting clarity more than comfort.
Curious minds with zero tech jargon but a high tolerance for abstract thinking.
People who are interested in information warfare, and deepfakes.
Non-bullshitters, ready to question their own digital addiction.
Why pay for another AI-and-society newsletter?
1. Critical thinking: Every piece poses the fundamental questions that any digital citizen or AI-curious reader should ask. Each essay aims to build awareness and critical thinking, cutting through the click-bait headlines and lobby-driven takes that dominate the conversation.
2. Human made : This project isn’t a growth hack. I read slowly, walk slowly, think slowly, and take time to document and research each essay. If you value original, non-AI-generated articles, thought out and written by a fellow human, you should pay.
3. Fundamental knowledge : I’m a mathematician by training and I still program every day. I’m also an avid reader of philosophy and a teacher. If you want to understand the technical forces reshaping our world without wading through equations or dense jargon, you’re in the right place.
What do you get?
Kernel runs on reader support, $10 /month or $100 /year (two months free). Free members get my public essay every month. Paid members unlock everything else:
Weekly essays – each week you’ll receive a clear, no-hype analysis of how algorithms and AI and algorithms shape identity, agency, information propagation, and society.
Full archive – immediate access to all past pieces; most are evergreen, so they stay useful long after the news cycle dies. They also get updated.
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Monthly deep dives – one long-form breakdown each month that strips the math of main technological phenomenon to its essentials and shows why it matters in practice.
AMA & polls – each quarter I open the floor for questions about applying AI in real products and workflows; you steer the topic, I give straight answers.
No ads, no sponsors, no hidden agenda.
