Essays by Scott Taylor — AI, building in public, and human-AI collaboration.https://st.im/https://st.im/essays/the-mars-manifest-which-laws-get-a-seat-on-the-rocket/https://st.im/essays/the-mars-manifest-which-laws-get-a-seat-on-the-rocket/If we could only take 150 tons of human civilization to Mars, including the laws, systems, and rules, which ones make the cut?Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://st.im/essays/the-hive-mind-hypothesis/https://st.im/essays/the-hive-mind-hypothesis/We have AI agents that can write poetry, debug code, and diagnose diseases. Yet each one learns in isolation. This is AI's fundamental limitation.Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://st.im/essays/signals-not-scripture/https://st.im/essays/signals-not-scripture/The internet didn't invent bossiness; it industrialised it. Platforms optimise for interaction, and interaction loves confident answers to complicated lives.Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://st.im/essays/my-journey-to-co-founding-memco/https://st.im/essays/my-journey-to-co-founding-memco/From running miDrive to global head of AI products at a $320bn asset manager, and finally back to founder roots with Memco.Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://st.im/essays/jack-dorseys-bitchat-and-why-tinkering-matters/https://st.im/essays/jack-dorseys-bitchat-and-why-tinkering-matters/His latest project, Bitchat, shows why building things from scratch still matters. It's not about perfection; it's about reclaiming control.Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://st.im/essays/ai-adhd/https://st.im/essays/ai-adhd/The advent of the AI coding assistant has made it much easier to prove out a hypothesis alone. Trouble is, my mind never switches off.Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://st.im/essays/you-can-just-build-things/https://st.im/essays/you-can-just-build-things/2025 is going to be the year of builders who just jump in with both feet, hack around, inject some creativity, and build in public.Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT