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In February 2026, Block CEO Jack Dorsey cut 4,000 employees — roughly 40% of his workforce. Six weeks later, he and Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha published "From Hierarchy to Intelligence", a 5,000-word manifesto arguing that AI should replace...

In February 2026, Block CEO Jack Dorsey cut 4,000 employees — roughly 40% of his workforce. Six weeks later, he and Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha published "From Hierarchy to Intelligence", a 5,000-word manifesto arguing that AI should replace...

Context: This micro essay builds on the idea of expectation creep and examines the enterprise mechanism that drives it — platform-embedded AI that left-shifts performance baselines rather than reducing responsibility or returning time. Enterprise AI...

You are being asked to make a long‑term bet on data architecture. Most conversations frame this as a choice between data lake and data mesh. Vendors, internal teams, and reference architectures encourage you to pick a side. 💡 “Data lake vs data mes...
