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 A human figure is standing on a podium and looks at a swirling storm of glowing geometric data streams.

The Zero-Marginal-Cost CEO

The uncomfortable question is: What happens to humans inside an "orchestrated" system by AI?
Jens Koester 06 Jan 2026
A human hand pressing against a floor-to-ceiling wall of glowing digital code and data streams.

Manifesto: The Human Datum

The enduring institutions of the coming decade will not be those that achieved the total erasure of friction through automation. Rather, they will be the ones possessed of a rare discernment: the wisdom to know exactly which human sanctuaries must remain untouched by the machine.
Jens Koester 05 Jan 2026

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