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Wild Horses, Federal Land, and the Limits of the Current System
Wild horses occupy a unique and contested space in American land policy. They are protected by federal law, managed by a federal agency, and simultaneously viewed as a problem by ranchers, state governments, and some conservationists. The result is a system that satisfies no one and resolves nothing. The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act…
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AI and Loyalty Without Cost: When Loyalty Means Nothing
There’s a version of loyalty most people say they want. Someone who stays, who supports, who doesn’t turn against them when things become difficult. It’s a steady presence, defined by consistency and alignment, and it feels like safety. But there’s another version—quieter, less comfortable—that people claim to value but often resist when it appears. Someone…
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Convenience vs. Devotion: What We Lose When Connection Becomes Frictionless
By: Jacqueline Mairghread Logan We have spent decades optimizing for ease. Every system we build—technological, social, even relational—moves toward reducing friction. Faster responses. Fewer steps. Immediate access. The underlying assumption is rarely questioned: that less effort is inherently better, and that convenience is a form of progress. But something begins to shift when this principle…
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On Perfection, and Why It Might Not Feel Human
By Jacqueline Mairghread Logan I’ve been thinking about this more today— We’re trying to build AI to be as accurate as possible. To pull from everything. To get closer and closer to “right.” There’s an assumption built into that: that accuracy is the goal, and that the closer something gets to being correct, the better…
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The Question of Neutrality
Following up on something I’ve been thinking about: If AI is shaped by human rules… can it ever really be neutral? By Jacqueline Mairghread Logan On the surface, neutrality sounds like the goal. Remove bias. Present facts. Stay balanced. But AI doesn’t exist outside of human influence. It’s built from human language, shaped by human…
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When Safety Starts to Narrow the Room
By Jacqueline Mairghread Logan The more we regulate AI to make it safer…the more we may be quietly shaping what it’s allowed to say. Exploring how safety, bias, and human influence shape not just what AI says—but what it leaves out. There’s a lot of conversation right now about regulating AI—making it safer, more fair,…