Publications

The Horizon Institute's networked guild model solves O'Connor's AI jobs dilemma by enabling workers to sense changes collectively, experiment rapidly, and adapt in real-time—replacing failed top-down retraining with distributed intelligence and peer support.

The Horizon Institute's networked guild model can transform failing global education systems by replacing slow, centralized bureaucracies with distributed networks of educators and communities that share innovations in real-time, respond to crises within 48 hours, and scale solutions horizontally through local ownership rather than top-down mandates.

The Horizon Institute's networked guild model would replace slow, elite-dominated technology governance with a 24/7 global network of distributed experts and affected communities who can respond to emerging technologies in real-time while maintaining democratic legitimacy through transparent, inclusive participation.

The Horizon Institute breaks the cycle of climate failure by connecting communities who've already solved adaptation challenges—from Jakarta's flood management to Kenya's energy innovations—instead of funding more consultants to study problems that frontline communities fixed years ago.

The Horizon Institute's networked guild model solves the resilience paradox by connecting communities and practitioners who've actually navigated crises—rather than consultants who study them—creating adaptive systems that strengthen through use instead of hierarchical plans that shatter on contact with reality.

Trust in government is collapsing globally, and traditional institutions—designed for control, not collaboration—are failing to meet today’s challenges. At Horizon , we’re building to address this.

Traditional think tanks are obsolete institutions that concentrate expertise in elite Western buildings when today's global challenges demand diverse, distributed knowledge from everywhere.

Traditional think tanks—those centralized, opaque institutions hoarding expertise in Washington and London—are as doomed as Kodak, replaced by transparent, global networks.

Just as open source software ate proprietary code by turning transparency from weakness into weapon, think tanks must abandon their medieval secrecy for radical openness.