Clawed
On Anthropic and the Department of War
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A little more than a decade ago, I sat with my father and watched him die. Six months prior, he had been a vigorous man, stronger than I am today, faster and more resilient on a bike than most 20-somethings. Then one day he got heart surgery and he was never the same. His soul had been sucked out of him, the life gone from his eyes. He had moments o...
The strongest version of this narrative is that it highlights a critical moment in the tension between private innovation and state power, particularly in the context of AI governance. The author effectively steelmans the argument that the Trump Administration's actions are not just a policy dispute but a symptom of deeper institutional decay. The piece is compelling in its personal framing—tying the death of a republic to the death of a parent—and its detailed analysis of the contractual and po...