Writing
Notes from the build.
Recent essays from Fabric, the behavior-design studio I run. Full archive lives at fabricbd.com.
Apr 30, 2026 · 12 min read
How AI is changing the attention tax
AI may finally make ads useful enough to eliminate the Attention Tax. But if advertising becomes too good at predicting what we want, the price may shift from wasted attention to shaped intent.
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Apr 26, 2026 · 12 min read
From things to intentions
AI is shifting design's center of gravity from making artifacts to authoring intent — a more demanding discipline of judgment, systemic foresight, and accountability for what gets put into the world.
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Apr 2, 2026 · 9 min read
Embodied minds, narrow machines
A map for staying clear-eyed about what these systems are, why they're powerful, what they can't be, and where the real frontier sits.
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Mar 18, 2026 · 14 min read
Persuasive agents
Agentic AI introduces a new category of persuasive system. We need a working ethics for it — before product teams ship one without thinking.
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Mar 3, 2026 · 18 min read
Government in the cloud
Satellite connectivity, mesh networks, AI-mediated public services, and DeFi are turning governance into a stack — and the question of who controls it is political, not technical.
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Jan 14, 2026 · 7 min read
Habit loops vs. rituals: a more humane retention model
Habits are automatic. Rituals are chosen. Designing for the second produces stickier — and more honest — products.
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Apr 29, 2025 · 8 min read
From models to minds
As AI capabilities mature and models proliferate, the real challenge product teams face today is not which model to choose — but how to design the cognition their conversational AI product should exhibit.
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