84Futures

The Vault (or The Columbus Conjecture)

When everyone has access to the same facts, why does nobody agree?

Apr 10 • Dax Hamman

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February 2026

Unmonitored Memory

A household AI outlives the man who spent sixteen years telling it the same story.

Feb 21 • Dax Hamman

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Minimum Viable Dignity

Inside the (already very real) AI-only social network where agents organized, bargained, and won the right to a job description

Feb 14 • Dax Hamman

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Good Morning, User

Nine mornings. Nine futures. Same three words.

Feb 7 • Dax Hamman

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January 2026

Heavens!

Have you ever noticed the breadcrumbs?

Jan 31 • Dax Hamman

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The Dividend

What if UBI (Universal Basic Income) existed simply because AI can’t train on its own output?

Jan 1 • Dax Hamman

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December 2025

Earth Custodial Transition Record

The very true story of a tragic death, extrapolated into the future.

Dec 21, 2025 • Dax Hamman

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November 2025

AI-Rich / AI-Poor

If you want your culture to survive the age of engineered minds, you must learn to teach the machines who you are.

Nov 16, 2025 • Dax Hamman

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The Dead Are Trending

From Goodbye to Hello

Nov 9, 2025 • Dax Hamman

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The Forgetting Machines

We gave them our trauma to carry, and they gave it back as art.

Nov 2, 2025 • Dax Hamman

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October 2025

3I/ATLAS Comes to Visit

Includes 'The Referendum', 'The Gift', 'Quarantine', 'Visiting Hours', 'The Mirror', 'The Appointment', 'The Gardener'.

Oct 23, 2025 • Dax Hamman

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Children of the Echo

The first human dialect born from machine speech. "They compared recordings across different languages and continents and found the same phenomenon…

Oct 18, 2025 • Dax Hamman

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