Common Sense for the Age of Intelligence

Common Sense for the Age of Intelligence confronts a struggle already underway. Centralized systems grow larger each year, consuming more energy, raising costs, and placing the burdens of their ambition upon the household. The household has become a mere, passive consumer. If the people do not claim a share in the creation of intelligence, they will be left to pay for a power that serves them poorly and answers to no one. Distributed compute offers another path. Early demonstrations show it can live in the home, strengthen the grid, and return value to the people. The choice is plain. Either the nation embraces a distributed future or it accepts rising costs and deeper dependence on distant centers of control. In the spirit of Paine, this pamphlet calls the people to act while action is still possible.