Craig Wright

Cognitive Castes: Artificial Intelligence, Epistemic Stratification, and the Dissolution of Democratic Discourse

2025 · arXiv (Cornell University)

Artificial intelligence functions not as an epistemic leveller, but as an accelerant of cognitive stratification, entrenching and formalising informational castes within liberal-democratic societies. Synthesising formal epistemology, political theory, algorithmic architecture, and economic incentive structures, the …

Online Supplementary Appendix to "Beyond 'Permissionless': Governance, Commitment, and Rule Change in Public Blockchains"

2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Online supplementary appendix to the manuscript 'Beyond Permissionless: Governance, Commitment, and Rule Change in Public Blockchains' (Journal of Institutional Economics, manuscript ID JOIE-2026-0187). Part A presents extended case material on the BTC Core governance episode …