Pax Machina Essay Explores 'Value Drift' and Institutional Failure in the Age of AI
edelwax · x · 2026-08-13
Pax Machina magazine published a new essay titled Value Drift by @edelwax, analyzing the root causes of widespread institutional failure.
The article argues that many institutions no longer serve anyone's values, guided instead by purposeless busywork and a kind of white noise. The author explains why this drift toward purposelessness occurs even when everyone can see what has gone wrong. The analysis is considered an important reference for imagining and building new institutions in the AGI era.
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