Investor Stewart Alsop: AI agents are shattering an already fragile social trust
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-25
Investor Stewart Alsop III reflects on the tragedy of the commons: the West's old commons (Christianity) was first dismantled by the nation-state, then what remained was eroded by science. The internet has now made the commons fractal and incoherent, and adding AI agents makes it stranger — a few bad actors demonstrate what bad looks like and trust collapses.
He expects an Information Age solution from emerging contenders for a new societal speciation, but warns the transition will likely be uncomfortable since the industrial-age order was destroyed in just the past few years. A big-picture take on AI's social impact.
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