Everything that lasts, from a cell to a brain to a civilization, survives by reducing uncertainty.
This isn’t philosophy; it’s physics. Entropy always increases in the universe, and anything that wants
All enduring systems are physical systems, and energy is the most honest feedback there is.
Every living process unfolds under a simple condition: to persist, a system must predict; to predict, it must
When regulators first encountered biotechnology, nanomedicine, and digital health, they adapted existing frameworks. Drugs, devices, and diagnostics each had long histories of oversight, so new technologies were folded into those categories with incremental
Introduction
Modern life is filled with examples of profit-driven harm. Tobacco companies denied the dangers of smoking for decades. Opioid manufacturers designed campaigns that helped trigger a public health crisis. Food corporations have
Why AI oversight must protect not just infrastructure, but reasoning itself
Artificial intelligence is reshaping our systems faster than most organizations can track. But as tools accelerate and outputs become more persuasive, a