Renaissance Circle - Dr. Steven Muskal’s Substack

The Birth of AI Steve

Skating to Where the Puck Is Going

May 17 • Steven Muskal

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Too Big to Fail?

How AI became cognitive infrastructure, and what forty years inside it taught me about the pull.

May 13 • Steven Muskal

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The Metabolic Crisis Is Not a News Story

It's Your Neighbor, Your Friend, Possibly You.

May 8 • Steven Muskal

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AI Steve II: The Governed Loop

How a personal AI learns to propose its own extensions, why that distinction matters, and what a 91-year-old at a hillside spa reminded me about what…

May 2 • Steven Muskal

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April 2026

The Fire This Time

The Democratization of Intelligence

Apr 29 • Steven Muskal

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Are We There Yet?

When a single person can operate like an army, the real question isn’t capability - it’s judgment.

Apr 22 • Steven Muskal

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March 2026

Food Is Medicine. But First It Has to Become Data.

Exploring how meal data can close the loop between behavior and biology

Mar 8 • Steven Muskal

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February 2026

We’ve Already Reached AGI. The Market Just Hasn’t Admitted It Yet.

The Zero to One moment already happened. What markets are pricing now is One to N.

Feb 22 • Steven Muskal

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The N-of-1 Health Stack

Why personal data, not population averages, should drive health insight

Feb 9 • Steven Muskal

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AI-Steve Deep Dive

When personal AI becomes an extension of intellect

Feb 1 • Steven Muskal

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January 2026

Curiosity Is the Only Sustainable Edge

Steve and Moritz “Moe” Koeppenkastrop-Lueker talk and walk the talk

Jan 3 • Steven Muskal and Moe Koeppenkastrop Lueker

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December 2025

When Constraint Becomes a Superpower

Steve talks with Gibson Hanks

Dec 19, 2025 • Steven Muskal and Gibson Hanks

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