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The Real Choice After AI
The defining tension of 2026 isn't technological. It's human. Do you become legible to your systems, or do you make your systems legible to you?
Jan 9
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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2026: When AI Hits Reality
What happens when AI hits physics, economics, and reality
Jan 6
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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The Consulting Paradox
AI consulting is set to grow 8x in the next decade. So why are most consultants about to disappear?
Nov 18, 2025
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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The Space Between
The unscripted moments that make life wonderful and memorable
Aug 26, 2025
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Being Human is not a Bug
On transhumanism, tech ambition, and the radical act of staying human - and what we must get right to #SteerTheMachine
Jul 4, 2025
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Our Theme for PIRATE Night: #SteerTheMachine
What does it mean to be human in the age of machines?
Jun 18, 2025
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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No Shortcut to Becoming
In a world built for ease, what’s lost when we no longer do what’s hard?
May 30, 2025
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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“Why Do I Need to Learn This?"
On curiosity, usefulness, and why learning is the most human thing we do.
May 15, 2025
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Eight Billion Worlds
Shifting from a world of right and wrong to one of exploration, empathy, and curiosity.
Mar 4, 2025
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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The Moment Everything Changed
At PIRATE Night, people will share their pivotal moments on stage. From life-altering epiphanies to dramatic transformations; real stories that redefine…
Aug 30, 2024
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Choosing Your Goodbyes
When COVID hit, the 2019 PIRATE Summit might have been the last one. I decided for it to come back and make it a deliberate finale, a "Last Burn". That…
Aug 6, 2024
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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The Afterglow of PIRATE Summit
One year ago - at the Last Burn - I received a wooden treasure chest filled with the most important treasure of all. It’s an afterglow of over a decade…
Jul 1, 2024
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Workout for the mind
Do you skim articles or dive deep? We tend to rush, but true understanding, the kind that leads to wisdom, requires friction.
May 16, 2024
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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What If?
How a surprising answer to my PIRATE Summit journey got me thinking about whether it was worth it.
Apr 10, 2024
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Building successful, human-centered businesses. Insights for leading others and yourself from a multi-business entrepreneur.
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