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Exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, complex systems, and the structures that shape how we build and understand technology. These essays and datasets are an attempt to think clearly about what matters.
Technology’s progression has toppled and turned the pages of history for thousands
of years.
From the Printing Press to the Personal Computer, our secular lives are largely shaped by where technology has us today.
As we confront technology’s new capabilities, we should probably look back.
Has this progression been good?
What does ‘good’ even mean?
We generally think ‘multiply’ is the way:
But Scripture hums a different tune.
We shouldn’t just ‘multiply.’
We need to be fruitful, first.
Why do we always turn to multiplication?
We sometimes miss the fruit.
Fruitfulness might be harder to know.
But if we wanted to know, how could we understand our fruitfulness?
A humble attempt:
The Fruit of the Spirit
Technology Index
by John Kronlokken
Deception score by year of critical mass adoption.
All technologies scored for deception potential. Click headers to sort.
by John Kronlokken
Can machines think? The semantic debate may never be settled — but the practical one will!
Today, AI can ace tests, control your computer cursor to execute tasks, solve previously unsolvable math or physics problems, and even provide great practical growth advice to business owners by connecting to their CRM.
But this is not an old phenomenon. For the majority of human history, no force came close to rivaling human intelligence. That was until about 10 years ago. As you may see in the chart, this is changing rapidly.
In 2022, technology reached IQ parity with humans. As of 2026, AI completes IQ tests at approximately 135IQ which translates to 95 percentile human intelligence. It is not unreasonable to think a 170/180 IQ is viable in the near term.
But in addition to capability is magnitude. There will be far more machines, virtual servers, devices than humans, and many of these scale quickly.
by John Kronlokken
How long can an AI system work autonomously before needing human intervention? This metric—effective autonomous hours—captures the trajectory from seconds of useful output to days, weeks, and eventually months of sustained independent work. Three scenarios bracket the range from aggressive (4-month doubling) to conservative (12-month doubling).
| Milestone | High | Mid | Low |
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by John Kronlokken
Are we stuck in our ways? Largely, yes. Research shows that foundational architecture of how you perceive and relate to the world is largely constructed between ages 13–25. In many ways, this applies to technology, too.
How we may have interacted with technology as a teenager or young adult encodes a perception that can be nearly lifelong. As such, is it possible that people of older age tend to be more dismissing of fast-moving technological trends? The research would say, yes. Because when they were coming of age, technology moved at 85% slower than it does now.
In order to deeply discuss technological trend, we need to perceive and discuss at the rate of current change, not the rate of encoded change. I hope this chart offers a new perspective on the issue.
by John Kronlokken
Who raises a child? For most of history the answer was simple: parents, church, and school. Television introduced a new voice in the 1920s, and the internet another in the 1990s. But the most dramatic shift is the most recent—algorithmic recommendation engines now command more influence over what children see, believe, and aspire to than any other single force.
Four people alive today, four completely different formative worlds. The top three influences on each person during their teenage years reveal how dramatically the landscape has shifted in a single lifetime. Icons are scaled proportionally to influence share.
Enter your age to see what shaped you at 18 compared to what shapes a child turning 18 today. The bars show each influence as a share of the total formative environment.
by John Kronlokken
Three lenses on the same phenomenon: technology's growing share of global wealth, the expanding role of algorithmic recommendation in how we spend our leisure time, and the raw computational power available to those who control the infrastructure. Each tells a piece of the concentration story.
Broad Tech Market Share (%)
Recommender-Driven Hours (per day)
Peak Supercomputer Performance (PFLOPS)
by John Kronlokken
Bible-believing Christians make up roughly 12% of the U.S. population, yet their representation in the technology sector—both in workforce composition and leadership—is dramatically lower than in nearly every other industry.
| Company | CEO | Religious Affiliation |
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Given thousands of years of human history, how can I feel so supremely confident in my superior position today?
Thousands of years and dozens of generations have driven progress.
And, interestingly enough, nearly all of the significant contributions through human history originated from people who also happened to believe in God.
Yet I can confidently stand here today and accept the accomplishment, yet reject the maker?
It wasn’t until I found myself in the woods, and really needed to go, that I had an interesting thought:
If all of us still had to go to the bathroom outside, we would probably believe in God a lot more.
So then I looked at the charts. They nearly perfectly agree.
I’m not saying there is a perfect causal link here. But instead stimulating thought and introspection.
The next time I begin to become haughty,
I can thank God for my toilet, and all the other conveniences I have.
But without those things, we might be able to see ourselves, and Him, a whole lot more clearly.
My name is John Kronlokken. By trade, I am a technologist, an economist, and a researcher. I grew up in the Midwest and most recently worked at Google in Strategy and Data Science roles. Today, I build and advise startups and reflect on the macro themes — how technology may shape us in ways we might ordinarily miss.
Outside of technology, I enjoy music, traveling, and learning more about theology, the history of our world, the history of the Church, and even monasticism.
In 2022, I spent a few months without a smartphone but with a flip phone instead. I became personally aware how much that smart device was actively shaping who I was and how much it was shaping people around me, too. This is especially evident in younger generations.
I am currently living in Minneapolis, MN, but I frequently get to travel to Nashville, New York, and San Francisco.
I appreciate you taking time to visit the site. It’s my hope that these perspectives spur personal reflection and even maybe drive conversation.
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Sending blessings to you. We have a responsibility to steward everything well, including our technology. We should not just steward in ways that benefit us now, but in ways that will benefit the Truth, and benefit future generations, too.