Blast Radius Has Wrapped

Principal photography on the first Blake Knox film is complete. Eighteen months of production across four countries, with director Luca Bertani. Work continues toward a Summer 2027 release — and here is the first look at the trailer.

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Kill Latency: Some Notes Before It Arrives

The book comes out soon. I've been asked to describe it and find myself using the same word I always use when I can't describe a book yet: "different." Which is useless as a description but accurate as an experience. Kill Latency is different from the previous seven books, and I want to try to explain how before the reviews do it for me.

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What Machines Don't Know About Threat

AI has changed the threat landscape in two ways simultaneously, and they point in opposite directions. The first has gotten most of the attention. The second is the one that preoccupies me.

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The System Was Working as Designed

In 2008, when the financial system collapsed, the most common institutional response was some version of: "The models didn't predict this." What got less attention was the possibility that the models had worked.

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Why Knox Still Uses a Notebook

When I describe Knox's notebooks to audiences — analog notes kept in the most digital threat environment ever encountered — I get the same half-smile. The kind that means: that's a little nostalgic, isn't it? It isn't nostalgic. I want to explain why.

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