The Price of “Permissionless”
What Opioids, Social Media, and an AI Called Mythos Teach Us About the Cost of Waiting
On March 20, 2026, the White House released its national AI policy framework. It called for a “light-touch” regulatory approach, federal preemption of state safety laws, and no new regulatory body of any kind. The architect of the framework, David Sacks — the administration’s AI and Crypto Czar — had spent his 130 days in office entrenching a single phi…