Stephen Hnilica / Writing
Writing
These essays begin with things close to my life: AI systems, cooperative ownership, and a marketing career with a long stretch on foot.
My interests range across cooperatives and workplace democracy, economics, AI and agents, personal development, neurodivergence, and the future of work. Here are three places to start.
AI & agents
Verification before done
What should sit between an AI agent reporting success and a person accepting its work? Constellation is the starting point for a practical look at checks, handoffs, and completion.
Cooperatives & workplace democracy
What worker ownership actually means
I am a worker-member of a manufacturing cooperative. Here I unpack the relationship between ownership, democratic control, and the everyday work of running a business.
Marketing & personal history
Marketing since fifteen, with 4,600 miles on foot
From SEO in 2006 to life in Curitiba, with expert content, a charity walk, full-time travel, and AI along the way.