BALANCE THE TRIANGLE LABS

A Think Tank for Human Flourishing

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Human flourishing at the intersection of Technology, Institutions, and Us.

“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”

E.O. Wilson

American Biologist, Naturalist, and Writer

June 10, 1929 – December 26, 2021

Technology now scales decisions faster than humans and institutions can verify them. The survival challenge of this century is making safeguards scale as fast as power.

We live in a growing mismatch: Paleolithic emotions, Neolithic social institutions, and god-like technologies.

Balance the Triangle Labs exists to reduce that mismatch—by turning complex change into shared meaning and deployable safeguards. We deliver action-now briefings, horizon scanning, and fail-closed assurance—so leaders can see what’s coming, decide what matters, and prove controls before harm scales.

Our mission is to build a practical “operating system” for flourishing—shared language, shared stories, and deployable safeguards—so that societies can adapt to technological change without losing dignity, cohesion, and stewardship.

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Pick a path based on what you need today:

1) If you want to understand what’s changing — and what to do next

Start with the Daily Brief

Clear signals and practical implications for leaders navigating rapid change

Read the Daily Brief

2) If you want to see what’s coming before it arrives

Start with Horizon Signals

Early indicators shaping technology, markets, and institutions.

Read Horizon Signals Reports

3) If you want assurance you can operationalize

Start with SpiralWatch

Practical safeguards and verification for AI and intelligent systems

Explore SpiralWatch

4) If you want meaning that lasts beyond the moment

Start with the Walking a Strange Savanna Field Guide

Long-form perspectives on technology, society, and human coherence

Read the Field Guide

5) If you want to shape your business for complex change

Start with The Lens and Social Controls & Safeguards

Frameworks and operational controls for organizations navigating systemic risk.

Explore Systemic Risk

FOCUS HERE

One Lens, Six Tools

A systems lens for understanding how human coherence holds—or fails—across scale, pressure, and time.

BALANCE THE TRIANGLE DAILY BRIEF

Actionable intelligence across emerging tech.
Not “AI news.” The real signal across biotech, security, robotics, energy, compute, and more—mapped to what it means for work, policy, and everyday life.
What you’ll get
3 stories, 3 categories, 3 actions
Gap scoring across: Science/Tech | Human Behavior | Ethics/Gov
A single “Today’s Pattern” tying it together

Read the Daily Brief

HORIZON SIGNALS REPORT

Early-signal intelligence for futurists and enterprise strategy teams.
We track frontier intent across funding, standards, research, patents, and procurement—then translate it into:
watch conditions (what would make it real) + pre-controls (what to do now) + graduation triggers (when it becomes Daily Brief material). Graduation feed: when horizon items become near-term enterprise risk, they move into the Daily Brief.

Read the Horizon Report

SPIRALWATCH 1.6

SpiralWatch 1.6 is a fail-closed assurance and certification system for AI that interacts with people. It verifies how systems behave under human pressure—cognitive overload, emotional distress, authority-seeking, and dependency formation—especially when those pressures stack.

SpiralWatch enforces a Stop Ladder (SLOW / STOP / ESCALATE), scenario-driven Agency Contract requirements, and PASS/FAIL certification gates with audit-ready evidence packs.

Assurance where real risk happens: not just what systems say, but how they respond when humans are vulnerable.

Explore SpiralWatch

Walking a Strange Savanna

The Field Guide and Model. A coherent framework for the mismatch – and a practical stance for living through it. How to stay grounded, curious, and capable as the pace rises.

Read the Field Guide

THE YES! CHILDREN’S SERIES

Actionable philosophy for families.
Read-aloud tools for raising humans who can navigate a strange world with courage, empathy, and responsibility.

Explore YES!

The Chronicles of Equilibria

Adult moral rehearsal through story.
A narrative lab for culture, power, repair, and stewardship—so we don’t only think about the future; we practice how to be in it.

Enter Equilibria

LIBRARY

Methods, mental models, and essays that power Daily Brief, Horizon Signals, and SpiralWatch.

Library

From Signal → to Sensemaking → to Safeguards.

We do three things, repeatedly:

  • Track change across emerging technologies (Daily Brief + Horizon Signals Report).
  • Translate it into shared language people can act on (patterns + controls).
  • Prove safeguards: controls, release gates, and evidence that holds up under pressure (SpiralWatch).

For Builders, Leaders, Educators, and Stewards.

  • Leaders who need clarity without hype
  • Teams shipping AI into high-stakes workflows
  • Educators and parents shaping the next generation
  • Policy and governance people trying to catch up without breaking what works

For curious minds committed to human flourishing.

Because technology now scales decisions faster than humans and institutions can verify them, and the survival challenge of this century is making safeguards scale as fast as power.

For us, our children, and all who follow behind…