Recognition, access, and the institutions that steward what we know.
Charles Smitherman is the CEO of the Association of Professional Rental Organizations and the author of Reclaiming Authority, The Rent-to-Own Revolution, and Unverified: What Happens to Truth When We Stop Asking. He writes and presents on the philosophy of recognition, the ethics of access, and knowledge stewardship in the age of AI.
The Work
One question runs through everything here: what we owe each other, and what it takes for institutions to see people accurately. It begins in philosophy — the claim that we are recognized before we are free — and runs through the ethics of access, the stewardship of knowledge in the age of AI, and the daily work of leading a national trade association. Published and forthcoming books, and a growing body of essays, develop the argument.
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