Andrew McIntosh

The world's foremost authority on futurist Patrick Gunkel. Writer and project manager, now getting into machine learning/AI. Views are my own and do not represent my employer.

Wikipedia

Raising Awareness about Patrick Gunkel: A Personal Appeal

Aug 24, 2026

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4 min read

Raising Awareness about Patrick Gunkel: A Personal Appeal

I'm not asking for money, but I do need help.

Andrew McIntosh

Gunkel's Writings

Aug 17, 2026

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3 min read

Gunkel's Highest-Profile Publication Is Going to Shock You

This isn't hyperbole. It will.

Andrew McIntosh

Gunkel's Writings

How Would Gunkel Feel About Today's AI? This Essay Might Hold a Clue.

Aug 10, 2026

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15 min read

How Would Gunkel Feel About Today's AI? This Essay Might Hold a Clue.

“On the Use and Proliferation of Advanced Surveillance Systems” Is One of Patrick Gunkel's Most Coherent and Prescient Essays

Andrew McIntosh

Gunkel's Writings

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Patrick Gunkel Proposed a "Manhattan Project in AI" Way Before It Was Cool

Aug 3, 2026

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5 min read

Patrick Gunkel Proposed a "Manhattan Project in AI" Way Before It Was Cool

These original Gunkel documents may rewrite the history of artificial intelligence as a national security issue... will anyone care?

Andrew McIntosh

ORDERS

You Can't Understand Ideonomy Without Knowing What Gunkel Meant by "Order"

Jul 27, 2026

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8 min read

You Can't Understand Ideonomy Without Knowing What Gunkel Meant by "Order"

Gunkel's Holy Grail was also the thing he struggled the most to explain.

Andrew McIntosh

Edward Fredkin

Jul 20, 2026

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8 min read

Why Did MIT Suddenly Restrict Access to ALL of Edward Fredkin's Papers?

Begun, the archive wars have?

Andrew McIntosh

The Ideonomy Project

Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield

Jul 13, 2026

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6 min read

Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield

Austin American-Statesman columnist Billy Porterfield chronicled Gunkel's Austin adventures in a series of wild newspaper columns between 1989 and 1992

Andrew McIntosh

MIT Website

Jul 6, 2026

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6 min read

The Sleeper Awakens

After nearly 20 years, the MIT ideonomy website has suddenly undergone an overhaul. What lies ahead?

Andrew McIntosh

Charts for the Mind

Jun 29, 2026

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3 min read

5 More Gunkel Charts That Show the Vast Scope of "Charts for the Mind"

These original never-before-seen archival materials illuminate the massive scope Gunkel planned for his failed commercial venture.

Andrew McIntosh

The Gunkel Method

Patrick Gunkel Invented the Largest Cognitive Tool Humanity Has Ever Seen

Jun 22, 2026

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10 min read

Patrick Gunkel Invented the Largest Cognitive Tool Humanity Has Ever Seen

Element 3 of Gunkel's science of ideas. He basically took the way his mind worked and put it down on paper.

Andrew McIntosh

Charts

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"The Mass-Production of Ideas via Ideas that Generate Ideas."

Jun 15, 2026

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7 min read

"The Mass-Production of Ideas via Ideas that Generate Ideas."

An immediate pre-history of ideonomy, part 2 of 2.

Andrew McIntosh

Charts for the Mind

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Here Are the Charts Gunkel Made Right Before His Ideonomy Breakthrough

Jun 8, 2026

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7 min read

Here Are the Charts Gunkel Made Right Before His Ideonomy Breakthrough

An immediate pre-history of ideonomy, part 1 of 2.

Andrew McIntosh

Have You Been Mispronouncing "Ideonomy" This Entire Time?

Jun 1, 2026

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5 min read

Have You Been Mispronouncing "Ideonomy" This Entire Time?

Another trick headline to drive engagement. But seriously, have you?

Andrew McIntosh

Academia

The Incredible Afterlife of Patrick Gunkel's List of 638 Personality Traits

May 25, 2026

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8 min read

The Incredible Afterlife of Patrick Gunkel's List of 638 Personality Traits

Most of the researchers citing Gunkel seem to have no idea who he was

Andrew McIntosh

Archival Materials

Did Police Brutality Instill a Hatred of Authority in Patrick Gunkel?

May 18, 2026

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4 min read

Did Police Brutality Instill a Hatred of Authority in Patrick Gunkel?

Gunkel suffered significant trauma twice at the hands of the police

Andrew McIntosh

Archival Materials

Patrick Gunkel's Self-Destructive Personality in His Own Words

May 11, 2026

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5 min read

Patrick Gunkel's Self-Destructive Personality in His Own Words

And how some of his friends managed to survive it

Andrew McIntosh

Alan McHenry

Did You Notice a Page Was Missing from Gunkel's Manuscript?

May 4, 2026

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5 min read

Did You Notice a Page Was Missing from Gunkel's Manuscript?

Even if you didn't, don't worry... I got you covered.

Andrew McIntosh

Archival Materials

"It's High Intensity Play. It's Right on the Edge. It's a Little Scary."

Apr 27, 2026

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6 min read

"It's High Intensity Play. It's Right on the Edge. It's a Little Scary."

Gunkel's research in idea chemistry was already well advanced by August 1984

Andrew McIntosh

Herman Kahn

What Is "Idea Chemistry" and Why's It So Important for Ideonomy?

Apr 20, 2026

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13 min read

What Is "Idea Chemistry" and Why's It So Important for Ideonomy?

Part 2 of an intermittent 8-part series that will take you step by step through Patrick Gunkel's magnificent science of ideas

Andrew McIntosh

Academia

This 1981 Memo May Contain Gunkel's Earliest Description of Ideonomy

Apr 13, 2026

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6 min read

This 1981 Memo May Contain Gunkel's Earliest Description of Ideonomy

As the world's preeminent Gunkel scholar, I believe this is a crucial document that should be publicly available to everyone.

Andrew McIntosh

Gunkel's Writings

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There’s Much More to Know about Gunkel’s Work for the Hudson Institute

Apr 6, 2026

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11 min read

There’s Much More to Know about Gunkel’s Work for the Hudson Institute

Gunkel left a paper trail that shows he was a serious futurist; here are some of his “greatest hits”

Andrew McIntosh

Gunkel's Writings

Gunkel Helped NASA Imagine First Contact with Aliens

Mar 30, 2026

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8 min read

Gunkel Helped NASA Imagine First Contact with Aliens

You'll never believe what happened next... or actually, maybe you will.

Andrew McIntosh

Gunkel's Writings

Mar 23, 2026

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8 min read

Patrick Gunkel's Amazon.com Profile Is a Treasure Trove of Information

But also a portal to further mystery

Andrew McIntosh

If You Think the DMV Is Hell, Just Try Writing a New Wikipedia Article

Mar 16, 2026

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14 min read

If You Think the DMV Is Hell, Just Try Writing a New Wikipedia Article

An article on ideonomy now exists, and it's high time!

Andrew McIntosh

Academia

My Gunkel-Related Research Was Just Published in an Academic Journal

Mar 9, 2026

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8 min read

My Gunkel-Related Research Was Just Published in an Academic Journal

I didn't mention Gunkel in the article, but a Hudson Institute report Gunkel worked on was prominently featured

Andrew McIntosh

Andrew McIntosh

Raising Awareness about Patrick Gunkel: A Personal Appeal

Gunkel's Highest-Profile Publication Is Going to Shock You

How Would Gunkel Feel About Today's AI? This Essay Might Hold a Clue.

Patrick Gunkel Proposed a "Manhattan Project in AI" Way Before It Was Cool

You Can't Understand Ideonomy Without Knowing What Gunkel Meant by "Order"

Why Did MIT Suddenly Restrict Access to ALL of Edward Fredkin's Papers?

Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield

The Sleeper Awakens

5 More Gunkel Charts That Show the Vast Scope of "Charts for the Mind"

Patrick Gunkel Invented the Largest Cognitive Tool Humanity Has Ever Seen

"The Mass-Production of Ideas via Ideas that Generate Ideas."

Here Are the Charts Gunkel Made Right Before His Ideonomy Breakthrough

Have You Been Mispronouncing "Ideonomy" This Entire Time?

The Incredible Afterlife of Patrick Gunkel's List of 638 Personality Traits

Did Police Brutality Instill a Hatred of Authority in Patrick Gunkel?

Patrick Gunkel's Self-Destructive Personality in His Own Words

Did You Notice a Page Was Missing from Gunkel's Manuscript?

"It's High Intensity Play. It's Right on the Edge. It's a Little Scary."

What Is "Idea Chemistry" and Why's It So Important for Ideonomy?

This 1981 Memo May Contain Gunkel's Earliest Description of Ideonomy

There’s Much More to Know about Gunkel’s Work for the Hudson Institute

Gunkel Helped NASA Imagine First Contact with Aliens

Patrick Gunkel's Amazon.com Profile Is a Treasure Trove of Information

If You Think the DMV Is Hell, Just Try Writing a New Wikipedia Article

My Gunkel-Related Research Was Just Published in an Academic Journal

IDEA CHEMISTRY