A Jiang Gang and a Weng: How Hong Kong and Taiwan Aged the Ingredients for China's Rapid Growth
Topics: Civilization and Coordination
Essays
All published essays, available as direct static links.
Distance Inversion
Topics: Civilization and Coordination, Value Creation, Capture, and Transmission
Ikigai Is Not What the Internet Thinks It Is
Topics: Bio-Ontology
Such a Deal: 30,000 Years of Accumulated Innovation in Your $12 T-Shirt
Topics: Technology and Material Culture, Value Creation, Capture, and Transmission
The AI Bubble Is Not the AI Economy
Topics: Civilization and Coordination, Tools, Software, and Agentic Work, Value Creation, Capture, and Transmission
The Clumsy Forest
Topics: Civilization and Coordination, SETI and Cosmic Scale
The Intimacy of the Unfamiliar
Topics: Bio-Ontology
The Motley Swarm: How a Dyson Structure Could Outgrow Every Plan That Built It
Topics: SETI and Cosmic Scale
The Oceanic Filter: Why the Milky Way May Be Full of Orcas and SETI Will Never Know
Topics: SETI and Cosmic Scale
The Principal-Thinker Problem and the Skunkworks
Topics: Civilization and Coordination, Value Creation, Capture, and Transmission
The Seven Levels of Vibe Coding
The Unpriced Value of Open Source
Topics: Civilization and Coordination, Tools, Software, and Agentic Work, Technology and Material Culture, Value Creation, Capture, and Transmission
The Wolf, the Leash, and the Problem With Tool Use
Topics: Bio-Ontology
The World Might Not Want Another BTC Thesis — But It Needs One
Topics: Civilization and Coordination, Technology and Material Culture, Value Creation, Capture, and Transmission
What is Bio-Ontology?
Topics: Bio-Ontology