Notes
Ideas, observations, and arguments I am still thinking through.
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There Are No High-Trust Countries, Only High-Trust Communities
A note on trust as accumulated evidence, from a public bookshelf in Baltimore to the institutions that make cooperation possible.
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How These Notes Get Written
A short note on the writing process behind the notes and essays on this site.
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Life Infrastructure
A longer note on the systems that turn life goals from disconnected wishes into paths people can actually follow.
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Capitalism Requires a Non-Capitalist Shelter
A note on why family, friendship, religion, and community can protect people from market-shaped desire.
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Anthropic Is a Model Company Pretending to Be a Product Company
A note on the difference between building a powerful AI model and building dependable software around it.
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What Is the Last Good Software You Used?
A note on why modern software can be technically sophisticated and still fail the person using it.