Essays
Writing on trust, community, and how the record of work gets kept.
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The Last Signal
AI made every online social signal fakeable. Witnessed testimony is what's left.
July 30, 2026 · 6 min read
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The Guild Never Died
Guilds ran on five rings. Four hosts took the work over three centuries. Each is now decaying.
July 30, 2026 · 11 min read
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Eight Laws from the Graveyard
Ten reputation systems that failed, eight laws that name why, and the survivors that obey them.
August 1, 2026 · 14 min read
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Reputation Is a Commons
Communities have governed shared things for centuries without a landlord or a state. The internet keeps forgetting how.
August 2, 2026 · 12 min read
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What We Build On
On the ancestry of the Attestation Notary protocol.
September 13, 2026 · 9 min read