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Monetize Dystopia. Research at the intersection of markets, technology, institutional decay, and the systems replacing what no longer works.
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Long-form analysis, market structure, philosophy, and working thesesβpublished in public.
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2026 latest dispatch Subscribe for new work β 01 markets
What the SECβs proposed startup exemption, fundraising exemption, Form TR safe harbor, and state preemption would actually do.
20 Aug 2026
8 min read
β 02 Research
The world around you tells you what to focus on. Thus, locking in is the wrong frame. A delicious irony. One of the most successful funds of all time predicted the Singularity. Called itself β¦
19 Aug 2026
8 min read
β 03 Research
Useful Gibberish Writing in the era of AI is difficult; it requires knowing and bowing to your own inadequacy in the face of the machine.
Take, for example: I built a simple scoring mechanic β¦
16 Aug 2026
11 min read
β 04 philosophy
Money, capital, and the tribute you already pay.
16 Aug 2026
39 min read
β 05 markets
Putting numbers around goblin preferences in advancing OpenAI models.
28 Apr 2026
7 min read
β 06 Research
Find forbidden fruit while others starve to death trying to make the perfect fork
08 Apr 2026
4 min read
β 07 markets
Part 2 in AI generated text experiment designed to cause extreme consciousness changes in consumers
18 Dec 2025
11 min read
β 08 markets
Part 1 in AI generated text experiment designed to cause extreme consciousness changes in consumers
28 Nov 2025
10 min read
β 09 markets
That which was shall be once more, if not at first then just before
19 Nov 2025
15 min read
β 10 markets
My simplified thesis for a never ending speculative mania that is now a matter of national security
21 Sep 2025
5 min read
β 11 Research
understanding the underlying drivers of the Doom Thesis and what to do about it on a personal level
20 Aug 2025
7 min read
β 12 markets
understanding the underlying drivers of the Doom Thesis and what to do about it on a personal level
20 Aug 2025
7 min read
β 13 markets
On the fundamental role of building an economic network
29 Nov 2024
5 min read
β 14 Research
Life is worth living. Even when I was down - really terribly. Had no status. No work. Entire life in shambles. Wanted to continue the next day. Was left in a situation where I had to β¦
29 Oct 2024
7 min read
β No algorithm. No feed games.
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