Writing at the intersection of systems, history, and cognition.
Books, academic papers, a newsletter, and a LinkedIn series.
A Deep History of the Internet
The received history of the Internet is a story about technology. The primary record tells a different story.
Series
The Irresistible Force
Six posts on founding visions as statistical outliers, the institutional mean that was always waiting, and three tools for holding the outlier position long enough to matter.
Read the series →Working from the Inside
Six posts on authority by influence rather than line authority — three moves that work from inside the system without waiting for permission.
Read the series →It Didn't Suddenly Break
Most organizational failures aren't events. They're accumulations that finally became visible. The post-mortem found the break. It didn't find the breaking.
Read the series →It's Not Random
Six posts on accountability mechanisms, captured processes, and why the same findings keep appearing with different names.
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