Writing

How institutions work, why they slow down, and what changes when machines can carry part of the counting layer.

A month building two applications with Cursor. The awe, the ten-hour days, and what it means when domain experts can finally build their own tools.

Anxiety in business is not a single waveform. It's two overlapping signals—one fast, one slow—that create interference with increasing amplitudes over time.

Reclaiming our local focus. California as a near-complete society, and why the real work happens at home.

Pandemic reflections. Three layers of recovery, the economics of suffering, and time as our greatest asset.

The Constitution's five promises, examined against a nation's failure. A memorial.

Cancer, resurrection, and the price of letting go.

A framework for understanding why organizations slow down and who actually drives the work.