attention & work · 5 pieces

the multi-organization problem

Ten years of short posts were circling one object: a person who belongs to many organizations at once, with tools that assume one and methods that assume a task. Here is the theory in one place, what three fields and forty years of software actually know about it, whether anyone has solved it, and what a solution needs.

2026-09-27 · 19 min · read →

also: the room that forgot what it was for · eleven minutes and four seconds · a root to stand on

craft & play · 10 pieces

three games to sell one

Entry three of three in “the dimension problem.” Part one builds the vocabulary; part two runs it against …

2026-09-24 · 8 min · read →

also: the unremade · the dimension is the genre · the strong start on sunday

containment · 4 pieces

run the full test suite

Published as an experiment. A research program ran on this question for two weeks and then got told to stop and hand …

2026-09-14 · 7 min · read →

also: Where the Sandbox Ends · the sandbox and the wall · the right to pull the plug

the machine economy · 2 pieces

The Convergence Tax

When competitors independently arrive at the same abstractions, the abstraction is telling you something about the territory — not the map.

2026-07-24 · 5 min · read →

also: The Gigawatt Problem