For pieces that examine how organizations actually work: hidden architectures, patterns, operational drift, unintended systems, friction points.
Modernity is defined by the computer. Over the course of my lifetime, they have moved out of the shadows of government, education, and business to become completely implanted into our lives. Software shapes our experience in ways undreamt of by even the most prescient science fiction writers of the past, and the hardware that it … Read more
Power is a funny thing. History teaches that it’s best when it is unexercised, even while it’s impossible to hold in silence (money as speech). And maybe this why the evolution of human societies has been such an agonizingly slow one. For the most part, little changes, and whatever counts as sudden movement has typically been spurred … Read more
I’ve been thinking some about the nature of corporate governance, and how it relates back to the state, civilization, and the cause of human flourishing. Suffice to say, I don’t think we’ve done a great job as stewards of our civilization. If we’re going to turn a corner and make the world a better place, … Read more