Systems, Power, and the People Who Build Them.
You can’t be persuasive if you aren’t transparent, at least not with thinking people. Aspirational rules should encourage quality. My choices follow. God and logic The most pointed analyses eventually reach premises that cannot be broken down further. I take this as evidence of God. When relevant, I may reference religious teaching where it clarifies … Read more
You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. (Psalms 128:2, NIV) For most of human history, this was obvious. You worked and you prospered. Now when someone “loses” a job, they become “unemployed”. The implication is normally fairly dire. This newly minted non-employee is caught on their back foot. … Read more
Making Professional Education Worth the Time Professionals are required to engage in continuous learning (called “CPE” here) throughout their tenures. This is a nod to the idea that change compounds and its effects are hugely underrated. The purpose of CPE is obvious: keep those entrusted by society to do the hard jobs from falling behind. … Read more
I write about systems, power, and the people who build them. That includes economic systems, professional systems, legal systems, political systems, and personal operating systems. I am less interested in commentary than in structure: how incentives shape behavior, how institutions strengthen or decay, and how competent people build lasting advantage inside imperfect environments. Professionally, I … Read more