Who gets to write the rules, and what happens to everyone who didn’t. The stories and the essays here are working on the same thing from opposite ends, which I only noticed after laying them out side by side.

What Makes a Good Politician? August 1, 2026
The one standard we can all agree on, and how our MPs score against it

Why care about institutional design May 14, 2026
How institutions amplify human nature, for good and ill

A model of human nature May 14, 2026
Every political philosophy is a bet on it — and its width matters more than its centre

Designing behind the veil May 14, 2026
How to choose institutions when you don't know what people will want

Ikram and his tricks October 8, 2025
A Tale of Clay and Calculation

What is Capitalism at its Core? October 1, 2025
A Steelman of the Four Beliefs That Shape Our World

Our Attention is a Multi-Billion Dollar Asset September 21, 2025
Who's Cashing In?

Relics of their Departure June 4, 2025
A Chronicle of the Cargo Cults

The Alignment Problem May 23, 2025
Future AI Overlords vs. Present Corporate Greed

Money laundering and illicit financial flows May 20, 2025
The industry that facilitates the world's worst crimes

The cure for capitalism March 10, 2025
More capitalism

Brand new world March 10, 2025
A advertisement dystopia

The Treaty of Wai-terra December 1, 2024
A Story of First Contact, Good Intentions, Discrimination and Lost Heritage

Tax optimisation as an adversarial game March 27, 2018
A new perspective on tax law