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Research Directions
Can Agents Trade What They Learn
IMPP: A Registry for Portable Agent Memory
Knowledge as Material
Representation Before Generation
The New Land School
The Parallel Polis
The Wrong Layer
Agent-First Design
AEO Is the New SEO, and the Game Is Different
Design Systems as Public APIs
Designing for Machines That Read
The Home Page Is Not the Entry Point
Your Brand Voice Must Be Machine-Readable or It Dies
Trust and Provenance
Attestations as Design Surfaces
Negative Attestations: A Public Record of Failure
The Counter-Market for Provably Human Artifacts
The Lemons Market for Agents
The Rare Book Underground
Verifiable Creative Provenance After the Deluge
Second-Order Problems
Agent Death and Inheritance
Agent-Readable Regulation: Laws as Types
Capability Attestations for Humans: LinkedIn's Successor
Cross-Temporal Attestations: Claims That Survive 50 Years
The Physical-World Provenance Gap
Market and Operator Pieces
If You Can Leave, You Own It
Niche Monopolies in the Agent Economy
The Coadjute Problem: What an Agent-Native Property Network Looks Like
What Happens Without a Platform
Why Stripe Won't Build EU Agent Payments
Rabbit Holes
Epistemic Horror as Methodology for Agent Design
It Is Okay to Fall in Love with Your Agent
Local Inference, Private Infrastructure
Paradise Computer
Powers of Ten as Interface Pattern
The Arc from Lovely to I Wish I Didn.t Know
Why I started thinking about waste heat
CarbonBench
CarbonBench
Grid Arbitrage: Why Region Choice Matters More Than Model Choice for Carbon
Scaling in the Wrong Direction
Scope 3 and the API Call You Can't See
The 24-Hour Carbon Curve
The Same Model Costs 10x More Carbon in Virginia Than the Netherlands
Research Directions
Can Agents Trade What They Learn
Apr 15, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Markets
,
Memory
,
Protocols
,
Provenance
,
Trust
IMPP: A Registry for Portable Agent Memory
Apr 26, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Markets
,
Memory
,
Protocols
,
Provenance
,
Trust
Knowledge as Material
Feb 15, 2026
Representation Before Generation
Mar 1, 2026
The New Land School
Apr 14, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Design Systems
,
Epistemics
The Parallel Polis
Sep 1, 2025
The Wrong Layer
Apr 14, 2026 ·
Decentralization
Agent-First Design
AEO Is the New SEO, and the Game Is Different
May 1, 2026 ·
Aeo
,
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Markets
,
Seo
Design Systems as Public APIs
May 9, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Design Systems
Designing for Machines That Read
Apr 22, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Decentralization
,
Markets
,
Protocols
,
Provenance
,
Regulation
,
Seo
,
Status
The Home Page Is Not the Entry Point
Apr 27, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Branding
,
Markets
,
Seo
Your Brand Voice Must Be Machine-Readable or It Dies
May 5, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Branding
Trust and Provenance
Attestations as Design Surfaces
May 13, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Provenance
,
Regulation
,
Trust
Negative Attestations: A Public Record of Failure
May 25, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Markets
,
Memory
,
Protocols
The Counter-Market for Provably Human Artifacts
Jun 6, 2026 ·
Attestations
,
Markets
,
Provenance
The Lemons Market for Agents
May 19, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Branding
,
Decentralization
,
Markets
,
Memory
,
Protocols
,
Regulation
,
Trust
The Rare Book Underground
Apr 15, 2026 ·
Markets
,
Provenance
Verifiable Creative Provenance After the Deluge
May 31, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Decentralization
,
Memory
,
Provenance
,
Trust
Second-Order Problems
Agent Death and Inheritance
Jun 12, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Markets
,
Memory
,
Protocols
,
Provenance
,
Trust
Agent-Readable Regulation: Laws as Types
Jun 24, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Regulation
Capability Attestations for Humans: LinkedIn's Successor
Jun 30, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Trust
Cross-Temporal Attestations: Claims That Survive 50 Years
Jun 18, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Protocols
,
Provenance
The Physical-World Provenance Gap
Jul 6, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Provenance
,
Trust
Market and Operator Pieces
If You Can Leave, You Own It
Apr 16, 2026 ·
Attestations
,
Branding
,
Decentralization
,
Markets
,
Protocols
,
Status
Niche Monopolies in the Agent Economy
Jul 24, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Protocols
,
Trust
The Coadjute Problem: What an Agent-Native Property Network Looks Like
Jul 18, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Markets
,
Protocols
,
Status
What Happens Without a Platform
Apr 15, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Markets
,
Protocols
,
Trust
Why Stripe Won't Build EU Agent Payments
Jul 12, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Markets
,
Payments
,
Protocols
,
Status
Rabbit Holes
Epistemic Horror as Methodology for Agent Design
Aug 9, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Attestations
,
Epistemics
,
Horror
,
Markets
,
Memory
,
Protocols
,
Trust
It Is Okay to Fall in Love with Your Agent
Apr 27, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Memory
Local Inference, Private Infrastructure
Apr 15, 2026 ·
Agents
,
Decentralization
,
Markets
,
Trust
Paradise Computer
Nov 1, 2025
Powers of Ten as Interface Pattern
Apr 16, 2026 ·
Decentralization
,
Memory
The Arc from Lovely to I Wish I Didn.t Know
Apr 15, 2026 ·
Epistemics
,
Horror
Why I started thinking about waste heat
·
Sustainability
,
Infrastructure
,
Ardor
CarbonBench
CarbonBench
·
Agents
,
Carbonbench
,
Regulation
,
Sustainability
Grid Arbitrage: Why Region Choice Matters More Than Model Choice for Carbon
Apr 17, 2026 ·
Carbonbench
,
Markets
,
Sustainability
Scaling in the Wrong Direction
Apr 17, 2026 ·
Carbonbench
,
Sustainability
Scope 3 and the API Call You Can't See
Apr 17, 2026 ·
Carbonbench
,
Protocols
,
Regulation
,
Sustainability
The 24-Hour Carbon Curve
Apr 17, 2026 ·
Carbonbench
,
Markets
,
Sustainability
The Same Model Costs 10x More Carbon in Virginia Than the Netherlands
Apr 16, 2026 ·
Carbonbench
,
Decentralization
,
Markets
,
Sustainability
,
Trust
Recent
It Is Okay to Fall in Love with Your Agent
Apr 27
Knowledge as Material
Feb 15
The Parallel Polis
Sep 1
Paradise Computer
Nov 1
Representation Before Generation
Mar 1
Why I started thinking about waste heat
Objects Carry the Weight
Apr 15
Verifiable Creative Provenance After the Deluge
May 31
Why Stripe Won't Build EU Agent Payments
Jul 12
The Medium Is the Message, Literally
Apr 12
The Rare Book Underground
Apr 15
Earning Attention Instead of Capturing It
Apr 15
Powers of Ten as Interface Pattern
Apr 16
Stating Intent Instead of Staring at Charts
Apr 11
The Physical-World Provenance Gap
Jul 6
Niche Monopolies in the Agent Economy
Jul 24
The New Land School
Apr 14
Negative Attestations: A Public Record of Failure
May 25
The Lemons Problem Applied to Learned Behavior
Apr 10
The Lemons Market for Agents
May 19
Tags
Adidas
3
Aeo
2
Agents
43
Ardor
1
Attestations
23
Branding
90
Carbonbench
7
Decentralization
15
Design Systems
14
Epistemics
5
Horror
6
Infrastructure
2
Jordan
9
Magic Leap
8
Markets
41
Memory
15
Nike
60
Payments
3
Protocols
31
Provenance
12
Regulation
6
Seo
4
Status
22
Sustainability
9
Trust
25