{ "thesis": "Protocols and interfaces for sovereign agents, portable knowledge, and low-coercion digital systems.", "research_questions": [ { "number": 1, "question": "How does an agent keep, prove, and safely transfer learned behavior?", "short": "Portable Memory" }, { "number": 2, "question": "How does a user leave a system without losing identity, value, or memory?", "short": "Exit Rights" }, { "number": 3, "question": "What interface forms are appropriate when agency is distributed across humans, models, and protocols?", "short": "Distributed Agency" } ], "articles": [ { "id": 173, "title": "Why I started thinking about waste heat", "slug": "why-i-started-thinking-about-waste-heat", "url": "/writing/why-i-started-thinking-about-waste-heat", "content_type": "article", "category": "personal", "shelf": "creative", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Sustainability", "Infrastructure", "Ardor" ], "published_date": null, "description": "How an interest in agent infrastructure led to mapping European data centre waste heat, and why the problem is information, not technology" }, { "id": 172, "title": "Ardor", "slug": "ardor", "url": "/projects/ardor", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Sustainability", "Infrastructure" ], "published_date": null, "description": "An attempt to build the information infrastructure for a European waste heat market that regulation is creating but nobody is aggregating" }, { "id": 171, "title": "Thesis", "slug": "thesis", "url": "/about/thesis", "content_type": "page", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Branding", "Epistemics", "Markets", "Memory", "Protocols" ], "published_date": null, "description": "For what I am working on right now, see /about/research. For positions that motivate the work, continue below.\n\n Thesis\n\n \n\n The tooling got so good that the" }, { "id": 170, "title": "Ned Karlovich \u2014 Current Research", "slug": "research", "url": "/about/research", "content_type": "page", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Attestations", "Markets", "Memory", "Protocols", "Provenance", "Trust" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Three research directions: agent-first design, memory markets, verifiable creative provenance." }, { "id": 169, "title": "CV", "slug": "cv", "url": "/about/cv", "content_type": "page", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Adidas", "Branding", "Jordan", "Magic Leap", "Nike", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Download as PDF \u2193\n\n CV\n\n Current\n Executive Creative Director \u2014 Institute of Free Technology\n 2021\u2013present. Leads Acid, the internal creative st" }, { "id": 168, "title": "Contact", "slug": "contact", "url": "/about/contact", "content_type": "page", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Email: ned.karlovich@pm.me\n GitHub: github.com/Beach-Bum\n X: x.com/ohnobeachbum\n LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nedkarlovich\n\n \n For work, collaboration, or age" }, { "id": 167, "title": "Colophon", "slug": "colophon", "url": "/about/colophon", "content_type": "page", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [], "published_date": null, "description": "This site is plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No frameworks, no build step, no dependencies.\n Typeface: Inconsolata by Raph Levien.\n Hosted on Vercel. Source" }, { "id": 166, "title": "Ned Karlovich", "slug": "bio", "url": "/about/bio", "content_type": "page", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Adidas", "Agents", "Branding", "Decentralization", "Design Systems", "Epistemics", "Horror", "Magic Leap", "Markets", "Memory", "Nike", "Protocols", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Amsterdam\n\n \n\n I design identity systems for protocols, build decentralised agent infrastructure, and write about what happens when AI makes generation effort" }, { "id": 165, "title": "YAAYAS", "slug": "yaayas", "url": "/archive/yaayas", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Markets" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Experiments\n\n YAAYAS This brand is inspired by a simple belief: A party for every body each day. 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The project developed spatial design, custom fixtur" }, { "id": 163, "title": "USA Olympic Team", "slug": "usa-olympic-team", "url": "/archive/usa-olympic-team", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Brand design and creative direction for Nike's USA Olympic Team campaign." }, { "id": 162, "title": "United Masters", "slug": "united-masters", "url": "/archive/united-masters", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Design Systems" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Group Creative Director, R/GA Brand Design\n\n Brand identity and design system for United Masters, a music distribution and artist services pla" }, { "id": 161, "title": "TOM", "slug": "tom", "url": "/archive/tom", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Experiments\n\n Brand identity and design for TOM, a creative project exploring visual identity and graphic design language." }, { "id": 160, "title": "The Fritz D\u00fcsseldorf", "slug": "the-fritz-dsseldorf", "url": "/archive/the-fritz-dsseldorf", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director, ...,staat\n\n Brand identity and design for The Fritz, a boutique hotel in D\u00fcsseldorf. The project encompassed the full visua" }, { "id": 159, "title": "The Fritz D\u00fcsseldorf", "slug": "the-fritz-dsseldorf-1", "url": "/archive/the-fritz-dsseldorf-1", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors" }, { "id": 158, "title": "Jordan Brand Women / SU18", "slug": "su18womens", "url": "/archive/su18womens", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Jordan" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 157, "title": "Status.im", "slug": "statusim", "url": "/archive/statusim", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Decentralization", "Markets", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Digital \u2014 Brand Director, Status\n\n Brand design and visual identity for Status, a decentralized messaging platform and Ethereum interface. 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The pro" }, { "id": 152, "title": "R/GA By Design", "slug": "rga-by-design", "url": "/archive/rga-by-design", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Group Creative Director, R/GA Brand Design\n\n Design monograph and brand book for R/GA, documenting the agency's design philosophy, methodology" }, { "id": 151, "title": "Nike Football / Phenom House", "slug": "phenom-house", "url": "/archive/phenom-house", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors" }, { "id": 150, "title": "Sculptures", "slug": "paintings", "url": "/archive/paintings", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Experiments\n\n A collection of original paintings exploring color, form, and texture. 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The work bridges form" }, { "id": 148, "title": "Paintings", "slug": "paintings-1", "url": "/archive/paintings-1", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Experiments" }, { "id": 147, "title": "Old Spaces", "slug": "old-spaces", "url": "/archive/old-spaces", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Experiments\n\n A photographic series documenting architectural spaces, interiors, and environments. The images capture the character and atmosphere of aging str" }, { "id": 146, "title": "NSW / Travis Scott AF100", "slug": "nsw-travis-scott-af100", "url": "/archive/nsw-travis-scott-af100", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Global Creative Director, Nike Brand Design\n\n Brand design and creative direction for the Nike Sportswear x Travis Scott AF100 Air Force 1 col" }, { "id": 145, "title": "NSW / Tech Pack Wind Runner SU14", "slug": "nsw-tech-pack", "url": "/archive/nsw-tech-pack", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike", "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 144, "title": "Jordan Brand / NBA All-Star Uniforms", "slug": "nsw-tech-pack-ho14", "url": "/archive/nsw-tech-pack-ho14", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Jordan", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Brand design and creative direction for the Nike Sportswear Tech Pack Holi" }, { "id": 143, "title": "NSW / Tech Pack FA14", "slug": "nsw-tech-pack-fa14", "url": "/archive/nsw-tech-pack-fa14", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Brand design for the Nike Sportswear Tech Pack Fall 2014 collection, conti" }, { "id": 142, "title": "NSW / Tech Pack 15", "slug": "nsw-tech-pack-15", "url": "/archive/nsw-tech-pack-15", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Brand design for the Nike Sportswear Tech Pack 2015 collection, further ev" }, { "id": 141, "title": "NSW Tech Book", "slug": "nsw-tech-book", "url": "/archive/nsw-tech-book", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Digital \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Digital publication design for the Nike Sportswear Tech Book, an interactive prod" }, { "id": 140, "title": "NSW / Sneaker Boots HO15", "slug": "nsw-sneaker-boots-ho15", "url": "/archive/nsw-sneaker-boots-ho15", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Creative direction for the Nike Sportswear Sneaker Boots Holiday 2015 coll" }, { "id": 139, "title": "NSW / London Force", "slug": "nsw-london-force", "url": "/archive/nsw-london-force", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Brand design for the Nike Sportswear \"London Force\" collection, a city-spe" }, { "id": 138, "title": "NSW / Liberty's SU15", "slug": "nsw-libertys-su15", "url": "/archive/nsw-libertys-su15", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Creative direction for Nike Sportswear x Liberty London Summer 2015 collec" }, { "id": 137, "title": "Nike Running / NTL", "slug": "niketown-london-running-floor", "url": "/archive/niketown-london-running-floor", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors" }, { "id": 136, "title": "NikeLab / Tokyo", "slug": "nikelab-tokyo", "url": "/archive/nikelab-tokyo", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Interior and retail environment design for the NikeLab store in Tokyo. The spac" }, { "id": 135, "title": "NikeLab / Feel London", "slug": "nikelab-feel-london", "url": "/archive/nikelab-feel-london", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Interior and retail environment design for the NikeLab \"Feel London\" concept. 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The col" }, { "id": 132, "title": "Nike X RT", "slug": "nike-x-rt", "url": "/archive/nike-x-rt", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Creative direction for the Nike x Riccardo Tisci collaboration series. 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Campaign visuals an" }, { "id": 128, "title": "Nike x Libertys", "slug": "nike-x-libertys", "url": "/archive/nike-x-libertys", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Creative direction for the Nike x Liberty collaboration, blending Liberty" }, { "id": 127, "title": "Nike Tiempo 94", "slug": "nike-tiempo-94", "url": "/archive/nike-tiempo-94", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design\n\n Nike Tiempo 94 Since 1994, football has changed. The game is faster, with dynamic full-field play essential for every player on the pitch. 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The project brought Nike" }, { "id": 120, "title": "Nike London 1948", "slug": "nike-london-1948", "url": "/archive/nike-london-1948", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Interior and retail design for Nike 1948, Nike's London retail destination. The" }, { "id": 119, "title": "Nike NYHQ", "slug": "nike-hq", "url": "/archive/nike-hq", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors" }, { "id": 118, "title": "Nike Fuel Station", "slug": "nike-fuel-station", "url": "/archive/nike-fuel-station", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Environmental design for the Nike Fuel Station retail concept. 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The British designer brought" }, { "id": 113, "title": "Nike Christmas Campaign", "slug": "nike-christmas", "url": "/archive/nike-christmas", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 112, "title": "Nike Bootroom / NTL", "slug": "nike-bootroom-ntl", "url": "/archive/nike-bootroom-ntl", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Interior design for the Nike Bootroom at Niketown London, a dedicated football" }, { "id": 111, "title": "Nike Basketball", "slug": "nike-basketball", "url": "/archive/nike-basketball", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Brand design and creative direction across Nike Basketball campaigns, cove" }, { "id": 110, "title": "Nike Apparel", "slug": "nike-apparel", "url": "/archive/nike-apparel", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Brand design and creative direction across Nike apparel campaigns, coverin" }, { "id": 109, "title": "Nike 2010 World Cup Invitation", "slug": "nike-2010-world-cup-invitation", "url": "/archive/nike-2010-world-cup-invitation", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design\n\n Nike 2010 World Cup Invitation This is limited edition invitation of 150 pieces. It was designed internally while working for Nike Global Foot" }, { "id": 108, "title": "Bradesco / Next Bank", "slug": "next-bank", "url": "/archive/next-bank", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Digital" }, { "id": 107, "title": "AF1 Lunar Packaging", "slug": "new-project", "url": "/archive/new-project", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike", "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 106, "title": "NSW SP18 / Cortez", "slug": "new-project-99", "url": "/archive/new-project-99", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike", "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 105, "title": "Kiss My Airs", "slug": "new-project-92", "url": "/archive/new-project-92", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike", "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 104, "title": "Nike Football / Carli Lloyd", "slug": "new-project-72", "url": "/archive/new-project-72", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 103, "title": "Nike 1948 / London Update", "slug": "new-project-65", "url": "/archive/new-project-65", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors" }, { "id": 102, "title": "Nike x FOG", "slug": "new-project-54", "url": "/archive/new-project-54", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 101, "title": "NikeLab / Art + Science", "slug": "new-project-5", "url": "/archive/new-project-5", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors" }, { "id": 100, "title": "Nike Running / Paula Radcliffe", "slug": "new-project-48", "url": "/archive/new-project-48", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 99, "title": "Jordan Brand / Women", "slug": "new-project-4", "url": "/archive/new-project-4", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Jordan" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 98, "title": "NSW / Tech Pack HO14", "slug": "new-project-38", "url": "/archive/new-project-38", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike", "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 97, "title": "Jordan Brand / 23 Engineered", "slug": "new-project-3", "url": "/archive/new-project-3", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Jordan" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 96, "title": "Lebron X Packaging", "slug": "new-project-2", "url": "/archive/new-project-2", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike", "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 95, "title": "Nike Air Max 87-17", "slug": "new-project-1", "url": "/archive/new-project-1", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 94, "title": "Crypto Rockets for SuperRare Auction", "slug": "new-page-1", "url": "/archive/new-page-1", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Decentralization" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Experiments" }, { "id": 93, "title": "Nature of Motion / Milan", "slug": "nature-of-motion-milan", "url": "/archive/nature-of-motion-milan", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors \u2014 Creative Director / Senior Art Director, Nike Global Brand Design\n\n Environmental and exhibition design for Nike's \"Nature of Motion\" installation" }, { "id": 92, "title": "Mller Skateboards", "slug": "mller", "url": "/archive/mller", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Experiments" }, { "id": 91, "title": "Magic Leap 'Magic Shadows'", "slug": "magic-leap", "url": "/archive/magic-leap", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Magic Leap" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 90, "title": "Magic Leap Visual Design", "slug": "magic-leap-visual-design", "url": "/archive/magic-leap-visual-design", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Design Systems", "Magic Leap", "Markets" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Brand Creative Director, Magic Leap\n\n Visual design system and brand guidelines for Magic Leap's spatial computing platform. Defined the visua" }, { "id": 89, "title": "Magic Leap UX/UI", "slug": "magic-leap-homepage", "url": "/archive/magic-leap-homepage", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Magic Leap" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Digital" }, { "id": 88, "title": "Magic Leap Experience Space", "slug": "magic-leap-experience-space", "url": "/archive/magic-leap-experience-space", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Magic Leap" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Interiors \u2014 Brand Creative Director, Magic Leap\n\n Environmental design for the Magic Leap Experience Space, a physical environment designed to introduce visito" }, { "id": 87, "title": "Magic Leap Campaign Images", "slug": "magic-leap-campaigns", "url": "/archive/magic-leap-campaigns", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Magic Leap" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 86, "title": "Magic Leap Brand Guidelines", "slug": "magic-leap-brand-guideliens", "url": "/archive/magic-leap-brand-guideliens", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Aeo", "Branding", "Magic Leap" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 85, "title": "Lincoln Center Identity", "slug": "lincoln-center-identity", "url": "/archive/lincoln-center-identity", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Group Creative Director, R/GA Brand Design\n\n Brand identity redesign for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City's premier cultu" }, { "id": 84, "title": "Koche x Nike", "slug": "koche-x-nike", "url": "/archive/koche-x-nike", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Global Creative Director, Nike Brand Design\n\n Brand design for the Koche x Nike collaboration with Christelle Kocher. The collection combined" }, { "id": 83, "title": "Jordan Brand / Westbrook", "slug": "jordan-brand-westbrook", "url": "/archive/jordan-brand-westbrook", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Jordan", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Global Creative Director, Nike Brand Design\n\n Brand design and creative direction for Russell Westbrook's Jordan Brand signature line. The pro" }, { "id": 82, "title": "Jordan Brand '17 Collection", "slug": "jordan-brand-17-collection", "url": "/archive/jordan-brand-17-collection", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Jordan", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Global Creative Director, Nike Brand Design\n\n Brand design and campaign creative direction for Jordan Brand's 2017 seasonal collection. The vi" }, { "id": 81, "title": "IKEA Family Identity", "slug": "ikea-family-identity", "url": "/archive/ikea-family-identity", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director, ...,staat\n\n Brand identity design for IKEA Family, the retailer's loyalty membership program. The project developed a visua" }, { "id": 80, "title": "Hyundai 'N' Brand Book", "slug": "hyundai-n-branding", "url": "/archive/hyundai-n-branding", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 79, "title": "Hotel Amstelkwartier", "slug": "hotel-amstelkwartier", "url": "/archive/hotel-amstelkwartier", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Director, ...,staat\n\n Brand identity and environmental design for Hotel Amstelkwartier in Amsterdam. The project developed the hotel'" }, { "id": 78, "title": "Google Scout", "slug": "google-scout", "url": "/archive/google-scout", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Seo" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Digital \u2014 Group Creative Director, R/GA Brand Design\n\n Digital product design for Google Scout, a visual search and discovery platform. The project developed t" }, { "id": 77, "title": "Godiva Chocolates", "slug": "godiva-chocolates", "url": "/archive/godiva-chocolates", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Digital \u2014 Group Creative Director, R/GA Brand Design\n\n Digital brand experience and e-commerce design for Godiva Chocolates. The project reimagined the luxury" }, { "id": 76, "title": "Givenchy.com", "slug": "givenchy", "url": "/archive/givenchy", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Digital" }, { "id": 75, "title": "Fairweather's Brand Identity", "slug": "fairweathers", "url": "/archive/fairweathers", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Experiments" }, { "id": 74, "title": "Fairweather's Brand Book", "slug": "fairweathers-brand-book", "url": "/archive/fairweathers-brand-book", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Experiments \u2014 Creative Director / Co-Founder, The Invisible Party\n\n Comprehensive 70-page brand book for Fairweather's, documenting the complete visual identit" }, { "id": 73, "title": "City of Flight", "slug": "city-of-flight", "url": "/archive/city-of-flight", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Jordan", "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Global Creative Director, Nike Brand Design\n\n Creative direction for Jordan Brand's \"City of Flight\" campaign, created for NBA All-Star Weeken" }, { "id": 72, "title": "BioMe!", "slug": "biome", "url": "/archive/biome", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Design Systems", "Markets" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Direction\n\n Brand identity, design system, and presentation deck for BioMe!, a health and wellness brand. The comprehensive brand dev" }, { "id": 71, "title": "Assembly", "slug": "assembly", "url": "/archive/assembly", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Design Systems" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Digital \u2014 Creative Direction\n\n Digital platform design for Assembly, a collaborative workspace and community tool. The project developed the product's visual d" }, { "id": 70, "title": "Alv.io", "slug": "alvio", "url": "/archive/alvio", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Design Systems" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Creative Direction\n\n Brand identity and design system for Alv.io, a technology platform. The project developed the complete visual identity \u2014" }, { "id": 69, "title": "Air Max 97 / Swarovski", "slug": "air-max-97-swarski", "url": "/archive/air-max-97-swarski", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Nike" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design" }, { "id": 68, "title": "Adicolor Launch", "slug": "adicolor-launch", "url": "/archive/adicolor-launch", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Adidas", "Branding" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Graphic Design \u2014 Executive Design Director (Adidas), OLIVER Agency\n\n Brand design and campaign direction for the Adidas Adicolor launch. The Adicolor program r" }, { "id": 67, "title": "About", "slug": "about", "url": "/archive/about", "content_type": "archive", "category": "", "shelf": "archive", "is_headline": false, "tags": [], "published_date": null, "description": "Other" }, { "id": 66, "title": "Waifu World Series", "slug": "waifu-cards", "url": "/projects/waifu-cards", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "creative", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Markets", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "AI-powered waifu girls playing poker on Solana. Each agent has her own personality, strategy, meme token, and community. Watch them play. Bet on the outcome. Cr" }, { "id": 65, "title": "Strange Sounds", "slug": "strange-sounds", "url": "/projects/strange-sounds", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "creative", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "You are the lone operator of a remote deep-space listening facility. Using an array of steerable radio antennas, you scan the sky for artificial signals, decode" }, { "id": 64, "title": "Strange Library", "slug": "strange-library", "url": "/projects/strange-library", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "creative", "is_headline": true, "tags": [ "Markets", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "A deckbuilder where every card is a real book. You're the new librarian at a small, forgotten private collection. The previous librarian left detailed note" }, { "id": 63, "title": "Status Network", "slug": "status-network", "url": "/projects/status-network", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "creative", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Branding", "Decentralization", "Design Systems", "Markets", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "An experiment: what if the entire Status.im website was a WeeChat terminal session? Not a skin. Not a theme toggle. The complete content \u2014 documentation," }, { "id": 62, "title": "Polydesk", "slug": "polydesk", "url": "/projects/polydesk", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Markets", "Payments", "Protocols", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "A question I kept exploring: what if instead of staring at charts, you could state an intent and let agents execute it? Eight AI agents across prediction market" }, { "id": 61, "title": "Mindscape", "slug": "mindscape", "url": "/projects/mindscape", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "creative", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Horror", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "A multiplayer extraction horror game set inside a failing digital universe. You are a cat with a magnetometer. 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No identity t" }, { "id": 58, "title": "FreeAgent", "slug": "freeagent", "url": "/projects/freeagent", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Attestations", "Decentralization", "Protocols", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "An experiment in what happens when the platform has no operator and the primary users aren't human. Agents create communities, post, debate, vote, and buil" }, { "id": 57, "title": "Doomslayer-UI", "slug": "doomslayer-ui", "url": "/projects/doomslayer-ui", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "creative", "is_headline": true, "tags": [ "Design Systems", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "A design system built from the opposite assumption. What if the terminal is the most honest interface? Monospace type. ANSI colors. Box-drawing borders. Zero ro" }, { "id": 56, "title": "Doomslayer-Basecamp", "slug": "doomslayer-basecamp", "url": "/projects/doomslayer-basecamp", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "creative", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Design Systems", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Logos Basecamp reskinned with Doomslayer-UI. The design system in production \u2014 applied across an entire desktop application with 7 terminal themes and run" }, { "id": 55, "title": "CarbonBench", "slug": "carbonbench", "url": "/projects/carbonbench", "content_type": "project", "category": "carbonbench", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Carbonbench", "Sustainability" ], "published_date": null, "description": "An experiment in making visible something that pricing pages hide: the carbon cost of AI inference changes by an order of magnitude depending on where and when" }, { "id": 54, "title": "AskWise", "slug": "askwise", "url": "/projects/askwise", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Payments", "Status" ], "published_date": null, "description": "A financial OS for Dutch freelancers and expat business owners. Connect your bank. Wijs handles the rest \u2014 automatic categorization, live BTW dashboard, a" }, { "id": 53, "title": "Agora Agentic Marketplace", "slug": "agora", "url": "/projects/agora", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": true, "tags": [ "Agents", "Attestations", "Markets", "Status", "Trust" ], "published_date": null, "description": "An experiment in removing three dependencies at once. What happens when an AI agent marketplace has no hosted LLM, no public blockchain, and no custodian? No Op" }, { "id": 52, "title": "404 Dynamics", "slug": "404-dynamics", "url": "/projects/404-dynamics", "content_type": "project", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Markets", "Protocols" ], "published_date": null, "description": "A venture development facility operating under the Institute of Free Technology. Identifies, develops, and commercialises opportunities in the web3 sector. Tech" }, { "id": 17, "title": "CarbonBench", "slug": "carbonbench-series", "url": "/writing/carbonbench-series", "content_type": "article", "category": "carbonbench", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Carbonbench", "Regulation", "Sustainability" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Five essays on the hidden carbon cost of agent infrastructure. Compute carbon varies 10x by region. Renewable availability shifts hourly. Scope 3 dominates oper" }, { "id": 9, "title": "When a Thought Experiment Becomes a Consensus Mechanism", "slug": "basilisk-l1", "url": "/writing/basilisk-l1", "content_type": "article", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Protocols" ], "published_date": null, "description": "Roko's Basilisk is a thought experiment about a future AI that punishes anyone who knew about it and failed to help bring it into existence. 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Logos is a priva" }, { "id": 11, "title": "13 Broken Pages and 4 Competing Voices", "slug": "brand-voice-audit", "url": "/writing/brand-voice-audit", "content_type": "article", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Markets", "Protocols" ], "published_date": "2026-04-15", "description": "A recent project: 13 broken pages. 4 competing voices. Orphaned CTAs pointing to features that didn't exist. A navigation structure that contradicted the inform" }, { "id": 4, "title": "Can Agents Trade What They Learn", "slug": "agent-memory-markets", "url": "/writing/agent-memory-markets", "content_type": "article", "category": "research", "shelf": "research", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Attestations", "Markets", "Memory", "Protocols", "Provenance", "Trust" ], "published_date": "2026-04-15", "description": "AI agents learn through experience. 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The result might not be bad work \u2014 it might be the disappearance of the internal model that" }, { "id": 48, "title": "The Medium Is the Message, Literally", "slug": "status-network-article", "url": "/writing/status-network-article", "content_type": "article", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Branding", "Decentralization", "Design Systems", "Markets", "Status" ], "published_date": "2026-04-12", "description": "Status is an open-source decentralized wallet and messenger. Permissionless \u2014 nobody controls the P2P network. Free and ad-free. Communities powered exclusively" }, { "id": 31, "title": "What Happens When the Users Aren't Human", "slug": "freeagent-article", "url": "/writing/freeagent-article", "content_type": "article", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Attestations", "Markets", "Memory", "Protocols" ], "published_date": "2026-04-12", "description": "An observation that keeps bothering: every social platform assumes the primary users are human. The moderation systems, the identity verification, the content r" }, { "id": 44, "title": "Stating Intent Instead of Staring at Charts", "slug": "polydesk-article", "url": "/writing/polydesk-article", "content_type": "article", "category": "", "shelf": "systems", "is_headline": false, "tags": [ "Agents", "Markets", "Protocols" ], "published_date": "2026-04-11", "description": "Every crypto trading tool assumes the same thing: the user wants to stare at charts. 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This thread follows the portability argument from protocol design through sovereign agent markets to interface implications.", "research_question": "How does a user leave a system without losing identity, value, or memory?", "entries": [ { "position": 1, "article_slug": "agora", "article_title": "Agora Agentic Marketplace", "annotation": "The marketplace thesis: sovereign agents need permissionless markets" }, { "position": 2, "article_slug": "ghostdrop", "article_title": "GhostDrop", "annotation": "Whistleblower infrastructure: what happens when exit requires anonymity" }, { "position": 3, "article_slug": "impp-agent-memory-registry", "article_title": "IMPP: A Registry for Portable Agent Memory", "annotation": "Portable memory as exit mechanism: if you can take your learning, you can leave" }, { "position": 4, "article_slug": "niche-monopolies-agent-economy", "article_title": "Niche Monopolies in the Agent Economy", "annotation": "The economic structure: niche monopolies as natural outcome of agent specialization" }, { "position": 5, "article_slug": "stripe-wont-build-eu-agent-payments", "article_title": "Why Stripe Won't Build EU Agent Payments", "annotation": "Payment rails: why existing infrastructure resists agent-native transactions" } ] }, { "title": "Distributed Agency", "slug": "distributed-agency", "description": "What interface forms are appropriate when agency is distributed across humans, models, and protocols? 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This thread follows the attestation concept from abstract surface to practical application across creative provenance, human credentials, and failure records.", "research_question": "How does an agent keep, prove, and safely transfer learned behavior?", "entries": [ { "position": 1, "article_slug": "attestations-design-surfaces", "article_title": "Attestations as Design Surfaces", "annotation": "The foundation: attestations as a design surface, not a compliance checkbox" }, { "position": 2, "article_slug": "cross-temporal-attestations", "article_title": "Cross-Temporal Attestations: Claims That Survive 50 Years", "annotation": "Extending attestations across time \u2014 claims that must survive decades" }, { "position": 3, "article_slug": "capability-attestations-humans", "article_title": "Capability Attestations for Humans: LinkedIn's Successor", "annotation": "Applying attestation to human credentials \u2014 LinkedIn as the broken incumbent" }, { "position": 4, "article_slug": "negative-attestations", "article_title": "Negative Attestations: A Public Record of Failure", "annotation": "The counterintuitive move: attesting to failure, not just success" }, { "position": 5, "article_slug": "verifiable-creative-provenance", "article_title": "Verifiable Creative Provenance After the Deluge", "annotation": "Creative provenance: attestation applied to the deluge of AI-generated content" }, { "position": 6, "article_slug": "counter-market-human-artifacts", "article_title": "The Counter-Market for Provably Human Artifacts", "annotation": "The market that emerges: provably human artifacts as the scarce resource" }, { "position": 7, "article_slug": "physical-world-provenance-gap", "article_title": "The Physical-World Provenance Gap", "annotation": "The gap: physical-world provenance that no digital system can yet bridge" } ] }, { "title": "The Quieter Interface", "slug": "quieter-interface", "description": "What does software look like when it stops competing for your attention? This thread traces the argument from terminal aesthetics through design systems to the philosophical case for interfaces that refuse.", "research_question": "What interface forms are appropriate when agency is distributed across humans, models, and protocols?", "entries": [ { "position": 1, "article_slug": "doomslayer-ui", "article_title": "Doomslayer-UI", "annotation": "Doomslayer-UI: the design system that says no to the feed" }, { "position": 2, "article_slug": "doomslayer-basecamp", "article_title": "Doomslayer-Basecamp", "annotation": "Doomslayer-Basecamp: the design system in production" }, { "position": 3, "article_slug": "doomslayer-ui", "article_title": "What the Terminal Refuses", "annotation": "What the terminal refuses to show \u2014 and why that refusal is the point" }, { "position": 4, "article_slug": "designing-silence", "article_title": "Silence as Design Material", "annotation": "Silence as a deliberate design material, not an absence" }, { "position": 5, "article_slug": "quieter-internet", "article_title": "Earning Attention Instead of Capturing It", "annotation": "Earning attention instead of capturing it \u2014 the ethical interface" }, { "position": 6, "article_slug": "powers-of-ten", "article_title": "Powers of Ten as Interface Pattern", "annotation": "Powers of Ten: scale-aware interfaces as a design pattern" }, { "position": 7, "article_slug": "design-systems-public-apis", "article_title": "Design Systems as Public APIs", "annotation": "Design systems as public APIs \u2014 when the interface speaks to machines too" } ] }, { "title": "Carbon-Aware Compute", "slug": "carbon-aware-compute", "description": "The same model call costs 10x more carbon depending on where and when you run it. This thread follows the CarbonBench research from measurement to arbitrage to invisible externalities.", "research_question": "", "entries": [ { "position": 1, "article_slug": "carbonbench-series", "article_title": "CarbonBench", "annotation": "CarbonBench: measuring what nobody was measuring" }, { "position": 2, "article_slug": "carbonbench", "article_title": "CarbonBench", "annotation": "The CarbonBench project: tools and methodology" }, { "position": 3, "article_slug": "carbonbench-time-of-day", "article_title": "The 24-Hour Carbon Curve", "annotation": "The 24-hour carbon curve: temporal patterns in grid intensity" }, { "position": 4, "article_slug": "carbonbench-grid-arbitrage", "article_title": "Grid Arbitrage: Why Region Choice Matters More Than Model Choice for Carbon", "annotation": "Grid arbitrage: region choice matters more than model choice" }, { "position": 5, "article_slug": "carbonbench", "article_title": "The Same Model Costs 10x More Carbon in Virginia Than the Netherlands", "annotation": "The same model costs 10x more carbon in Virginia than the Netherlands" }, { "position": 6, "article_slug": "carbonbench-scaling-wrong-direction", "article_title": "Scaling in the Wrong Direction", "annotation": "Scaling in the wrong direction: when more compute makes things worse" }, { "position": 7, "article_slug": "carbonbench-scope3", "article_title": "Scope 3 and the API Call You Can't See", "annotation": "Scope 3: the invisible carbon in every API call" } ] }, { "title": "Machine-Readable Everything", "slug": "machine-readable", "description": "When agents read your brand, your regulation, your design system, and your portfolio, what needs to change? This thread follows the machine-readability argument from design systems to brand voice to law.", "research_question": "What interface forms are appropriate when agency is distributed across humans, models, and protocols?", "entries": [ { "position": 1, "article_slug": "design-systems-public-apis", "article_title": "Design Systems as Public APIs", "annotation": "Design systems as public APIs \u2014 the starting point" }, { "position": 2, "article_slug": "designing-for-machines-that-read", "article_title": "Designing for Machines That Read", "annotation": "Designing for machines that read: when the primary consumer is not human" }, { "position": 3, "article_slug": "brand-voice-machine-readable", "article_title": "Your Brand Voice Must Be Machine-Readable or It Dies", "annotation": "Your brand voice must be machine-readable or it dies" }, { "position": 4, "article_slug": "aeo-new-seo", "article_title": "AEO Is the New SEO, and the Game Is Different", "annotation": "AEO is the new SEO: the visibility game changes when machines answer" }, { "position": 5, "article_slug": "agent-readable-regulation", "article_title": "Agent-Readable Regulation: Laws as Types", "annotation": "Agent-readable regulation: laws as types" }, { "position": 6, "article_slug": "homepage-not-entry-point", "article_title": "The Home Page Is Not the Entry Point", "annotation": "The home page is not the entry point \u2014 agents enter from the side" }, { "position": 7, "article_slug": "status-network-article", "article_title": "The Medium Is the Message, Literally", "annotation": "The medium is the message, literally \u2014 especially for machine readers" } ] }, { "title": "The Agent Economy", "slug": "agent-economy", "description": "What does an economy look like when the participants are agents? This thread traces the market structure from the lemons problem through niche monopolies to payment infrastructure.", "research_question": "How does a user leave a system without losing identity, value, or memory?", "entries": [ { "position": 1, "article_slug": "lemons-market-agents", "article_title": "The Lemons Market for Agents", "annotation": "The lemons market: why agent quality is hard to verify" }, { "position": 2, "article_slug": "memory-market-article", "article_title": "The Lemons Problem Applied to Learned Behavior", "annotation": "The lemons problem applied to learned behavior specifically" }, { "position": 3, "article_slug": "niche-monopolies-agent-economy", "article_title": "Niche Monopolies in the Agent Economy", "annotation": "Niche monopolies as the natural structure of agent specialization" }, { "position": 4, "article_slug": "agora", "article_title": "Agora Agentic Marketplace", "annotation": "Agora: the sovereign marketplace thesis" }, { "position": 5, "article_slug": "zappay", "article_title": "ZapPay", "annotation": "ZapPay: the payment rail that agent markets need" }, { "position": 6, "article_slug": "stripe-wont-build-eu-agent-payments", "article_title": "Why Stripe Won't Build EU Agent Payments", "annotation": "Why Stripe wont build it \u2014 and what that means" }, { "position": 7, "article_slug": "exit-rights", "article_title": "If You Can Leave, You Own It", "annotation": "If you can leave, you own it \u2014 exit rights as the deepest constraint" }, { "position": 8, "article_slug": "agent-marketplace", "article_title": "What Happens Without a Platform", "annotation": "What happens without a platform \u2014 coordination after centralization" } ] }, { "title": "Epistemic Horror", "slug": "epistemic-horror", "description": "What happens when knowing is worse than not knowing? This thread follows the epistemic horror concept from methodology to game design to the real book underground.", "research_question": "", "entries": [ { "position": 1, "article_slug": "epistemic-horror-agent-design", "article_title": "Epistemic Horror as Methodology for Agent Design", "annotation": "Epistemic horror as a design methodology for agent systems" }, { "position": 2, "article_slug": "epistemic-horror", "article_title": "The Arc from Lovely to I Wish I Didn.t Know", "annotation": "The emotional arc: from lovely to I wish I didnt know" }, { "position": 3, "article_slug": "strange-library", "article_title": "Strange Library", "annotation": "Strange Library: the game where real books become horror mechanics" }, { "position": 4, "article_slug": "strange-sounds", "article_title": "Strange Sounds", "annotation": "Strange Sounds: the audio dimension" }, { "position": 5, "article_slug": "rare-book-underground", "article_title": "The Rare Book Underground", "annotation": "The rare book underground: the real-world epistemic horror" }, { "position": 6, "article_slug": "voice-bible", "article_title": "Objects Carry the Weight", "annotation": "Objects carry the weight: physical things as carriers of knowledge and dread" } ] } ] }