Writing
On psychology, families, and building something better.
Who Governs the Agent?
Your agentic loop runs overnight. It makes a thousand decisions. Can it explain any of them?
The Layers Nobody Designed
You built the refusal. You protected personal sovereignty. Now the harder question - what goes in the space the refusal created?
Sovereignty Refusal
What happens when your agent knows better than your user - and why 'better' isn't the point.
The Fifth Step
The real purpose of getting smarter isn't getting ahead. It's getting home.
What Should Your Agent Refuse?
The hardest specification isn't what your agent can do. It's what your agent should refuse to do.
What Do You Refuse to Surrender?
Accelerate or despair. This is for everyone who's been told they're falling behind.
Sovereignty-Honoring Design: Building Technology That Respects You
What if the apps you use were built to make you more free and not more dependent? This is what sovereignty-honoring design looks like, why it matters now more than ever, and how we practice it.
What Is COPPA? And Why It Should Change How We Build Everything.
COPPA ensures our children don't grow up with the same unawareness we did. But most apps don't meet even its basic requirements. Here's the truth - and why the standard we hold for our kids should be the standard we hold for everyone.
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