Topic

Systems

A collection of 5 issues

My Memory - A startup idea for 2026

One of a number of ideas I'm thinking about ahead of 2026. The personal context passport lets people carry a portable, user-owned profile they can share on their terms - from low-stakes convenience (travel, fitness) and evolving into granular, time-limited permissions for high-stakes public services

Field Notes: Designing Entropic Systems

More on the exploration of what designing with uncertainty and entropy might mean. The Observability Dashboard, The Collective Foundation Model, The Entropic Fund

People as Code 4 - Entropic Systems

Embracing Entropy as a concept for design. Turning from the theoretical to the practical. Observability, not measurement. Questions as interfaces, data as plural

Observations, signals and structures that liberate.

This post brings together some things I've been thinking about and using with groups who are working in collaborative structures or system change.

Less anchors, more reefs

We define our boundaries and expectations by the institution rather than the people and communities, rather than what is possible. So what if we thought less about anchors and more about reefs.