What I Actually Learned — The Human Testimony
This is the third in a short series on my tech stack migration for Pythia Capital. The first essay, 2026-05-04-security-by-design, described the problem. The...
What the Living Systems Lens Actually Selects For
What the Living Systems Lens Actually Selects For This is the second in a short series on my tech stack migration for Pythia Capital. The first essay,...
Security by Design, not as an Add-On
Why I am Migrating: Privacy, Control, Trust, and Reducing Platform Dependence My old workflow was held together with expensive duct tape and false promises —...
The Barbell and the Map
A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel with fewer than thirty Substack subscribers recently cut through more noise than most institutional research I’ve read...
Meta Part 2: Coherent Alternatives — Meta's Model Is Not Inevitable
If you haven’t yet read Part 1, I suggest starting there before continuing. The real value people experience on platforms like Instagram — targeted reach,...
What I Saw in Meta — And What the Lens Keeps Showing
In November 2022, Meta fell like a knife. Most analysts were asking whether the advertising slowdown was cyclical or structural, whether the metaverse bet...
A Note Before You Read: Weather as a Mirror
I have been very quiet these last few months. I have been rebuilding my services and technology stack from the ground up, in alignment with my Living Systems...
