Platform
A unified architecture connecting my systems research across sectors — ideas → protocols → platform.
Humanity-First Platforms
Platform is the unifying architecture behind my whitepapers, RFCs, and briefs. It explains how interoperable systems behave when modeled with clarity, incentives, and institutional durability across sports, media, education, mobility, energy, and digital public infrastructure.
The Three Design Patterns
Across every sector, the work repeats three moves. Together they form the backbone of the canon and the platform thesis.
- Spin-Off ArchitectureSeparate operations from governance to recapitalize, modernize, or future-proof institutions.
- Silent Incentive RewiringChange system behavior by altering underlying economics instead of applying top-down mandates. Examples include The Shadow Subscription, AEEA, The Content Layer, and The $1,000 Problem / The $750 Solution.
- Public-Private LeverageUse private capital and market structure to produce public infrastructure outcomes.
Canon → Platform Map
The canon is not a set of disconnected essays. Each artifact is a shard of a larger platform model.
The Briefs Layer
Briefs translate each whitepaper into decision-maker language — executive summaries, governor briefs, and one-pagers designed for distribution. They sit between theory and protocol: turning sector frameworks into actionable guidance without losing system logic.
- What briefs doDistill complex models into deployable insight for leaders, funders, policymakers, and operators.
- How they’re usedGrant submissions, internal strategy circulation, pilot pitches, and fast onboarding into a new framework.
- Why they matterThey prove multilevel communication: whitepaper → brief → RFC → platform.
The Protocol Layer
Whitepapers explore sector logic. RFCs formalize it into standards. Some whitepapers contain implicit protocol structures (assembly schemas, inventory APIs, entitlement keys) that may be elevated to RFCs as the stack expands.
How the System Works
The work follows a loop: whitepapers open a sector, briefs translate implications for decision-makers, RFCs harden models into standards, and Platform connects everything into a coherent public thesis.
Roadmap
Near-term work focuses on expanding the RFC stack, indexing the canon, and formalizing the Lab identity.
- RFC ExpansionRFC 0002-0009 to define entitlement layers, settlement, governance, identity, registries, and portability.
- Canon GrowthPublish remaining whitepapers with DOI backing and unify prior work into the corpus.
- Lab FormationCreate a public lab/company home for protocols, canon, and future standards work.