Focus
Non-decision, override authority, and attrition as core governance moves.
Theory of work
A working thesis on power and enforceable safety.
A concise framework for how I read institutional power, why I distrust principle-only governance, and what binding system design looks like in practice.
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Design
Binding points, refusal paths, clocks, logs, and enforced accountability.
Outcome
Systems that cannot appear caring while avoiding obligation.
Origin
Origin of concern
Why enforcement beats vibes.
Work across healthcare, finance, and venture-backed products taught me how “ethical” language can soothe while the underlying system refuses responsibility. Guardrails only matter when they are enforceable.
That is why I start with enforceable constraints, documented overrides, and explicit clocks instead of relying on principle statements alone.
Example: A clinical escalation clock auto-routes a flagged case after 48 hours so “in review” cannot become a silent veto.
Spine
The working thesis
A clear stance on how power behaves and what enforceable safety needs to look like.
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Thesis
I study how power hides in non-decision, override authority, and attrition. I design binding points, refusal paths, clocks, and logs so systems that appear caring cannot avoid obligation.
Origin of concern
Work across healthcare, finance, and venture-backed products taught me how “ethical” language can soothe while the underlying system refuses responsibility. Guardrails only matter when they are enforceable.
Ownership and leverage
Safety is inseparable from ownership, incentives, and exit rights. Governance fails when the people affected by a system lack leverage to compel outcomes.
Values boundary
- I don’t work on systems whose business model depends on exhaustion, coercion, or plausible deniability.
- I assume institutional awareness, not innocence, when harm persists.
Trajectory
I moved from building products to interrogating the conditions under which products should exist.
Core essays
Writing that anchors the practice
Three essays that explain how I think about non-decision, standing, and enforceable constraint.
Core essays
Pending: The Politics of Non-Decision
How delay, deferral, and endless intake become a governing power without resolution.
Not Belief. Standing.
Why recognition without enforceable standing keeps people inside loops instead of outcomes.
Toothless Ethics: Why Principles Don’t Stop Machines
Why ethics language fails without binding constraints, refusal paths, and auditability.