This is my Drift. Raw and messy thoughts shaping my sense of agency, laid bare, in case they stir another mind into motion.
July 1, 2025
NOTE 026
July 1, 2025
NOTE 026
None of our social systems are real, but we are committed to living by their constructed sense of reality.
June 2, 2025
NOTE 025
June 2, 2025
NOTE 025
Shift your focus from trust to attention, from impact to commitment, and from mankind to humanity.
June 2, 2025
NOTE 025
Shift your focus from trust to attention, from impact to commitment, and from mankind to humanity.
May 13, 2025
NOTE 024
May 13, 2025
NOTE 024
Culture is a great example of a distributed protocol that shapes the space between agents.
May 13, 2025
NOTE 024
Culture is a great example of a distributed protocol that shapes the space between agents.
April 15, 2025
NOTE 023
April 15, 2025
NOTE 023
In our stories, our actions become the bridge between an unknown past and a desired future.
April 15, 2025
NOTE 023
In our stories, our actions become the bridge between an unknown past and a desired future.
April 15, 2025
NOTE 023
In our stories, our actions become the bridge between an unknown past and a desired future.
April 15, 2025
NOTE 023
In our stories, our actions become the bridge between an unknown past and a desired future.
April 15, 2025
NOTE 023
In our stories, our actions become the bridge between an unknown past and a desired future.
April 15, 2025
NOTE 023
In our stories, our actions become the bridge between an unknown past and a desired future.
March 12, 2025
NOTE 022
March 12, 2025
NOTE 022
Our shared humanity is something we assume, not a trait we can trace or prove—yet our life histories are as unique as fingerprints.
March 12, 2025
NOTE 022
Our shared humanity is something we assume, not a trait we can trace or prove—yet our life histories are as unique as fingerprints.
March 12, 2025
NOTE 022
Our shared humanity is something we assume, not a trait we can trace or prove—yet our life histories are as unique as fingerprints.
March 12, 2025
NOTE 022
Our shared humanity is something we assume, not a trait we can trace or prove—yet our life histories are as unique as fingerprints.
March 12, 2025
NOTE 022
Our shared humanity is something we assume, not a trait we can trace or prove—yet our life histories are as unique as fingerprints.
March 12, 2025
NOTE 022
Our shared humanity is something we assume, not a trait we can trace or prove—yet our life histories are as unique as fingerprints.
January 30, 2025
NOTE 021
January 30, 2025
NOTE 021
Though mankind still relies on violence and monopolies to organize society, humanity is beginning to replace them with consensus on shared values.
January 30, 2025
NOTE 021
Though mankind still relies on violence and monopolies to organize society, humanity is beginning to replace them with consensus on shared values.
January 30, 2025
NOTE 021
Though mankind still relies on violence and monopolies to organize society, humanity is beginning to replace them with consensus on shared values.
January 30, 2025
NOTE 021
Though mankind still relies on violence and monopolies to organize society, humanity is beginning to replace them with consensus on shared values.
January 30, 2025
NOTE 021
Though mankind still relies on violence and monopolies to organize society, humanity is beginning to replace them with consensus on shared values.
January 30, 2025
NOTE 021
Though mankind still relies on violence and monopolies to organize society, humanity is beginning to replace them with consensus on shared values.
June 19, 2024
NOTE 020
June 19, 2024
NOTE 020
Challenges and opportunities require a perceiver.
June 19, 2024
NOTE 020
Challenges and opportunities require a perceiver.
June 19, 2024
NOTE 020
Challenges and opportunities require a perceiver.
June 19, 2024
NOTE 020
Challenges and opportunities require a perceiver.
June 19, 2024
NOTE 020
Challenges and opportunities require a perceiver.
June 19, 2024
NOTE 020
Challenges and opportunities require a perceiver.
October 7, 2023
NOTE 019
October 7, 2023
NOTE 019
What is real must be suspended for what is possible to take root.
October 7, 2023
NOTE 019
What is real must be suspended for what is possible to take root.
October 7, 2023
NOTE 019
What is real must be suspended for what is possible to take root.
October 7, 2023
NOTE 019
What is real must be suspended for what is possible to take root.
October 7, 2023
NOTE 019
What is real must be suspended for what is possible to take root.
October 7, 2023
NOTE 019
What is real must be suspended for what is possible to take root.
August 15, 2023
NOTE 018
August 15, 2023
NOTE 018
A better future is as much a point in time as the Promised Land is a territory.
August 15, 2023
NOTE 018
A better future is as much a point in time as the Promised Land is a territory.
August 15, 2023
NOTE 018
A better future is as much a point in time as the Promised Land is a territory.
August 15, 2023
NOTE 018
A better future is as much a point in time as the Promised Land is a territory.
August 15, 2023
NOTE 018
A better future is as much a point in time as the Promised Land is a territory.
August 15, 2023
NOTE 018
A better future is as much a point in time as the Promised Land is a territory.
April 11, 2023
NOTE 017
April 11, 2023
NOTE 017
Consensus on shared values strengthens social commitments and can trustlessly stabilize systems of care.
April 11, 2023
NOTE 017
Consensus on shared values strengthens social commitments and can trustlessly stabilize systems of care.
January 17, 2023
NOTE 016
January 17, 2023
NOTE 016
A better world unfolds by paying attention to what already feels good, real, and possible.
January 17, 2023
NOTE 016
A better world unfolds by paying attention to what already feels good, real, and possible.
December 14, 2022
NOTE 015
December 14, 2022
NOTE 015
Social order can be maintained by controlling individuals or shaping the dynamics between them.
October 12, 2022
NOTE 014
October 12, 2022
NOTE 014
"Stories is the only thing that you have that is really only yours... and by sharing them with others, than everybody else has them." - Louis CK
September 19, 2022
NOTE 013
September 19, 2022
NOTE 013
Attend to the dream that keeps you alive, and let it lead the way.
September 19, 2022
NOTE 013
Attend to the dream that keeps you alive, and let it lead the way.
September 19, 2022
NOTE 013
Attend to the dream that keeps you alive, and let it lead the way.
September 19, 2022
NOTE 013
Attend to the dream that keeps you alive, and let it lead the way.
September 19, 2022
NOTE 013
Attend to the dream that keeps you alive, and let it lead the way.
September 19, 2022
NOTE 013
Attend to the dream that keeps you alive, and let it lead the way.
September 7, 2021
NOTE 012
September 7, 2021
NOTE 012
What we imagine can come into view.
September 7, 2021
NOTE 012
What we imagine can come into view.
September 7, 2021
NOTE 012
What we imagine can come into view.
September 7, 2021
NOTE 012
What we imagine can come into view.
September 7, 2021
NOTE 012
What we imagine can come into view.
September 7, 2021
NOTE 012
What we imagine can come into view.
March 15, 2021
NOTE 011
March 15, 2021
NOTE 011
An open society rests on the belief that the future can be better than the past.
March 15, 2021
NOTE 011
An open society rests on the belief that the future can be better than the past.
March 15, 2021
NOTE 011
An open society rests on the belief that the future can be better than the past.
March 15, 2021
NOTE 011
An open society rests on the belief that the future can be better than the past.
March 15, 2021
NOTE 011
An open society rests on the belief that the future can be better than the past.
March 15, 2021
NOTE 011
An open society rests on the belief that the future can be better than the past.
December 14, 2020
NOTE 010
December 14, 2020
NOTE 010
Be the part the world needs you to be.
December 14, 2020
NOTE 010
Be the part the world needs you to be.
December 14, 2020
NOTE 010
Be the part the world needs you to be.
December 14, 2020
NOTE 010
Be the part the world needs you to be.
December 14, 2020
NOTE 010
Be the part the world needs you to be.
December 14, 2020
NOTE 010
Be the part the world needs you to be.
July 7, 2020
NOTE 009
July 7, 2020
NOTE 009
Could an open society be understood as a pattern of thought that shapes the space between agents?
July 7, 2020
NOTE 009
Could an open society be understood as a pattern of thought that shapes the space between agents?
July 7, 2020
NOTE 009
Could an open society be understood as a pattern of thought that shapes the space between agents?
July 7, 2020
NOTE 009
Could an open society be understood as a pattern of thought that shapes the space between agents?
July 7, 2020
NOTE 009
Could an open society be understood as a pattern of thought that shapes the space between agents?
July 7, 2020
NOTE 009
Could an open society be understood as a pattern of thought that shapes the space between agents?
February 20, 2020
NOTE 008
February 20, 2020
NOTE 008
let the journey towards a better future bring you closer to the life you hope to experience
February 20, 2020
NOTE 008
let the journey towards a better future bring you closer to the life you hope to experience
February 20, 2020
NOTE 008
let the journey towards a better future bring you closer to the life you hope to experience
February 20, 2020
NOTE 008
let the journey towards a better future bring you closer to the life you hope to experience
February 20, 2020
NOTE 008
let the journey towards a better future bring you closer to the life you hope to experience
February 20, 2020
NOTE 008
let the journey towards a better future bring you closer to the life you hope to experience
October 22, 2019
NOTE 007
October 22, 2019
NOTE 007
Three types of narrational futures shape the collective agency afforded by a society: a better yet unknown future, a known future, and an unknowable future.
July 16, 2019
NOTE 006
July 16, 2019
NOTE 006
We are nested within layered social systems — families, tribes, nations, religious states, and whatever comes next.
July 16, 2019
NOTE 006
We are nested within layered social systems — families, tribes, nations, religious states, and whatever comes next.
September 18, 2018
NOTE 005
September 18, 2018
NOTE 005
Temporal depth expands by shifting commitments from existing systems of thought to emerging ones.
September 18, 2018
NOTE 005
Temporal depth expands by shifting commitments from existing systems of thought to emerging ones.
March 19, 2018
NOTE 004
March 19, 2018
NOTE 004
Why manage transactions when you can shape the space between them?
April 13, 2017
NOTE 003
April 13, 2017
NOTE 003
Humans are the sensory processing units of their social systems.
April 13, 2017
NOTE 003
Humans are the sensory processing units of their social systems.
July 23, 2016
NOTE 002
July 23, 2016
NOTE 002
Look beyond the decaying institutions and into the dynamics that endure.
July 23, 2016
NOTE 002
Look beyond the decaying institutions and into the dynamics that endure.
June 16, 2016
NOTE 001
June 16, 2016
NOTE 001
Humanity is not a fact to be verified, but an assumption we extend to one another.