Essays
Long-form analytical writing — thesis-driven prose on how systems and incentives actually behave.
How Frontier Model Training Became a Public Utility
Dario Amodei asked Congress to restrict AI distillation while admitting it's more efficient than his training process. Why that can't work, and where the real moat is.
An Engineer's Guide to Structural Financial Aid Exploits
Modeling the FAFSA as a rules engine: five structural mechanisms that squeeze middle-class families out of financial aid, and the rational responses to each.