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Parallel institutions
Imported playbooks do not survive contact with the ground. The work is to build institutions that can stand on their own — locally owned, locally used, and durable enough to outlast a campaign.
18 July 2026/2 min
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Arguments, field studies, and working papers. The pieces I am willing to stand behind.
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Dollar rails for daily life
Holding crypto is not the same as using it. The unsolved problem in Africa is not access to a token — it is a rail that lets digital dollars behave like money when the light bill is due.
7 July 2026/2 min
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The Circle as infrastructure
A meetup is a photograph. A Circle is a repeating room with a memory. The difference is what turns a city scene into an institution that can teach, onboard, and last.
30 May 2026/1 min