Writing

Alignment Is Downstream of Legitimacy
essayApril 2026 · Medium
Not whether the system produced a good outcome, but whether it was entitled to decide. Why agentic AI alignment is downstream of legitimacy — and why the Constitution needs a compiler.
paperApril 2026
A Lean 4 formalization proving that capacity-achieving input priors are unique for finite-alphabet Markov kernels with full-rank row matrices, together with a compact-Polish discharged theorem and a measure-theoretic packaging theorem. Three layered results; sorry-free; Mathlib-only.
When the Forecast Becomes the Cause
essayMarch 2026 · Medium
Prediction markets work best when the future doesn't care what the market thinks. An incompleteness result: the more powerful they become, the larger the class of events they cannot price.
The Proof Is the Program
essayJanuary 2026 · Medium
What changes when AI works inside a formal type system and hallucination is structurally rejected on contact.
The Compiler Is the Harness
essayJanuary 2026 · Medium
Agentic coding is optimization, not authorship — and language choice determines the quality of the feedback signal. Why Rust's type system makes the compiler an unambiguous oracle.
The Cost of Cognitive Fragmentation
essay2024 · Medium
Every context switch leaves behind a shard of attention. Tabs multiply, threads blur. We spend more time reconstructing state than building. The founding argument for anticipatory AI.