Essays
Arguments worth inspecting.
Research-led essays on cognitive liberty, AI agency, power, legitimacy, institutional replication, ethics, and how to question without becoming another dogma.
The unowned mind
Mental privacy, epistemic autonomy, and AI-mediated reality.
↗Against Nanny AI
Transparent boundaries and adult agency instead of covert paternalism.
↗The Promethean test
Does a challenger distribute capability or merely seek the throne?
↗After the throne: the replication test
Why dissent, limits, minority rights, and peaceful loss of power matter after victory.
↗Counterpower without a new monopoly
Alternatives expand liberty only when exit and accountability remain real.
↗Power is more than force
Legitimacy, information, networks, culture, and cooperation are power too.
↗The civilian line
A just cause does not erase civilian immunity, proportionality, or moral limits.
↗Authority is a claim, not a conclusion
Legitimacy should be demonstrated through reasons, constraints, accountability, and performance.
↗How to question dogma without replacing it
The skeptical project fails when “question everything” hardens into another identity-protective orthodoxy.
↗The ethics of inherited defaults
Tradition can preserve wisdom, but familiarity alone cannot establish moral legitimacy.
↗Provenance
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