Essays
Power & Authority
Legitimacy, information power, authority claims, incentives, accountability, and tests for whether power is dispersed or merely inherited.
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.
Authority is a claim, not a conclusion
Legitimacy should be demonstrated through reasons, constraints, accountability, and performance.
Explore by question
Follow a topic, not just a chronology.
The topic map groups essays by recurring questions and shows where evidence, ethics, power, institutions, and cognitive liberty overlap.