The governing argument.
Concentrated power restricts human agency. Begin with concentrated political power, see the evidence of how it operates, examine the way out and confront the spiritual void beneath it.
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Four essential essays
The Biggest Monopoly in the World
The American political system concentrates the power to write the rules governing every other concentration of power.
It's All for Sale
A defense contractor's story shows how public money, political access and private enrichment move through the same system.
The Way Out
Expose corruption, enforce the law, break monopolies, restore competition and make the system trustworthy again.
Me. We.
The corruption, greed and manipulation above us grow from a spiritual void within us. Human agency begins with the recognition that we already belong to one another.
The governing idea
The search for human agency in an era of concentrated power, broken government and artificial intelligence.
The essays move from diagnosis to evidence, from remedy to meaning. Together they establish the foundation for the writing and conversations that follow.
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