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Thesis library · Working papers

Ideas worth developing in public.

Long form thinking on where value is forming, how technology changes business, and how capital moves across markets, currencies, and borders.

Start with the framework Four published · two in development

Research agenda

Papers in development.

The questions shaping the next body of work.
  1. 01Framework
  2. 02Mini models
  3. 03International finance
  4. 04AI infrastructure
  5. 05Bitcoin
  6. 06Currency
05In development

Bitcoin.

Scarcity, sovereignty, issuance, market cycles, and the monetary network as a long duration asset.

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06In development

Currency arbitrage.

Matching assets to local spending, earning local carry, and respecting the risks behind rate differentials.

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Working method

Theses, not predictions.

Free educational resources. No earnings or investment guarantees.
  1. 01

    Build the framework

    A useful structure first, so the argument has somewhere to live.

  2. 02

    Expose the assumptions

    Every claim states what has to be true for it to hold.

  3. 03

    Revise on contact

    When reality disagrees, the paper changes. That is the point.