Essays

#Agency

  • The Age of the Independent Builder

    The era of being a part of someone else's machine is finally over. It is time to build your own.

    I spent years trying to fix education from the inside. I built tools, I talked to deans, and I tried to find the "hero teachers" who could change things. But the system has an immune system. Every time you introduce a new idea, the institution finds a way to turn it into a standa...more

  • The Proof of Work Protocol: Beyond the Degree

    The degree is a lagging indicator of compliance. The artifact is a leading indicator of agency.

    We are witnessing the largest destruction of human capital in history. The four year degree has become a $200,000 receipt for a map of a world that no longer exists. For a century, the degree served as the ultimate Signal. It was a way for a student to tell a company that they co...more