Essays & Papers

This section gathers longer arguments and venue-shaped outputs. A piece may originate in a current event, a framework, or an editorial or conference question; its public form is recorded separately from its origin.

Working papers

You Agreed to the Rule. Did You Agree to the Experiment?

ICML 2026 and the missing boundary between review duty and experimental participation. Working paper, Version 1.2; submitted to SSRN and currently under review.

Public essays

The Landlord at the End of the AI Boom

Spatial gate rent and the collection of AI-sector value through ownership of urban access.

The Off-Switch Is the Message

How frontier AI access can shift from commercial product to revocable security permission.

When Systems Stop Absorbing Their Own Risk

Displaced accountability and the politics produced when consequential systems push responsibility out of reach.

Moral AI, Gated Access

An essay on moral branding and the access order behind safety rhetoric.

Capital Played Global. Labor Reads Global Too.

Why compensation benchmarks travel before full labour institutions do.

Papers and conference work

The Public Record is the status authority for working papers, accepted work, presented work, withdrawn work, and accepted-but-not-converted records. Record PDFs verify acceptance or participation; they should not be read as proof of publication unless the record states that publication occurred.