I build things: software, then hardware. Today I work on autonomous naval systems at Arsenals. These are some things I've been thinking about.
Essays
Peace is not an inheritance
October 2026
We were born inside an anomaly. Peace is not weather, peace is infrastructure, and infrastructure has a maintenance schedule.
Societies rearm before states do.
October 2026
You think a country rearms when the budget passes? By the time it passes, the country has been rearming for ten years.
The exit theory
October 2026
There is no war for talent in Europe. There never was.
The most expensive industry on earth is getting cheap
October 2026
The most expensive industry on earth is getting cheap, and we should pay attention.