The publication · The I/1 Edit
Research and ideas about the structure behind people’s work.
Every other week, The I/1 Edit takes one question about work, power, and ownership—and follows it far enough to become useful. Each edition examines what makes work portable, durable, controlled, or dependent on an employer, platform, client, partner, or other institution.
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Subscribers receive a self-contained inbox edition through Beehiiv: the central argument and the strongest case moments, edited for email. The permanent web edition lives here with citations, interactive tools, updates, and related cases. LinkedIn and X introduce one idea at a time and point readers to the edition or subscription.
Every edition has the same intellectual core but uses each channel for a different reading experience. You never need to click away to understand the email; you visit the site when you want to test the idea, inspect the evidence, or keep exploring.
Latest edition · August 2026
The exit is part of the architecture.
The right to download the parts is not the same as a path for the work to continue somewhere else.
Read Edition 004 →Edition 003 · August 2026
Your archive is not a backup.
An export can preserve the objects you made while losing the operating memory that made them useful.
Read Edition 003 →Edition 002 · July 2026
Your career has a supply chain.
Dependence is unavoidable. The danger is a dependency you cannot see, replace, negotiate with, or survive without.
Read Edition 002 →Edition 001 · July 2026
When does one person become an institution?
What does a person have to build, carry, and control before their work begins to function like an institution?
Read Edition 001 →Every other week
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The I/1 Edit
One sharp idea. Every other week. In your inbox.
One original argument about work, power, and ownership—made concrete through real careers. The email is a satisfying read on its own. The web edition adds sources, interactive tools, updates, and more cases to explore.