Power Systems
Board Makers & Institutional ArchitectureThe architecture beneath public life: who sets the terms, who translates the room, who funds legitimacy, who certifies reality, and which systems make certain choices easier than others.
Board Makers
The Terms Beneath the RoomThe architects of the terms, incentives, categories, penalties, status markers, and acceptable outcomes before anyone begins to play.
Facilitator Class
Process as ControlThe people who manage the passageway between perception and permission once the board has already been built.
Patronage Systems
Sponsored RealityHow money sponsors culture, culture produces legitimacy, and legitimacy makes rule feel like civilization.
Verification Class
Who Certifies RealityThe institutions, experts, platforms, and trusted interpreters that determine what is treated as credible, authoritative, or real.
Institutional Language
The Translation LayerHow control, risk, care, dissent, legitimacy, and procedure are translated into official language.
Mediation Layer
AI, Platforms & RailsThe infrastructure between human perception and human action: AI systems, platforms, identity rails, safety systems, and compute.