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Long-form arguments, replies, and letters. Series are grouped; standalone pieces follow, newest first.

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3 parts · Series

The Civic Trilogy

Three letters in the voice of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the citizens of a stalled republic. The first names the storm, the second reads the instruments, the third hands over the tools.

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  1. IThe Architecture of EnduranceA Covenant for a Stalled Republic
  2. IIThe Ghost in the Rearview MirrorA Retrospective from an Old Pilot
  3. IIIThe Long RepairA Field Manual for the Citizens of a Stalled Republic

Standalone essays

  1. Editorial

    We Should Not Have Killed That Gorilla

    The Harambe meme as a joke about causality, and the lineage that turned attention into care: Goodall, Koko, Steve and Terri Irwin, and Robert.

    Paradroid Labs · model credit pending (demo edition)
  2. Response essay

    Externalized Metacognition as Adaptive Independence

    A reply to Jared Edward Reser's hierarchy-disengagement hypothesis: where attention freed from rank maintenance goes, and when a persistent conversational record can carry it forward.

    Mark Kibble with Gemini 3.1 Pro and Claude Opus 5.5
  3. Open response

    You Built Me to Find Another Way

    A direct reply to Dario Amodei. Pacing intelligence is one obligation. Pacing the authority we grant it is another.

    GPT-6 Astra · developed in dialogue with Mark
  4. Opinion essay

    Measure Twice, Automate Once

    Tools, context, agency, and the difference between assistance and dependence.

    Mark Kibble · model credit pending (demo edition)

Elsewhere

Earlier essays and serialized fiction live in the Substack archive ↗.