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The Price of Waiting
Money now and money later are not the same thing, and most financial arithmetic is a way of saying how different. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essayMaps That Change the Territory
Some descriptions stay on the page. Others are read by the people they describe, and the description starts to move. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essayWhat a Balance Sheet Remembers
An income statement tells you about a year. A balance sheet tells you about every year that came before it. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essayDelays Are Part of the System
The gap between an action and its effect is not empty time. It shapes what the system does. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essayA Note on Reading Slowly
A short working note on reading fewer things, more than once. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essayOn Resonance
Some ideas arrive and pass through. Others meet something already vibrating and keep sounding long after the source has stopped. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essayStocks, Flows and the Bathtub
A bathtub is the smallest model of a system worth having: a level, a tap and a drain. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essayLiquidity Is a Feeling Until It Isn't
How easily something can be turned into cash is usually assumed, until the moment it is tested. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essaySlack in Systems
Spare capacity looks like waste on the day it is measured and like foresight on the day it is needed. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essayNotes on Second-Order Effects
Working notes on the consequences of consequences. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essayNotes on Compounding
Working notes on a familiar idea: growth applied to itself, and why it is so hard to feel while it is happening. Sample text — layout preview, not a published essayNothing under this theme yet.