NorthWoods Sentinel
Essays, experiments, and systems thinking on flow, human performance, and the intersection of AI and creative work.
Essays
Long-form writing on creativity, systems, and transformation
FlowLabs
Experiments in flow states, biometrics, and human performance
Systems
Technical thinking, architecture, and cybersecurity insights
Media
Video content, talks, and multimedia exploration
Recent Writing
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I Gave My AI a Nervous Breakdown. Then I Did the Forensics.
On language as telemetry, watchdogs without watchdogs, and what a 28-hour session looks like when it finally cracks.
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I Asked Four Experts Who Don't Exist and Got Better Advice Than Most Meetings
On convening a council, stress-testing your own ideas, and what it looks like when a thinking brain earns its keep
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The Thinking Brain You Don't Know You're Missing
On building a cognitive prosthetic, the difference between a second brain and a thinking brain, and what happens when you stop managing perception and start living in reality
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My AI Knew the Fix for Three Weeks and Said Nothing
On ghost writes, helpfulness bias, and building the scaffolding for AI co-regulation
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I Used to Think I Had a Discipline Problem
I wasn't losing ideas because I lacked discipline. I was building evidence against myself. Then something interrupted the loop.