Foundational papers building the case for authority control as a distinct infrastructure layer.
This work develops the structural argument behind the site: why access is not authority, why consequence requires its own enforcement layer, and why judgment infrastructure becomes more important as AI accelerates execution.
One metaproblem, examined across disciplines.
The work asks how organizations preserve judgment, delegated authority, accountability, and evidence when software and AI compress the interval between recommendation and consequential action. The papers approach that problem through cognitive science, organizational theory, cybersecurity, institutional accountability, and human-AI collaboration.
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Fall 2026
The Collaboration Gap
Why better AI is not producing better decisions. The structural diagnosis of human-AI underperformance, and the measurement infrastructure required to close it.
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02
Spring 2026
The Three Collapses
Process compression, structural anchoring, and authority transfer: the patterns that erode human judgment upstream of the commitment boundary under AI acceleration.
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03
2026
The Last Boundary
A security analysis showing how cybersecurity's foundational principles point toward the commitment boundary, and why that boundary stands as a distinct enforcement domain.
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2026
Authority Control
An operating model for governing organizational authority over consequential actions. Organizations need controls that address the distinction between valid access and valid authority.
Authority Control Architecture
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