Research

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.

Papers in development
01

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.

Spring 2026
02

The Three Collapses

Process compression, structural anchoring, and authority transfer: the patterns that erode human judgment upstream of the commitment boundary under AI acceleration.

Spring 2026
03

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.

2026
04

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.

2026