How psychology, loyalty, and perception shape decisions under pressure.
The Observer Problem - Part II: from Burning Man to consciousness hacking, how Silicon Valley engineers the state of the observer.
What being good under pressure can hide from others, and from yourself.
Frames of reference, cognitive mobility, and the ability to move between realities
Years ago, I was running a human source. Every time we met, he gave me accurate information: the names were correct, the meetings really happened, the documents were genuine. My
What the leverage people choose, the lies they don't need, and the contradictions they create can reveal about them
Why some people borrow their reality from others
Building access, trust, and inevitability in systems that don't move on your timeline
(and why systems don't care)
There is a moment in many leadership trajectories that is almost impossible to detect: one day, the leader becomes disconnected from reality. And it happens far more often than people
When adaptation becomes erosion
What HUMINT practice and late-Soviet KGB documents teach about reading human behavior
A structural explanation of freezing, stress, and decision-making in crises
