Publishing
Books
Predictable: What Happens When the Rope Comes Down
A story about an early legal question, why it matters now, and what comes next.
MindStir Media. Forthcoming, early 2027.
Words make worlds.
For more than 250 years, law and finance have struggled to draw coherent lines between investing, speculation, gambling, and games. Incentives of many kinds pull against clear reasoning. I study the lines, stress test the reasoning, and make them legible through research, writing, and diagrams.
Explore the workInvesting
Speculation
Gambling
Games
Four familiar words. No settled framework for how they fit together. See my framework
Definitions matter, because people, markets, and freedoms depend on them.
Turning the framework into an institution.
I co-founded Lexicon Labs, a public benefit corporation that makes law more legible through publishing, technology, and advocacy.
Publishing
Full Court Press on Substack
Exploring the legal implications of financial definitions.
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Advocacy
In court and before regulators
Arguments where classifications have real-world consequences.
- Amicus briefs
- Petition
- Regulatory comments