Design and Innovation

Documents the organisations that enforce complexity budgets and architectural simplicity mandates, demonstrating that CRIP management is achievable as a design discipline rather than an accident.

Applies CRIP analysis to US hospital clinical protocol systems, showing that ICU alarm fatigue and medication error rates are measurable manifestations of protocol complexity exceeding its management envelope.

Examines how Linux, TCP/IP, and Git maintained sub-CRIP complexity through deliberate architectural choices that bounded module interaction — contrasted with equivalent monolithic systems.

Introduces the Complexity-Reliability Inversion Point and applies it to the NASA Shuttle specification and Boeing 737 MAX MCAS, establishing the meta-pattern of CRIP-crossing disasters.

Re-engineering product management through empathy-driven design for the human age.

Philosophy is sometimes criticized as too dangerous—a 'terrible explosive' that fundamentally alters civilization. Explore why lasting philosophy changes the course of human history.

What am I? Is consciousness a unique substance separate from matter, or are we purely physical beings? Explore dualism, materialism, idealism, and the Buddhist no-self doctrine.

How does the State acquire the authority to justify sweeping demands over its citizens? Explore contract theory, Hobbes, Locke, and the philosophical foundations of political authority.

Every person is already a philosopher to some degree. We all operate using inherent values that guide our lives. Explore the three fundamental questions that define human existence.

Exploring how the Bajau sea nomads use ingenious, low-cost traps made from scavenged materials to successfully hunt the biologically advanced mantis shrimp.