I’m a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, visual artist, and author with a Doctor of Education in art and art education, the college teaching of art, from Columbia University’s Teachers College. I am the author of Sacred Descent of the Warrior and the founder of the Sempergeist Institute, which currently operates as Conway Cultural Development Corporation. This nonprofit research and practice center is dedicated to healing through art, storytelling, and narrative exploration. I also steward agoradao.eth.
Toward a Polycentric Architecture for Digital Trust
How the concept of ordered liberty informs the search for civic balance in digital governance
Toward a Polycentric Architecture for Digital Trust
How the concept of ordered liberty informs the search for civic balance in digital governance
AgoraDAO.eth: Next Steps in the Omnichain Era?
Agora’s AUSD stablecoin is now interoperable across 140+ blockchains via LayerZero’s omnichain protocol, following major institutional backing and a robust yield-sharing model. Theoretically, this upgrade enables AgoraDAO.eth to pursue seamless cross-chain treasury management, benefit from ecosystem yield, and consider issuing branded stablecoins using Agora’s infrastructure.MotivationThis new infrastructure unlocks actionable tools for DAO treasury strategies:It increases AgoraDAO.et...
AgoraDAO.eth: Next Steps in the Omnichain Era?
Agora’s AUSD stablecoin is now interoperable across 140+ blockchains via LayerZero’s omnichain protocol, following major institutional backing and a robust yield-sharing model. Theoretically, this upgrade enables AgoraDAO.eth to pursue seamless cross-chain treasury management, benefit from ecosystem yield, and consider issuing branded stablecoins using Agora’s infrastructure.MotivationThis new infrastructure unlocks actionable tools for DAO treasury strategies:It increases AgoraDAO.et...
Two Worldviews, One Question: Can Humans Be Trusted with Power?
Peter Thiel calls death "a bug in the program." He's invested millions in life extension, advocates for elite governance over democracy, and argues that human nature is dangerously mimetic: we copy each other's desires, escalate into rivalry, and descend into violence without strong structures to contain us. His political protégés now occupy the highest offices in American government. Miguel de Unamuno, writing in 1912, argued that our awareness of death and our refusal to accept it...
Two Worldviews, One Question: Can Humans Be Trusted with Power?
Peter Thiel calls death "a bug in the program." He's invested millions in life extension, advocates for elite governance over democracy, and argues that human nature is dangerously mimetic: we copy each other's desires, escalate into rivalry, and descend into violence without strong structures to contain us. His political protégés now occupy the highest offices in American government. Miguel de Unamuno, writing in 1912, argued that our awareness of death and our refusal to accept it...
After the Nonsense: What Government of the People Actually Looks Like
When polarization, capture, and gridlock finally exhaust themselves, what comes next? The constitutional answer isn't nostalgia or utopianism: what I am pointing to is structural realism. The framers designed for human weakness, building a system where self-interest would advance the public good through architecture, not simply virtue. Government of, by, and for the people means power genuinely distributed, accountability encoded in infrastructure, and authority that remains answerable b...
After the Nonsense: What Government of the People Actually Looks Like
When polarization, capture, and gridlock finally exhaust themselves, what comes next? The constitutional answer isn't nostalgia or utopianism: what I am pointing to is structural realism. The framers designed for human weakness, building a system where self-interest would advance the public good through architecture, not simply virtue. Government of, by, and for the people means power genuinely distributed, accountability encoded in infrastructure, and authority that remains answerable b...
Can Decentralized Governance Redeem Democracy's Promise?
Modern governance is failing. Polarization, bureaucratic gridlock, and institutional capture reveal a fundamental design flaw: our systems no longer convert collective will into coordinated action. Democracy's machinery amplifies division rather than forging compromise. DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) offer a radical alternative. These blockchain-based communities make collective decisions transparently, bypassing traditional gatekeepers and market forces that distort publi...
Can Decentralized Governance Redeem Democracy's Promise?
Modern governance is failing. Polarization, bureaucratic gridlock, and institutional capture reveal a fundamental design flaw: our systems no longer convert collective will into coordinated action. Democracy's machinery amplifies division rather than forging compromise. DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) offer a radical alternative. These blockchain-based communities make collective decisions transparently, bypassing traditional gatekeepers and market forces that distort publi...
