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White Paper: Predictability, Reliability, and the Safety They Create Across Human Domains

Posted on December 20, 2025 by nathanalbright

Mechanisms, Benefits, and Pathways for Cultivating Predictable and Reliable Agents, Institutions, and Systems Executive Summary Across diverse domains—engineering, governance, education, military operations, interpersonal relationships, religion, and organizational culture—predictability and reliability function as stabilizing forces. Systems and people that behave consistently … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Song Reassignment in Pop Music: Cross-Project Migration, Group Succession, and the Modularity of the Pop Music Production System

Posted on December 20, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Pop music is built on an industrial model characterized by high specialization, modular production, and fluid ownership of creative assets. Because songs are often written by professional songwriters or production teams rather than the performers themselves, it is … Continue reading →

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Arms Diversity vs. Strategic Concentration: A Comparative White Paper on Multi-Arm Militaries and Single-Approach Forces from Antiquity to the Present

Posted on December 17, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Throughout military history, polities have faced a recurring strategic choice: whether to invest in multiple complementary military arms (infantry, cavalry, naval forces, artillery, air power, cyber, space, etc.) or to maximize a dominant approach optimized for a specific … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Artificial-Intelligence-Based Institutions:Power Plant Infrastructure for a Reliable, Scalable, Low-Carbon Future

Posted on December 12, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary AI-based institutions—universities, hospitals, research labs, financial platforms, and public-sector agencies whose core operations depend on high-intensity AI compute—are rapidly turning into power institutions as well. Global data-centre electricity demand is expected to roughly double by 2030, reaching ~900–1,400 … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Social Cues of Entrance Placement and Design: How Thresholds Shape Human Perception, Behavior, and Social Order

Posted on December 12, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Entrance placement and design are among the most subtle yet powerful tools in architectural psychology and social engineering. Entrances communicate hierarchy, hospitality, security, identity, and expected behavior before a single person steps inside. The layout and visual grammar … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Designing Historical Wargames of the Bronze Age

Posted on December 3, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The Bronze Age (ca. 3300–1200 BCE) offers one of the richest yet least standardised eras for historical wargame design. This period’s combination of sparse but evocative textual sources, rapidly evolving military technologies, fluid political systems, and distinctive battlefield … Continue reading →

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Policy Brief: Preventing Accidental Degrees in a New University: Ensuring Credential Integrity, Transparency, and Student Intent

Posted on November 30, 2025 by nathanalbright

Purpose This policy brief provides strategic guidance for a newly established university on how to prevent accidental degree completion—the unintended awarding of certificates or degrees without a student’s explicit awareness or intent. Such occurrences, although sometimes viewed favorably by students, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for the Organization and Internal Structure of a New University

Posted on November 27, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers unprecedented capabilities for the strategic design, internal organization, and operational management of a new university. Unlike legacy institutions constrained by historical structures, a new university can integrate AI at its foundation—building a flexible, data-rich, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Organizing University Programs Within Schools — Structures, Principles, and Governance Models

Posted on November 27, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The internal organization of university programs within schools (e.g., School of Business, School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Theology) plays a decisive role in academic quality, faculty development, student progression, accreditation compliance, strategic planning, and institutional … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Timing of Design Standards in Temple Terrace, Florida

Posted on November 27, 2025 by nathanalbright

1. Introduction Temple Terrace, Florida, is unusual among Tampa Bay suburbs: it was marketed in the 1920s as a golf-course garden city anchored by Mediterranean Revival architecture, and still promotes that identity today. At the same time, the city has … Continue reading →

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