Tag Archives: institutional ecology

The Handle Was Always Decorative

Posted on January 17, 2026 by nathanalbright

The paper bag had handles, which is to say it made a claim. Handles are a promise: you may lift this safely. They are an assurance embedded in brown paper and twisted fiber, a small but confident assertion that someone, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Potato as Suppressor: Late-Stage Regulatory Failure, Definition Collapse, and the Erosion of Institutional Meaning

Posted on January 17, 2026 by nathanalbright

Prepared for: institutional diagnostics, governance analysis, and regulatory design Genre: institutional ecology / late-stage failure analysis Executive Summary The recent registration of a potato as a firearm suppressor under the National Firearms Act (NFA) regime is not merely an instance … Continue reading →

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An Introductory Manifesto: On Institutional Ecology, Ontological Diagnosis, and the Prophetic Posture

Posted on January 17, 2026 by nathanalbright

This work begins from a refusal. A refusal to treat institutions as abstractions. A refusal to treat ontology as harmless. A refusal to believe that truth is best served by persuasion, optimization, or managerial competence. Instead, it begins from a … Continue reading →

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