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White Paper: Logistics and Feasibility of a Singapore-Style Food Rating System for American Grocery Foods

Posted on November 17, 2025 by nathanalbright

1. Introduction Singapore is well known for its highly visible, government-run hygiene grading of eateries (the “A/B/C/D” grades at hawker stalls and restaurants). Adapting something like this to packaged foods in American grocery stores raises a big question: Is it … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Developmental Divergence Between Oldest and Younger Children—Family Dynamics, Competencies, and Predictive Patterns

Posted on November 16, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Birth order has long been recognized as a significant influence on child development. While no single pattern applies universally, decades of cross-disciplinary research—from psychology to sociology to anthropology—show consistent trends in how the oldest child and younger siblings … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Worldview-Adaptive AI Filtering for Trust, Safety, and Epidemiology of Belief Systems

Posted on November 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Public skepticism toward artificial intelligence remains high across multiple demographic and ideological groups. A primary driver of this skepticism is the perception—often justified—that AI systems embed worldviews, epistemic frameworks, or normative assumptions that differ from the user’s own. … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Strategic Value of Filling Neglected Niches in Novel Environments

Posted on November 13, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This paper explores the ecological, sociological, and strategic advantages of adopting a “niche-filling” approach—whether by individuals, organizations, or entire species—when entering a new or changing environment. Rather than competing directly with dominant incumbents, niche-seekers identify underutilized or neglected … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Typology of Property Rights in Persons: Historical, Legal, and Moral Perspectives

Posted on November 12, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper presents a typology of property rights that people have claimed, exercised, or theoretically could hold in other human beings. It explores the full spectrum of these rights—ranging from overt ownership, as in slavery, to partial or symbolic … Continue reading →

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The Intertwining of Hope and Waiting: A Cross-Linguistic and Theological-Philosophical White Paper

Posted on November 12, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper explores how the semantic fields of hope and waiting converge across languages and cultures. Using Spanish esperanza—which simultaneously evokes “hope” and “expectation”—as the central case, we trace similar patterns in Indo-European, Semitic, and East Asian languages. The … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Origins of Christian Withdrawal — A Historical and Biblicist Examination of Separation from the World

Posted on November 12, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This paper traces the historical development of the belief that Christians should separate entirely from worldly society and refrain from civic, political, or cultural involvement. It analyzes this view’s biblical roots, its distortions in later church history, and … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Difficulties We Face in Understanding Our Motives and the Motivations of Others: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Psychological Analysis

Posted on November 11, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Human beings are often poor judges of their own motives and those of others. Across biblical, philosophical, and psychological traditions, this limitation is recognized as both a moral and epistemic problem. Scripture emphasizes the deceitfulness of the human … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Abraham Accords: Core Terms, Current & Prospective Members, and Strategic Implications (as of November 8, 2025)

Posted on November 9, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary The Abraham Accords are a set of U.S.-mediated normalization arrangements launched in 2020 that pair a short Abraham Accords Declaration with country-specific bilateral normalization agreements with Israel. Initial signatories were the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain (September … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Contrasting Strategies and Tactics Between Stroke Play and Match Play in Golf

Posted on November 9, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Golf’s competitive structure is divided primarily into two formats: stroke play, where the total number of strokes over an entire round or tournament determines the winner, and match play, where competitors face off hole by hole. Although both … Continue reading →

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