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Empty Glory: Vainglory as an Explanatory Category for Contemporary Behavior: A White Paper

Posted on September 22, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract Contemporary public discourse relies heavily on the word “narcissist” to explain self-promoting, attention-seeking, and contentious behavior. The term borrows clinical authority, yet it is usually applied without clinical basis and is directed mostly at disliked figures. This paper proposes … Continue reading →

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Wires Overhead, Wires Below: How Nations Choose to Bring Power to the Home: A White Paper on the Political Economy and Engineering of Last-Mile Electricity Distribution

Posted on August 28, 2026 by nathanalbright

1. The Puzzle A traveler moving between countries notices the difference before he can name it. In an American suburb, wooden poles march down the alley or the back lot line, each carrying a gray canister transformer and a fan … Continue reading →

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Cheap Repetition: Simulation as a Countermeasure to Low-Hour General Aviation Mishaps

Posted on August 10, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract The accident profile of the low-time general aviation pilot has been stable for decades and is concentrated in a small number of recurring categories: loss of control in the traffic pattern, continued visual flight into instrument conditions, controlled flight … Continue reading →

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The Fence and the Feed: A Typology of Aviation Interest and Aviation Content

Posted on August 10, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract “Aviation enthusiast” functions in most discussion as a null category — a label wide enough to cover a retired airline captain, a twelve-year-old with a simulator, a points blogger comparing lie-flat seats, and a person who cannot board a … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Feasible 40-to-50-Seat Aircraft for Underserved U.S. Communities: Working Backward from a Pre-2040 Entry Into Service

Posted on August 4, 2026 by nathanalbright

1. Executive Summary The recommendation of this paper is deliberately unromantic: a pressurized, high-wing, twin-turboprop, 44-to-50-seat Part 25 aircraft, derived from an existing type certificate rather than drawn clean-sheet, powered by an in-production or minor-derivative engine in the 2,400-to-3,000 shaft-horsepower … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Right-Sizing the Extremes: Airline and Route Fit for the Boeing 737-7 and 737-10

Posted on August 4, 2026 by nathanalbright

1. Executive Summary The FAA issued an amended type certificate for the Boeing 737-7 on August 3, 2026, closing a certification campaign that began with first flight in March 2018. Flight testing started before the global MAX grounding, the pandemic, … Continue reading →

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The Scarcity Tax on Participation: How First-Come Registration Suppresses Volunteering, and What Centralized Systems Can Do About It: A white paper on registration design for volunteer-dependent gatherings

Posted on July 17, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract When attendance at a gathering is rationed by limited space and allotted first-come, first-served, registrants rationally optimize for speed. Speed, however, is purchased by shedding every decision not strictly required to secure a place — and volunteering is nearly … Continue reading →

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White Paper 4: The International Architecture and the Access Mission

Posted on May 31, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract The University of the People’s (UoPeople) most distinctive feature is also its least replicable: it admits students from across the world by default and has become the largest enroller of refugees of any university. This paper treats the global … Continue reading →

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White Paper 19: Secularized Priesthoods in Modern Ideologies: Academia, Technocracy, and Activist Classes

Posted on May 23, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper continues the fourth cluster’s comparative examination of how the Teflon pattern operates across institutional contexts, extending the analysis from explicitly religious traditions to the secularized priesthoods that have emerged within modern ideological frameworks. The argument proceeds through … Continue reading →

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White Paper 15: Digital Virtue and Social Punishment: Online Moral Signaling, Cancellation Asymmetry, and Reputational Enforcement

Posted on May 22, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper closes the third cluster of the volume by examining the contemporary domain in which the Teflon pattern operates within the specifically digital and online context that has become a substantial portion of contemporary public discourse. The argument … Continue reading →

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