Convivial Systems Theory
The Demon Denominator
False efficiency begins when systems measure the wrong unit. The Demon Denominator explains how cost savings, make-work, and design failures hide inside bad denominators.
Convivial Systems Theory
Convivial Systems Theory (CST) — founded by Madonna Demir — maps how modern systems erode human-scale competence — autonomy, intuition, delight, cooperation — and how small acts restore it. CST traces drift, atrophy, and brittle control, offering doctrines that rebuild living systems through repeated truth, generosity, and alignment. Conviviality spreads through small echoes, not decrees. It cascades through echoes — small alignments repeated until the whole system hums.
hotspan economy
Jealousy Is Not What You Think
Jealousy is usually treated as a moral flaw. But sometimes it is a clue. This essay looks at lust, status desire, and the relational field between the jellor and the jellee.
essays
A Fallow Season
A childhood cornfield explains a grown-up need: seasons of rebuilding. Career, relationships, information, body, each has its own soil, and each can be restored.
Systems and Soul
Flow Diagrams
Compressed system maps showing how incentives, signals, and structures actually move. Curated as they emerged.
SIA
SYSTEMS IN ACTION ·
A growing library of real-world scenarios examined through a systems lens. Each Systems-in-Action entry surfaces the pattern beneath the moment and the structural forces shaping outcomes.