demon denominator

Black-and-white collage of comic book pages and panels arranged in overlapping rows, showing illustrated characters, speech bubbles, action scenes, and page layouts.

Convivial Systems Theory

The Private Life of Out-of-School Reading

Children need books they do not have to report. A reflection on comic books, free reading, school reward systems, and the private interior life where readers and future selves begin to form.

Editorial illustration of a dRed cartoon demon holding a calculator, representing how the wrong denominator distorts cost analysis.

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.