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SYSTEMS IN ACTION · When Vendorization Creates Fragility
A real-world case study in vendorized infrastructure. When vendors capture demand but externalize failure, asymmetric incentives quietly produce fragility.
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Capability Drift in Public Infrastructure
Michigan’s roads reveal what happens when public expertise migrates out and systems lose the capacity to correct themselves. They did not fail by accident or climate alone. They deteriorated as public expertise migrated, oversight weakened, and the system lost the ability to enforce quality.
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The Path Back
A missing teammate. A brittle room. A way back that was narrow, but real. A story about what it takes to return when standards have been broken.
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Ecosystem of Tipping
Informal economies emerge everywhere, long before and long after formal rules appear. Most incentives don’t flow through rules. They flow through favors no one names.
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SYSTEMS IN ACTION ·
A growing library of real-world scenarios examined through a systems lens. Each Systems-in-Action entry reveals the pattern beneath the moment and the structural truths that shape human behavior.
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The Vanishing Art of Whistling
Whistling once marked human ease and self-made joy. As that small sound fades, what disappears with it tells a larger story about modern life and embodied rhythm.