Work Method Foundry Field Notes About Edge Brief

Field Notes · The library · six entries

Published thinking, with sources.

These are the working papers behind the practice — short scientific articles on how decisions, ventures, and AI actually behave, written plainly and backed by real research. Each one has interactive figures you can drag, honest limits stated out loud, and a reference list you can check. They are the clearest window into how I think before you ever pay me to do it.

01 Training your agents on neuroeconomics The brain assigns value before the thinking begins, and an agent can be taught the same arithmetic. The clearest returns show up in pricing. decision science · 12 min 02 Less is the instruction: a new way to prompt Fable 5 The habit of stacking constraints was built for weaker models. Name the destination, show your taste, let the model explore, then iterate. working with ai · 10 min 03 The game before the company: game theory for venture design A business plan assumes the world holds still. A venture lives among players who respond, and you can design for that before you build. venture design · 11 min 04 Go wide, then go deep: advanced exploration for problem solving Your first idea is a sample of one. The most creative solutions come from engineered variance, forced distance, and depth where it feels strange. working with ai · 11 min 05 The canvas that runs itself: lean startup on Fable 5 Every box becomes an executable job, the canvas gets version numbers like software, and the customer still runs the verdict. venture design · 11 min 06 The portfolio that forgot it was one: mining dormant IP Roughly a third of patents are never used, and their owners pay to keep them asleep. AI just changed the economics of reading the drawer. dormant assets · 11 min

every figure is interactive · every claim carries its source · every note states its limits

Put the thinking to work

The notes are how I think. The Edge Brief is how it starts.

One paid working session and a written brief — the thesis, the system I’d build, and the number it should move. $500, credited in full if we build.