Works
Essays and case studies on decision architecture in digital environments. What happens when interfaces decide for us — especially about money.
The gap was always there
What I built, and what I didn't understand — ten years in fintech, a study out of Yale, and a finding I can't shake.
The gap was always there
What I built, and what I didn't understand — ten years in fintech, a study out of Yale, and a finding I can't shake.
When the Interface Goes on Trial
Why the costliest mistake in digital products isn't what you say — it's what you build.
When the Interface Goes on Trial
Why the costliest mistake in digital products isn't what you say — it's what you build.
What We Want to Build
Ethical choice architecture is the harder calculation, not the weaker one. In banking it earns its return at a single point: the handoff no one owns.
What We Want to Build
Ethical choice architecture is the harder calculation, not the weaker one. In banking it earns its return at a single point: the handoff no one owns.
Why the Lottery Ticket You Pick Yourself Is Worth More
Why the biggest information problem of our time isn't fake news — but something that triggers no alarm.
Why the Lottery Ticket You Pick Yourself Is Worth More
Why the biggest information problem of our time isn't fake news — but something that triggers no alarm.
Sham Control
Fake news, sham understanding, and now: the third layer. The problem that's just emerging.
Sham Control
Fake news, sham understanding, and now: the third layer. The problem that's just emerging.
I Build the Control Facade
Confirmation screens, sliders, «your choice» — how interfaces give you the feeling you decided.
I Build the Control Facade
Confirmation screens, sliders, «your choice» — how interfaces give you the feeling you decided.
What I learned about good design from doing bad design
Warum «frictionless» das falsche Ziel ist und warum mehr Reibung trotzdem nicht die Antwort ist.
What I learned about good design from doing bad design
Warum «frictionless» das falsche Ziel ist und warum mehr Reibung trotzdem nicht die Antwort ist.
You didn't book it. You said a sentence.
On agents, a lottery ticket, and the question of who actually acts when you delegate.
You didn't book it. You said a sentence.
On agents, a lottery ticket, and the question of who actually acts when you delegate.
The Feeling Lies
Fake news triggers a fact-check. Sham understanding triggers nothing. That's exactly what makes it invisible.
The Feeling Lies
Fake news triggers a fact-check. Sham understanding triggers nothing. That's exactly what makes it invisible.
The Fridge Test
Thirty seconds, a refrigerator, and why visible parts feel like knowledge you own.
The Fridge Test
Thirty seconds, a refrigerator, and why visible parts feel like knowledge you own.
The question that breaks sham understanding
One question, thirty seconds — and why an imagined listener always nods and a real one doesn't.
The question that breaks sham understanding
One question, thirty seconds — and why an imagined listener always nods and a real one doesn't.