Independent nonfiction / long-form systems thinking
Books
& long-form ideas.
Two authored works examining agency at different scales: one through the architecture of human action, the other through the architecture of designed digital environments.
Narrative nonfiction / philosophical psychology
The Architecture of Otherwise
Why We Know Better, Act Differently, and Change Under Pressure
A long-form inquiry into why knowledge, intention, and action so often diverge — and what that reveals about agency under real conditions.
A narrative nonfiction inquiry into the gap between knowing and doing: how habit, attention, stress, environment, social pressure, technology, and competing incentives shape behaviour and human agency.
- Narrative inquiry into the gap between knowledge, intention, and action
- Connects philosophy, psychology, behaviour, context, and experimental reasoning
- Centres human agency without reducing change to willpower alone
Technology / human agency / digital well-being
The Digital Equilibrium
Reclaiming Attention, Agency, and Well-Being in a Designed World
An evidence-informed account of digital well-being as human agency inside designed technological environments.
A substantially expanded second edition on protecting attention, judgement, privacy, relationships, autonomy, and human capability inside increasingly designed digital environments.
- Substantially rebuilt with expanded research and a stronger theory of designed environments
- 17 figures spanning attention, privacy, cognitive offloading, recommender systems, reliance, and responsibility
- Practical audit plus a 30-day Digital Equilibrium reset
Author profiles / wider catalogue