The Sails of Argo Navis
Vela
Everything I build, research, and ship. Under one roof.
Economics, data, design, and the things that don't fit a resume.
counts derive from the site's own data, not typed in by hand
The Work
Three families: research, practice, and life, measured. The color on each card tells you which one you're walking into.
Musings
Research essays and data-backed analysis across economics, policy, philosophy, and culture. The center of gravity for everything else on this page.
Field Notes
Quick-hit observations from reading. Not full essays. The latest three:
Feb 25, 2026 · Economist, Finance (Citrini)
Ghost GDP Is Bad Economics
Multinationals booking IP profits in Ireland and Luxembourg inflate GDP figures by 25–60% above actual domestic production. Ghost GDP distorts fiscal capacity estimates and makes small economies look richer than they are.
Jan 29, 2026 · Boss Class S3E1
The Fat Layer of Humans Gets Thinner
Andrew Palmer tested AI on his own Bartleby columns and got a nasty shock — the gap between his output and the machine's was smaller than he expected. The 'fat layer' of humans doing knowledge work that AI can replicate is thinner than anyone admits.
Jan 29, 2026 · Boss Class S3E2
Why Coding Leads the AI Frontier
Coding is the canary. It's the first knowledge domain where AI consistently matches median practitioners — because code has objective tests, tight feedback loops, and clear success criteria. Domains without those properties are harder to automate but also harder to evaluate.
The Name
Argo Navis, the ship of the Argonauts, was once the largest constellation in the sky. Too large: eighteenth-century astronomers broke it into three. Carina kept the keel, Puppis the stern, and Vela the sails.
The sail is the part that catches wind and turns it into motion. This page is where everything on the site rigs together.