Read in order
A short curated path, for new readers.
If you've not read the work before, this is the order to read it in. The full archive lives on essays when you're ready for the whole arc.
01Start here
Where to start.
- First
The manifesto
On Loopwork.
Why the practice exists, who it's for, and the methodology it draws on. The shortest piece in the book and the place to start. You'll know within ten minutes whether the rest is for you.
Read the essayPublished.
- Next
Foundations
Two loops.
The joint the rest of the book leans on. The machine's making loop, the human's loop of experience, and the practitioner as the coupling that keeps the two in time without merging them.
Read the essayPublished.
- Then
Foundations
A phase you can fake.
Where AI both speeds the lifecycle up and lets a phase be faked. How to tell when the machine has done real work, and when it has only made the file look done.
Read the essayPublished.
Newsletter
New essays, as they publish.
One email per essay, sent when the essay is done rather than on a schedule. Subscribers read each one before it's archived, and get a reading list once a year.