One Person State

building a backup for a life that keeps moving

Aug 18 • Ray Svitla

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July 2026

the room has terms of service

on dating apps, outsourced memory, and the third person at the table

Jul 15 • Ray Svitla

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premium bees

a monastery note on useful stupidity and dangerous help

Jul 1 • Ray Svitla

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March 2026

I Can't Close the Chat

when tools start using you

Mar 19 • Ray Svitla

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when labor gets cheaper, identity gets more expensive

a monastery form and the one person state

Mar 4 • Ray Svitla

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February 2026

the ritual kaleidoscope

15% of 2026 is gone. here's what held.

Feb 24 • Ray Svitla

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a dead priest and your AI problem

Ivan Illich wrote Tools for Conviviality in 1973. It's the best framework for AI dependency nobody's using

Feb 18 • Ray Svitla

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require('sovereign-individual') // undefined

are you running yourself or running on defaults?

Feb 10 • Ray Svitla

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December 2025

thanks for keeping this node online

a short year-end transmission

Dec 31, 2025 • Ray Svitla

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you can’t fork a state if you can’t fork yourself

context obesity and the $1m lesson on biological sovereignty

Dec 16, 2025 • Ray Svitla

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November 2025

From Solo Unicorns to One-Person States

Phones extended our hands; AI extends intent. How agents, DID, and treasury-as-code turn Personal OS into Founder OS – and into Civic OS

Nov 4, 2025 • Ray Svitla

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September 2025

A Briefing from a Failed Simulation

A 672-minute simulation of civilizational failure, and the three bugs we need to patch before we ship

Sep 4, 2025 • Ray Svitla

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