Post · 2026
Shouting on Trains
Author
Reflections on location-based governance in the Age of Intelligence, published as a note on this site.
Purpose
Spatial governance is an old human practice before it is a technical program. This note starts from the norms we already attach to places.
Approach
A short essay reading everyday location-contingent rules -- "we are on the train, no shouting" -- as the intuition behind machine-enforceable spatial policy.
Status
Published note on this site.
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