Research

Research and working notes

These pages develop the argument behind the League and show where it is still a hypothesis. Each card says what kind of document it is, so a proposed framework does not look like a measured result.

Investment strategy · 14 September 2026

How to defeat Moloch: an investment strategy

A global venture strategy for pluralism and coordinated entrepreneurship: which businesses belong, what to build first, and how to make power accountable without preventing success.

Dated measurement · 28 August 2026

A 2014 Moloch essay scored 0.5% AI. Ours scored 100%.

AI or Not unlabeled 2014 Alexander and called the 2026 notes 100% AI. A local 23-engine detector called those notes human. GPT-4 writing as Alexander scored 61 on that detector.

Working paper · January 2026 draft

Which societies will outsource judgment to AI first?

The AI Deference Risk Index: eight weighted dimensions, two dependence pathways, and a ranking of 24 countries. Relational density is the defense; the Anglosphere is the risk.

Working essay

Free tokens. Max exposure.

Freemaxxing without self-owning. Take the unnamed free tokens. Keep the work laptop, the company repo, and the harness off the pipe.

Dated extract · Training and retention

How frontier labs use what you paste

What OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and SpaceXAI published about training, logs, and review on 27 August 2026. Price is a weak proxy for the agreement you are on.

Proposed framework

Three reasons a better choice stays out of reach

Everyone waits for others to move, a gatekeeper makes leaving expensive, or breaking ranks is rewarded. This note explains why those problems need different responses.

Measurement plan · No results yet

How we will measure x4me2 review recovery

The published plan for counting attempts, completed recoveries, AI use, the cost of checking authorship, and results that would weaken the project’s claim.

Policy proposal · Patent licensing

Pay inventors without blocking a shared standard

A history of patent pools, compulsory licenses, prizes, and buyouts, followed by the licensing rules the League proposes.

Dated dataset · Investor diligence

Founder capital diligence notes

Dated notes on what 30 investors publish, which claims still need checking, and what a founder should ask before sharing information or accepting money.

Working essay · Open interfaces

Businesses and institutions that kept an interface open

Cases where builders let other organizations use a shared interface, how the work was funded, and where control later returned.

Historical profiles

Five builders, two questions

Malcom McLean, Tim Berners-Lee, Linus Torvalds, Creative Commons, and Dee Hock. Each profile asks what remained open, how the builder was paid, and where control later returned.