Everything I have published since 2012, newest first. The founder-era pieces sit under Building Zen, Money and Markets and Reason and Philosophy. The earlier marketing and business writing is kept in the Archive, as written.
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Give Me a Hero Who Can Do Something
Put Anthony Hopkins in the wilderness with a bear hunting him, and I am interested.
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Why I Want Zen to Power Banks
A banking licence does not certify competence, and control over an account does not confer moral ownership of the customer’s life.
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Your AI Can Spend Your Money. Who Gave It the Authority?
The money belongs to a person. That fact should survive contact with very clever software.
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Stablecoins Will Succeed When People Stop Thinking About Stablecoins
I want a Zen customer to pay for dinner without thinking about us. Let alone the blockchain.
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If Everyone Has the Same Payment Rails, What Makes a Fintech Worth Anything?
BVNK joined Mastercard; Stripe bought Bridge. If your competitor can buy the same payment rails, what are you building that they cannot…
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Civilization Under Fire: A First- Principles Moral Reckoning of the Israel-Iran War
A first-principles analysis of the Israel-Iran war through the lens of self-defense, civilization, force, morality, and the roles of America, Israel India,…
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Reality Is Back in the Boardroom (and It’s About Time)
A high-signal scan of why modern companies are shifting back to rational decision-making: founder-led conviction, tougher capital allocation, outcome-based incentives, lower ideological…
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Liquidity First: How I’m Building Zen and Atlas Rails for a Permissionless, Value-for-Value Financial Future
Liquidity is the ease with which value moves. Why every Zen vertical is built liquidity-first, and how Atlas Rails turns permissionless settlement…
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“Backed by Nothing”? Bitcoin Is Backed by Rules, Energy, and Reason
“Backed by nothing” misses the point. The rational case for Bitcoin: fixed supply, permissionless access, transparent accounting and security paid for in…
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The Zen Entertainment Playbook: The Fan Engine That Hollywood Forgot
Entertainment spent a century confusing permission with distribution. A value-for-value playbook for studios, labels and promoters who want to own the audience.
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Why “Raah Pe Rehte Hain” is my best Hindi song – and a testimony to my philosophy
Why Gulzar, R.D. Burman and Kishore Kumar’s “Raah Pe Rehte Hain” from Namkeen (1982) is the one Hindi song where words, melody…
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Atlas Rail & Zen: How I Intend to Build the Rails of Global Finance
Programmable money has crossed from experiment to infrastructure. How I am building Atlas Rail and Zen for instant settlement, embedded compliance and…