<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Asymmetrical Collage</title><description>Writing on sovereignty, resilience, Bitcoin, risk, and building for the long term.</description><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/</link><language>en-gb</language><item><title>Sharing, Not Signaling</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-15-sharing-not-signaling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-15-sharing-not-signaling/</guid><description>The test for a personal line is simple. Remove it. Does the argument get weaker?</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Three Disciplines</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-14-the-three-disciplines/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-14-the-three-disciplines/</guid><description>A method built for times when the system isn&apos;t on your side.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Good Bets Lose</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-13-good-bets-lose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-13-good-bets-lose/</guid><description>Outcomes contain variance. Decisions contain logic.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Admission in the Law</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-12-the-admission-in-the-law/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-12-the-admission-in-the-law/</guid><description>The French tax authority told parliament it cannot enforce its own self-custody law. The admission matters more than the rule.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Remains</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-11-what-remains/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-11-what-remains/</guid><description>The skills framework was built for human execution. When the machine does the work, a different question opens.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Neutral Ground</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-10-neutral-ground/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-10-neutral-ground/</guid><description>The best argument for neutral money is a polarized world.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Private List</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-09-the-private-list/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-09-the-private-list/</guid><description>When technology can break every lock, who decides who holds the key.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Authorized the Agent</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-08-who-authorized-the-agent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-08-who-authorized-the-agent/</guid><description>You chose the rails. Did you choose what runs on them?</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rented Rails</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-07-rented-rails/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-07-rented-rails/</guid><description>In fiat, the payment tax funds the landlord. In Bitcoin, it funds the network.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Post-Mortem: Personal Knowledge System Failure</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-06-post-mortem-personal-knowledge-system-failure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-06-post-mortem-personal-knowledge-system-failure/</guid><description>I only build what I need, and today I discovered that resilience is the exception to that rule.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Environment, Not the Prompt</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-05-the-environment-not-the-prompt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-05-the-environment-not-the-prompt/</guid><description>Introducing the AI Environmentalist: not someone who crafts better prompts, but someone who designs the conditions in which good thinking grows, with a framework built from scratch, not copied.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Constraint Is the Gift</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-04-the-constraint-is-the-gift/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-04-the-constraint-is-the-gift/</guid><description>Own the limitation.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Step That Gets Skipped</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-03-the-step-that-gets-skipped/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-03-the-step-that-gets-skipped/</guid><description>The review that disappears is never the one that felt safe to skip.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Lindy Filter</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-02-the-lindy-filter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-02-the-lindy-filter/</guid><description>Time-tested trumps time-sensitive.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Name the Exception</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-01-name-the-exception/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-04-01-name-the-exception/</guid><description>Hold the principle until you break it, or abandon it quietly until you realize you have none.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Designed Your Environment?</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-31-who-designed-your-environment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-31-who-designed-your-environment/</guid><description>Most people never asked who designed the environment they think in. Someone made that choice for them.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Loose and the Tight</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-30-the-loose-and-the-tight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-30-the-loose-and-the-tight/</guid><description>Most of what you call a thought is just something you&apos;ve been carrying. There&apos;s a difference.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Experiment Is Fiat</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-29-the-experiment-is-fiat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-29-the-experiment-is-fiat/</guid><description>Fifty years old, no ceiling on supply, no redemption mechanism. Which one do you call the experiment?</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Not Promotion. Generosity.</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-28-not-promotion-generosity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-28-not-promotion-generosity/</guid><description>Two irreconcilable truths. One word resolved it.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>It Just Needs to Grow</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-27-it-just-needs-to-grow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-27-it-just-needs-to-grow/</guid><description>The threat is not competition. It is gravity.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>He Had the Toolbox</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-26-he-had-the-toolbox/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-26-he-had-the-toolbox/</guid><description>The tool is available to everyone. The skill to direct it isn&apos;t yet.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Invisible Cost</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-25-the-invisible-cost/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-25-the-invisible-cost/</guid><description>The cost of waiting doesn&apos;t announce itself. It just accumulates.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Controls the Tollbooth?</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-24-who-controls-the-tollbooth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-24-who-controls-the-tollbooth/</guid><description>Open source doesn&apos;t mean permissionless. Find the tollbooth before you build on the rails.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Conviction Without Certainty</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-23-conviction-without-certainty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-23-conviction-without-certainty/</guid><description>Waiting for certainty isn&apos;t caution: it&apos;s the refusal to do the job.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Designed Your Environment?</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-22-who-designed-your-environment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-22-who-designed-your-environment/</guid><description>Most people didn&apos;t choose their cognitive environment.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Unprepared Answer</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-21-the-unprepared-answer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-21-the-unprepared-answer/</guid><description>The deck shows you what they want you to think. The questions they didn&apos;t prepare for show you what&apos;s real.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Knowledge That Walked Out</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-20-the-knowledge-that-walked-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-20-the-knowledge-that-walked-out/</guid><description>Specialization is a bet that the world stays the same.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Boredom as a Path</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-19-boredom-as-a-path/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-19-boredom-as-a-path/</guid><description>Stop the stream. Indulge in boredom.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interested or Responsible</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-18-interested-or-responsible/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-18-interested-or-responsible/</guid><description>Responsibility tells you what lasts.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>No Carve-Outs</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-17-no-carve-outs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-17-no-carve-outs/</guid><description>No rule stays simple. Bitcoin is the exception.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Set the Rules. Let It Build.</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-16-set-the-rules-let-it-build/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-16-set-the-rules-let-it-build/</guid><description>Simple rules, consistently followed, produce outcomes no plan could design.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Way Through</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-15-the-way-through/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-15-the-way-through/</guid><description>The skill that survives any technological shift is the capacity to acquire new expertise.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Borrowed Vocabulary</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-14-borrowed-vocabulary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-14-borrowed-vocabulary/</guid><description>Borrowing vocabulary is not the same as understanding.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Payer of Record</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-13-the-payer-of-record/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-13-the-payer-of-record/</guid><description>Agentic payment protocols solve the mechanics, not the liabilities.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Next Payment War</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-12-the-next-payment-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-12-the-next-payment-war/</guid><description>The race to own AI agent payment rails is already underway - and whoever wins controls the next layer of commerce.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Subtraction as Strategy</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-11-subtraction-as-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-11-subtraction-as-strategy/</guid><description>Adding feels like progress. Subtracting is the harder skill.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stay Positioned</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-10-stay-positioned/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-10-stay-positioned/</guid><description>The goal isn&apos;t to make the right decision. It&apos;s to stay in a position where good decisions remain available.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Wrong Side of the Knowledge Economy</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-09-the-wrong-side-of-the-knowledge-economy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-09-the-wrong-side-of-the-knowledge-economy/</guid><description>You are not a participant in the knowledge economy. You are the feedstock.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>We Decide Who Does Business</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-08-we-decide-who-does-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-08-we-decide-who-does-business/</guid><description>The permissioned economy doesn&apos;t announce itself as control. It announces itself as standards, and requests your compliance.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Whose Skin Is It?</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-07-whos-skin-is-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-07-whos-skin-is-it/</guid><description>Skin in the game is the only credential that can&apos;t be faked.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Permission Debt</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-06-permission-debt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-06-permission-debt/</guid><description>Most doors aren’t locked. You just got used to knocking.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Neurological Prime Time</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-05-the-neurological-prime-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-05-the-neurological-prime-time/</guid><description>The first and last twenty minutes of your day are the highest-value attention real estate you own.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You Already Know What to Cut</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-04-you-already-know-what-to-cut/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-04-you-already-know-what-to-cut/</guid><description>You already know what to cut. The knowledge was never the bottleneck.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Grade the Process, Not the Outcome</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-03-grade-the-process/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-03-grade-the-process/</guid><description>You don&apos;t control outcomes. You control the quality of the reasoning that produces them.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Signal Discipline</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-02-signal-discipline/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-02-signal-discipline/</guid><description>Signal discipline isn&apos;t about saying less. It&apos;s about transmitting only what moves things forward.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Price of Smooth</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-01-the-price-of-smooth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-03-01-the-price-of-smooth/</guid><description>Smoothness is a feature until it isn&apos;t. Friction is a bug until it saves you.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Boring Compounds</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-28-boring-compounds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-28-boring-compounds/</guid><description>The visible work gets the attention. The invisible work gets the results.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rules Have Loopholes. Principles Don&apos;t.</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-27-rules-have-loopholes-principles-dont/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-27-rules-have-loopholes-principles-dont/</guid><description>Having a compass or a set of rules.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nobody Designed This</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-25-nodbody-designed-this/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-25-nodbody-designed-this/</guid><description>It was never about who&apos;s in charge. It&apos;s whether the rules are right.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“The Word That Kills Ideas”</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-24-the-word-that-kills-ideas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-24-the-word-that-kills-ideas/</guid><description>“The clearest thinkers speak the most directly.”</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Work Backward</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-23-work-backward/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-23-work-backward/</guid><description>The ruin cases are finite. The path forward isn&apos;t.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What You Don&apos;t Maintain, You Lose</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-22-what-you-dont-maintain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-22-what-you-dont-maintain/</guid><description>Creation is finite. Maintenance is forever.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Commitment Filter</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-21-the-commitment-filter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-21-the-commitment-filter/</guid><description>Every yes is a thousand nos in disguise.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Constraints Rock</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-20-constraints-rock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-20-constraints-rock/</guid><description>Constraints rock</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Test the Recovery</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-19-test-the-recovery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-19-test-the-recovery/</guid><description>Don’t assume it works. Prove it works.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rented Certainty</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-18-rented-certainty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-18-rented-certainty/</guid><description>Self-custody your responsibilities. The ones that matter when everything borrowed disappears.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Exit Velocity</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-17-exit-velocity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-17-exit-velocity/</guid><description>Are you planning to leave, or are you already building your way out?</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stack Your Winters</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-16-stack-your-winters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-16-stack-your-winters/</guid><description>Abundance in one season funds scarcity in another.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Systems vs Goals</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-15-systems-vs-goals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-15-systems-vs-goals/</guid><description>You control whether you run the system.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Proof of Work</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-14-proof-of-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-14-proof-of-work/</guid><description>Win or lose, the proof stands.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“Stop Asking”</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-13-stop-asking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-13-stop-asking/</guid><description>“The world is permissionless. Most people still act like it isn’t.”</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Own Your Stack</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-12-own-your-stack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-12-own-your-stack/</guid><description>Control the layers you depend on.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Weight Test</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-11-the-weight-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-11-the-weight-test/</guid><description>The ritual of checking makes trust possible.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trust Your Tools Less</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-10-trust-your-tools-less/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-10-trust-your-tools-less/</guid><description>When the tools fail, do you still have the skills?</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Quiet Revolution</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-09-the-quiet-revolution/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-09-the-quiet-revolution/</guid><description>Don&apos;t fight the old system. Build the better one.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Draw the Line</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-08-draw-the-line/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-08-draw-the-line/</guid><description>Flexibility without boundaries isn&apos;t freedom. It&apos;s drift.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stay Because You Can Leave</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-07-stay-because-you-can-leave/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-07-stay-because-you-can-leave/</guid><description>When the entry is planned, the stay is implied, and the exit disregarded.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“Build the Base First”</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-06-build-the-base-first/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-06-build-the-base-first/</guid><description>“Specialization is a luxury that generalists earn.”</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“Stop Asking”</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-05-stop-asking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-05-stop-asking/</guid><description>“The world is permissionless. Most people still act like it isn’t.”</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“The Ratchet Effect”</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-04-the-ratchet-effect/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-04-the-ratchet-effect/</guid><description>“Up your baseline.”</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“Trust Time”</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-03-trust-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-03-trust-time/</guid><description>“The longer something survives, the longer it’s likely to last.”</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Constraints Build</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-02-constraints-build/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-02-constraints-build/</guid><description>Freedom without boundaries is paralysis.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Luck Has a Surface Area</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-01-luck-has-a-surface-area/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-02-01-luck-has-a-surface-area/</guid><description>Luck is not a gift. It&apos;s a math problem.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bet Small, Win Big</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-31-bet-small-win-big/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-31-bet-small-win-big/</guid><description>Risk little. Stand to gain much. Repeat.</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“What You Don’t See”</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-30-what-you-dont-see/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-30-what-you-dont-see/</guid><description>“The invisible work is the work that matters.”</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“Watch What They Buy”</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-29-watch-what-they-buy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-29-watch-what-they-buy/</guid><description>“Trust the wallet, not the words.”</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“Then What?”</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-28-then-what/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-28-then-what/</guid><description>“First-order thinking sees the move. Second-order sees the game.”</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Cost of Switching</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-27-the-cost-of-switching/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-27-the-cost-of-switching/</guid><description>Death by a thousand context switches.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When Networks Help, When They Hurt</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-26-when-networks-help-when-they-hurt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-26-when-networks-help-when-they-hurt/</guid><description>Scale what strengthens. Tighten what weakens.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opt Out</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-25-opt-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-25-opt-out/</guid><description>It&apos;s not about getting rich. It&apos;s about getting out.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Keep the Exit Clear</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-24-keep-the-exit-clear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-24-keep-the-exit-clear/</guid><description>Freedom isn&apos;t zero commitments. It&apos;s keeping your exits clear.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Increase Your Surface Area</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-23-increase-your-surface-area/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-23-increase-your-surface-area/</guid><description>Luck isn&apos;t random. It has patterns.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Done Beats Perfect</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-22-done-beats-perfect/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-22-done-beats-perfect/</guid><description>If you&apos;re not embarrassed by your first version, you waited too long</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Start With Failure</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-21-start-with-failure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-21-start-with-failure/</guid><description>Avoiding stupid is easier than achieving brilliant</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“Buffer Built-In”</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-20-buffer-built-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-20-buffer-built-in/</guid><description>“When the rope holds but you don’t”</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Then What Happens?</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-19-then-what-happens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-19-then-what-happens/</guid><description>3 steps ahead</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beyond the Echo Chamber</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-18-beyond-the-echo-chamber/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-18-beyond-the-echo-chamber/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Courage to Be Boring</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-17-courage-to-be-boring/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-17-courage-to-be-boring/</guid><description>What if boring paid off?</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Skill Stack Audit</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-16-the-skills-audit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-16-the-skills-audit/</guid><description>Compounding skills and low time preference.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Signal vs. Noise in Your Own Life</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-15-signal-vs-noise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-15-signal-vs-noise/</guid><description>If your commitments had an unsubscribe button, which ones would you click?</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Test Your Dependencies</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-14-test-your-dependencies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-14-test-your-dependencies/</guid><description>Contingency planning isn&apos;t just for companies. It&apos;s how you find the gaps before they find you.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Building in Public vs. Building in Private</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-13-building-in-private-or-public/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-13-building-in-private-or-public/</guid><description>Building in public vs. private. There&apos;s a time for both.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Illusion of Later</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-12-illusion-of-later/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-12-illusion-of-later/</guid><description>Later isn&apos;t a plan. It&apos;s a placeholder that eventually runs out of space.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Comfort Tax</title><link>https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-11-comfort-tax/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.asymmetricalcollage.com/articles/2026-01-11-comfort-tax/</guid><description>Capability compounds. So does dependency.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>