Governance Cybernetics

Governance Cybernetics Reader Survey (and Apps’ Sneak Peek)

Governance Cybernetics writes all sort of articles on state capacity, housing, business, industrial policy and the such, to more esoteric (but very much…

Oct 5 • Dave Deek

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So You Think You Could Be An Electrician?

Funny how the people telling kids to get jobs in the trades tend to be white-collar.

Published on Asterisk Magazine  • Oct 2

The Permitting Grand Bargain Is Here

And it’s BAAJA fresh

Published on Green Tape • Oct 1

September 2026

State Capacity Starts at Home: What We Can Learn from Zohran Mamdani (and Chick-fil-A)

What YIMBYs, industrial policy enthusiasts, pronatalists, and the state capacity movement can learn from marketers and organizers

Sep 22 • Dave Deek

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Land is Scarce, Just Burn Your Trash

Cities are facing shrinking landfill capacity(and not because of environmental sentiments). We should consider ramping up waste-to-energy.

Sep 14 • Dave Deek

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How Japan can turn AI demand into industrial strength

Murata and Chemi-Con reveal what the boom can finance—and where public support could make a difference.

Sep 10 • Dave Deek

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What Caused The Burrito Discourse? One Fund Who Ate Chipotle's Goodwill

How America’s most admired restaurant was converted, over one decade and by one fund, into a machine for weighing chicken.

Sep 3 • Dave Deek

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Three Types of State Housing Laws

And why you should care about them.

Published on YIMBY In Practice • Sep 1

August 2026

Accidental Aesthetics and Romance of Power Wires

Infrastructure is sexy

Aug 30 • Dave Deek

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July 2026

For My Californian Readers

I am paraphrasing Sonja Trauss here and I hope she doesn’t mind too much.

Jul 24 • Dave Deek

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I Read Hostile Profiles of NY-DSA and Progressive Victory. I Took Notes.

I really want NY-DSA's and Progressive Victory's calendars. Softball, A/V club, a choir, karaoke, a book club, and a hundred thousand volunteers.

Jul 23 • Dave Deek

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The Marrying Up Trap

The dating advice nobody gives you

Published on Best Life Yet • Jul 22