A Memphis Archive of Research
Any search algorithm operating over a sufficiently complex information space must trade precision for recall. This paper formalizes the impossibility of simultaneously maximizing both, and proposes a framework for deliberate trade-off selection.
complexity theory, information retrievalDigital platforms were expected to reduce transaction costs to near zero. This paper demonstrates that they instead transformed transaction costs from monetary to attentional, creating a new economic category.
digital economics, attention economyNations, corporations, and currencies are shared fictions -- stories enough people believe to make them functional. This paper examines how these fictions are governed, contested, and replaced.
political theory, social constructionNetwork latency is typically treated as a problem. This paper reconceptualizes it as a design material -- a temporal dimension that can be shaped, exploited, and aestheticized in distributed systems.
systems design, HCIZero-cost digital goods have nonzero value. This paper develops a valuation framework for goods with zero marginal cost, arguing that value in the digital age is determined by attention, not scarcity.
digital economics, valuation