WIP Discussion Notes https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07 Last 10 notes on WIP Discussion Notes Quartz -- quartz.jzhao.xyz Contestability https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/contestability https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/contestability Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT Works in Progress: Discussion Notes https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/ https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/ Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT Works in Progress Issues 19-21 Discussion https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/maps/Works-in-Progress-Issues-19-21-Discussion https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/maps/Works-in-Progress-Issues-19-21-Discussion Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT Convergent discovery reflects the adjacent possible — ideas become findable when preconditions ripen https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/adjacent-possible-and-convergent-discovery https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/adjacent-possible-and-convergent-discovery Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT Bell Labs' greatest output came during monopoly, not competition https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/bell-labs-monopoly-innovation-paradox https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/bell-labs-monopoly-innovation-paradox Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT Institutional mechanisms for shared resources work only when the game can be made positive-sum https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/coordination-failures-and-shared-resources https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/coordination-failures-and-shared-resources Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT Desalination could bypass rather than resolve upstream water leverage, but the gap between coast and hinterland is vast https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/desalination-as-geopolitical-bypass https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/desalination-as-geopolitical-bypass Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT The tension between designed and grown order recurs across markets, cities, and geopolitics https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/designed-vs-grown-order https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/designed-vs-grown-order Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT Technology inverted the strategic value of elevation from defensive to offensive https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/elevation-advantage-inversion https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/elevation-advantage-inversion Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT Geographic constraint drives institutional innovation in land and resource management https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/geographic-constraint-drives-institutional-innovation https://JonMinton.github.io/wip-material-2026-02-07/notes/geographic-constraint-drives-institutional-innovation Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT