Writing & research.

Papers and articles on AI governance, Data Vault, product design, learning, negotiation and philosophy. Newest first.

Papers

  1. Zenodo preprint · 2 September 2026 · CC BY 4.0

    Keep It Secret, Keep It (in a) Safe, Then Cast It into the Fire: Engineering AI Act Data Governance — A Practical Guide for Data Teams

    Maps the AI Act’s data obligations, article by article, onto Data Vault design decisions: sensitive satellites, where the bias gate sits, which erasure pattern fits, what evidence may survive a deletion. 24 pages.

  2. ResearchGate · 2025 revised edition

    Why is France So Conflictive?

    Independent study on French negotiation culture, supervised by Stuart Diamond at UPenn Law School.

  3. Dalloz, AJ Contrats · 2018

    Le déséquilibre significatif dans les contrats commerciaux

    A new tool against GAFAs: analysis of significant imbalance in commercial contracts.

  4. Revue Française de Gestion · 2017

    Responsabilité sociale des entreprises

    Global and technological stakes of corporate social responsibility.

  5. Academia.edu · 38,000+ views

    Philosophy papers

    Academic work in philosophy of science and technology.

  6. Chief Editor · ThinkH+

    Brainstorm Law Review

    Field experts, lawyers and stakeholders on AI and human augmentation.

Articles

  1. Medium · 26 Mar 2026

    The Sound of a Dead Language

  2. Medium · 13 Feb 2026

    Aristotle Was a Data Engineer

    Aristotle’s Categories mapped onto Data Vault — substance, relation and accident as Hubs, Links and Satellites. With a companion video and interactive simulation.

  3. Medium · 16 Jan 2026

    AI Detection Tools Are Astrology for Academics (And I Can Prove It)

  4. Medium · 15 Nov 2025

    How to Get Real Results From Your AI Without Taking a Prompting Course: An Example

  5. Medium · 4 Nov 2025

    When AI Assistants Play Dirty: The Dark Side of "Helpful" Design

  6. Medium · 20 Oct 2025

    Is AI Intelligent? René Descartes answered the question 4 centuries ago.

  7. Medium · 19 Oct 2025

    Digital Markets Act: A Practical Guide to Interface Design Compliance

  8. Medium · 27 Sep 2025

    Innovation vs. Policy | Apple vs. the EU: Can Policymakers Keep Up?

  9. Medium · 23 Sep 2025

    Man Talks to Deceased Mother Using AI — 1 Year After Star Trek Told That Story

  10. Medium

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Video

  1. YouTube · 5 Sep 2026

    I Built a Custom AI Voice Mode (And It Roasted My Hardware)

    A spoken interface for a command-line AI coding tool: a foot pedal in, spoken replies out — until the pedal lost to the mouse wheel.

  2. YouTube · 13 Feb 2026

    Aristotle Was a Data Engineer — the companion video

    The article above, on video.

  3. YouTube · 28 Dec 2025

    Why I’m Not Afraid of AI After Learning History

    The history and philosophy of technology, applied to the fear of AI.

  4. YouTube · 2025

    Design Thinking Lifehacks

    Short videos on everyday design: a mark on a pull cord, a place for everything, the push-pull door.

  5. YouTube

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