I am an independent researcher working across critical social theory, organization theory, and philosophy. My research examines how meritocratic, competitive institutions manufacture relational and emotional scarcity, and how that scarcity sustains itself. I draw on Frankfurt School critical theory, especially work on recognition and acceleration.
Conformity and Creativity in Conflict: Cognitive Pluralism and the Reimagining of Educational Aims
Formal education claims to cultivate human potential, yet its structure tends to reward conformity over creativity. This paper proposes a normative theory of cognitive pluralism that reimagines education as an ecosystem of developmental cultivation rather than a mechanism of selection, with creativity tempered by wisdom.
The Hidden Costs of Tournament Logic: Meritocracy, Incentives, and Normative Tensions in Organizations
A critical reappraisal of tournament theory, the model in organizational economics that treats promotion and pay as rank-order contests. Drawing on Elizabeth Anderson’s relational egalitarianism, the paper argues that tournaments are not only incentive devices but institutional and ideological arrangements that entrench workplace domination and moralize failure.