The TSM Graduate in the AI Workplace
Citation APA (7th Edition) Pennings, A.J. (2026, Sep 06) The TSM Graduate in the AI Workplace. apennings.com https://apennings.com/digital-coordination/the-tsm-graduate-in-the-ai-workplace/ Introduction This post frames one version of the TSM graduate as a systems manager who is technically fluent enough to work directly with AI and technical specialists, but whose primary responsibility is integrating technology with organizational objectives. […]
CIPS vs. SWIFT: Dedollarization or Global Public Good?
Citation APA (7th Edition) Pennings, A.J. (2026, Aug 27) CIPS vs. SWIFT: Dedollarization or Global Public Good? apennings.com https://apennings.com/digital-geography/the-100-trillion-debt-era-mmt-as-permission-sact-as-engine/ Introduction The competition between China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) and the Western financial infrastructure represented by Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is often described as a technological contest where one payment network is […]
Why SACT Logic is the Operational Core of Tokenization
Citation APA (7th Edition) Pennings, A.J. (2026, Jul 31) Why SACT Logic is the Operational Core of Tokenization. apennings.com https://apennings.com/how-it-came-to-rule-the-world/digital-monetarism/why-sact-logic-is-the-operational-core-of-tokenization/ Introduction Last summer, I was reviewing a paper on digital spreadsheets and time-space power that had been rejected by a journal and decided a term I used, “substitution,” needed elaboration. It led to my conceptualization, […]
The $100 Trillion Debt Era: MMT as Permission, SACT as Engine
Spreadsheet logic and the SACT stack provide the operational engine. By substituting physical matter into digital signifiers, abstracting heterogenous noise into clean taxonomies, computing complex supply-chain logic, and synchronizing market states across global networks, SACT converts the chaotic, messy physical universe into a organized matrix of purchasable products. Without the SACT translation layer, MMT’s sovereign dollars float as useless signifiers; with it, sovereign money becomes an operative tool capable of re-engineering the physical world.
Blockchain Significance for US Treasury-Backed Dollar Stablecoins
Treasury-backed USD stablecoins use blockchain technology for creating a shared, tamper-evident, programmable record of ownership and transfer. They deliberately leave the critical function of value stability to off-chain reserves and legal enforceability. The resulting system is robust for many payment and settlement purposes precisely because it does not ask the blockchain to do everything.
Some Mechanics of Blockchained Treasury-Backed Stablecoin Dollars
The combination of public-chain transparency, L2 performance, and the emerging GENIUS regulatory perimeter is steadily turning regulated USD stablecoins into a viable global payment and settlement layer.
The Practice Lens Meets Spreadsheet Logic, and Operative Mediation in the Age of AI
This synthesis is especially timely in the age of AI. Large language models and autonomous agents do not simply support spreadsheet work. AI absorb, remediate, and operationalize spreadsheet logic at scale. The grid becomes a sandbox for agentic reasoning. What began as a human-crafted modeling tool is becoming part of the computational substrate on which organizations coordinate themselves.
Beyond the China Price: Can Democrats Shape a New Industrial Strategy for the AI World?
The age of cheap Chinese labor may be ending, but the age of cheap goods is not necessarily ending with it. Rather, the source of affordability is shifting from human labor to machine intelligence. China could easily stay in the game. The next chapter of globalization may therefore be defined not by where factories are located, but by how effectively computation itself becomes a factor of production.
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