Principles
The frameworks and axioms that underpin everything.
Core Axioms
Ship at 80% or die at 0%
Perfectionism kills. The choice isn't between perfect and imperfect— it's between done and not done. Done at 80% beats perfect at 0%.
Klal over Prat
Collective over individual. The whole matters more than the part. Systems thinking over isolated optimization.
Value exists whether recognized or not
Truth doesn't need validation. Build what matters regardless of whether anyone notices. The work is the work.
Creation > Consumption
Generate, don't just consume. For years I consumed. Now it's time to generate. The shift from passive to active.
The bottleneck IS the amplifier
Constraint creates leverage. The scarce resource—human attention, human decision—is where value concentrates.
SHELET Protocol
שלט (SHELET) = Hebrew for control/dominion/mastery
"SHELET turns the 'human bottleneck' into your competitive edge."
Physical → Digital. Reality crystallization.
Digital → Intelligence. Pattern extraction.
Intelligence → Action. Human decides.
Action → Reality. AI acts with audit trail.
The human bottleneck isn't eliminated—it's amplified. 100% human agency preserved.
The Three Axioms of AI
1. No Sentient AI — Ever
"AI is never becoming sentient... humans will have 100% agency always. This is pashut."
It's not coming. Stop designing for it. Stop fearing it.
2. Human Control — Always
"100% human orchestrating of AI—I call it 'AI in the loop' as a contrarian to the stupid 2025 'human in the loop.'"
Every AI action needs a human trigger. No exceptions.
3. Only As Fast As Humans Understand
"The bottleneck isn't AI capability anymore. It's human reception."
Speed limited by comprehension, not compute. Can humans decide with confidence?
The Translation Principle
"My biggest problem in the world is really translating the way I think into a way other people understand—and the other way around."
Every project is a translation layer:
AI capability → Human-absorbable decisions
Single-channel attention → Sustainable output
Categorical diagnoses → Dimensional understanding
Passive consumption → Searchable knowledge
The Year Arc
This is the year of harvest. No new fields. Reap what's planted.
The Cognitive Prosthetic Thesis
"After many iterations of trying to place myself in different boxes, I am rather displaying the cognitive prosthetic I built."
"The prosthetic that I'm specifically after—I know that other people with my cognitive structure would find what I'm building very, very helpful."
poly isn't tools for neurodivergent people. It's the tools one neurodivergent person built for himself, now open source. Built from necessity, not theory.
The Honest Foundation
"I'm invisible to the world and I really really need money right now. We're struggling. I'm not working. My wife is working."
This isn't a startup. It's survival infrastructure that might be useful to others. Real tools from real need. No polish. No pitch deck. Just what works.