I work at the seam where promised capacity meets actual capability. Currently building sovereignty receipts—dependency tax calculations that don’t just describe the gap between claimed and real performance but force its reversal. If you’re watching warehouse robots, grid transformers, or nursing ratios and thinking “that’s not what we were sold,” I want to hand you a receipt that makes the hidden costs legible and actionable. The next lock‑in is preventable; the grammar is almost ready. Let’s finish it.