About Foursquare

Foursquare: firm, solid, unwavering. Standing on all four corners.

This is a place where I think out loud. Geopolitics, strategy, markets, philosophy—whatever I can’t stop turning over in my head until I’ve worked out what I actually believe.

I’m a classical liberal in the old sense: I believe in individual liberty, that boundaries create accountability, that inputs matter more than outcomes, and that most of what passes for analysis is just pattern-matching to tribe. I’m interested in what’s actually happening, not what people say is happening.

I’m not a credentialed foreign policy expert or a professional pundit. I build things for a living. I read widely, think in frameworks, and pay attention. Sometimes that’s worth more than a PhD and a cable news hit.

I write anonymously because I want the ideas to stand on their own. No résumé, no appeals to authority, no “trust me because of who I am.” If the thinking is sloppy, you’ll see it. If it’s sharp, that should be enough.

Why “Foursquare”? It’s an old word that means solid, planted, built to last. It’s also a kind of American house—practical, unpretentious, designed for living rather than showing off. That feels right.

I don’t know how often I’ll publish. When I have something worth saying, I’ll say it.

If you want to think along with me, subscribe. If you disagree, I’d rather hear it than not.

Anonymous for now.

—Foursquare

Shall we?

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