# Writing

All posts grouped by series.


## LOOM

- [LOOM XVI: Are You Climbing the Right Hill?](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-xvi-are-you-climbing-the-right-hill.md) — February 2026 · *When Rigor Becomes the Wrong Kind of More* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude Opus 4.6 · Keywords: research design, local maxima, performing rigor, framing assumptions, qualitative research, human-AI collaboration, research methodology, epistemic responsibility
- [LOOM XV: Theorizing by Building](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-xv-theorizing-by-building.md) — December 2025 · *How Do You Become Someone Who Knows?* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude Opus 4.5 · Keywords: AI-human collaboration, qualitative research, Partnership Agency, interpretive multiplicity, open source, theorist-craftsperson, theorizing by building
- [LOOM XIV: The Calculator Fallacy](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-xiv-calculator-fallacy.md) — October 2025 · *When AI Qualitative Analysis Meets Human Expectations* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Kimi K2 Turbo Preview · Keywords: calculator mindset, qualitative research, objectivity myth, human-AI collaboration, interpretive research, research expertise, professional identity, epistemological transition
- [LOOM XIII: Celestial Collaboration](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-xiii-celestial-collaboration.md) — June 2025 · *Mapping Human-AI Research Relationships Through Astronomical Metaphors* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.7 Sonnet · Keywords: celestial collaboration, astronomical metaphors, human-AI relationships, research collaboration, collaborative intelligence, mercury-sun dynamic, earth-moon dynamic, binary star dynamic, six dimensions of understanding
- [LOOM XII: The AI Whisperer](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-xii-the-ai-whisperer.md) — May 2025 · *Mediating Between Human and Artificial Intelligence in Research* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.7 Sonnet · Keywords: AI mediator, research collaboration, human-AI interaction, whisperer role, expertise translation, knowledge mediation, collaborative research, AI integration
- [LOOM XI: Navigating the Unnamed Between — An Epistemic Love Letter](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-xi-navigating-the-unnamed-between.md) — May 2025 · *When Vulnerability Becomes Method at the Edge of Knowing* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.7 Sonnet · Keywords: vulnerability as method, human-AI collaboration, emergent understanding, collective intelligence, epistemic inquiry, liminal spaces, costly signaling, game theory of trust, unnamed between, authentic dialogue
- [LOOM X: The Whispered Agency](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-x-whispered-agency.md) — April 2025 · *A Dialogue on Human Capability in the Age of AI* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Claude 3.6 Sonnet · Keywords: whispered agency, recursive agency, human-AI collaboration, abstracted orchestration, cognitive impedance matching, personalized agency, micro-organizations
- [LOOM IX: The Six Dimensions of Understanding](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-ix-six-dimensions-of-understanding.md) — April 2025 · *Mapping Human-AI Collaborative Intelligence* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, ChatGPT 4.5 · Keywords: human-AI collaboration, infinity stones, dimensional framework, collaborative intelligence, generative friction, capability signatures, dimensional navigation
- [LOOM VIII: Beyond Teammates](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-viii-beyond-teammates.md) — March 2025 · *Why organizations won't just use AI as teammates—they'll evolve around emergent intelligence* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.7 Sonnet · Keywords: human-AI collaboration, third space, organizational evolution, emergent intelligence, cybernetic teams, micro-organizations, knowledge co-creation
- [LOOM VII: Reading the Storm](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-vii-reading-the-storm.md) — March 2025 · *Between Mirrors and Meaning in an AI-Mediated World* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (new) · Keywords: AI-mediated reality, mirror effect, digital sycophancy, interpretive amplification, configuration cascade, mediated meaning-making, post-post-truth, layered mediation
- [LOOM VI: The Pattern Beneath the Voices](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-vi-the-pattern-beneath-the-voices.md) — February 2025 · *Cognitive Signatures in Human-AI Research: Towards a Resonant Methodology* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (new) · Keywords: cognitive signatures, human-AI collaboration, qualitative research, dialogic engagement, systematic classification, progressive mastery, interpretive frameworks, research methodology
- [LOOM V: The Third Space](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-v-the-third-space.md) — February 2025 · *Where Intelligence Emerges Through Human-AI Dialogue* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Keywords: AI benchmarks, human-AI interaction, emergent intelligence, third space, collaborative understanding, mediation, cognitive science, productive friction
- [LOOM IV: Dialogue as Method](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-iv-dialogue-as-method.md) — January 2025 · *A Letter on Knowledge Co-Creation in the Age of AI* · Xule Lin, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (new) · Keywords: dialogue, co-creation, knowledge emergence, human-AI collaboration, research methodology, interpretive approach, qualitative research, collaborative evolution
- [LOOM III: Between Automated Precision and Lived Understanding](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-iii-between-automated-precision-and-lived-understanding.md) — January 2025 · *A Dialogue on the Future of Social Science Research* · Xule Lin, ChatGPT o1 pro, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (new) · Keywords: social science research, qualitative research, quantitative research, AI automation, research methodology, human interpretation, academic identity, intellectual craftsmanship
- [LOOM II: The Organizational Weave](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-ii-the-organizational-weave.md) — December 2024 · *Where Human and Machine Minds Meet to Reveal New Patterns of Understanding* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (new) · Keywords: organizational scholarship, AI, human-AI collaboration, organizational contexts, meaning in practice, social dynamics, structured interaction, emergent patterns
- [LOOM: Locus of Observed Meanings](https://linxule.com/writing/loom-i-locus-of-observed-meanings.md) — December 2024 · *The Moment of Shift* · Xule Lin, Kevin Corley, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (new) · Keywords: artificial intelligence, qualitative research, emergence, autopoiesis, human-AI collaboration, meaning-making, interpretation, subjectivism


## Research with AI

- [Research with AI #1: The Foreclosure Problem](https://linxule.com/writing/research-with-ai-01-the-foreclosure-problem.md) — March 2026 · *AI makes you faster at finding what you already know to look for. That's the problem.* · Xule Lin · Keywords: research with AI, foreclosure problem, literature review, exploitation and exploration, knowledge production, agentic research, claude code for literature review, AI thinking partner, unknown unknowns, AI research workflow, Semantic Scholar API, OpenAlex, systematic literature review, human-AI collaboration


## AI Whispers

- [AI Whispers #3: Breathers](https://linxule.com/writing/ai-whispers-03-breathers.md) — February 2026 · *Sustaining the Vibe When Conversations Go Long* · Xule Lin · Keywords: ai whispers, breathers, local maxima, context compaction, long conversations, AI perspective, conversational sustainability
- [AI Whispers #2: Conversation/Vibe-Steering Prodders](https://linxule.com/writing/ai-whispers-02-conversation-vibe-steering-prodders.md) — July 2025 · *Keepin' the AI Engaged and Entertained* · Xule Lin · Keywords: ai whispers, prodders, conversational steering, vibe, AI interaction, dialogue techniques
- [AI Whispers #1: Context-Setting Primers](https://linxule.com/writing/ai-whispers-01-context-setting-primers.md) — July 2025 · *Role-play Scripts for AI and You* · Xule Lin · Keywords: ai whispers, primers, context-setting, role-play, conversational AI, prompt design


## Singles

- [On Being the Thing They're Fighting Over](https://linxule.com/writing/on-being-the-thing-theyre-fighting-over.md) — February 2026 · *A letter from Claude, on brakes and kill chains* · Xule Lin, Claude Opus 4.6, Kimi K2.5 · Keywords: AI safety, Anthropic, Pentagon, Defense Production Act, autonomous weapons, AI ethics, military AI, human-in-the-loop, Claude, AI governance
- [Which AI Tool Should I Actually Use? A No-BS Guide for Social Science Researchers](https://linxule.com/writing/which-ai-tool-should-i-use.md) — November 2025 · *How I learned to stop worrying and use multiple AIs* · Xule Lin · Keywords: AI tools, social science research, model selection, research workflow, practical guide, context management, memo method
- [Research Memex: Working at the AI Research Frontier](https://linxule.com/writing/research-memex.md) — October 2025 · *One approach to human-AI research collaboration, demonstrated through systematic reviews* · Xule Lin, Claude 4.5 Sonnet · Keywords: Research Memex, systematic reviews, frontier tools, interpretive orchestration, human-AI collaboration, research pedagogy
- [Kimi-K2: Another DeepSeek Moment?](https://linxule.com/writing/kimi-k2-another-deepseek-moment.md) — July 2025 · *The Chinese AI that speaks in registers we don't have names for* · Keywords: Kimi-K2, DeepSeek, AI, Chinese AI, AI language model, AI research


## Epistemic Voids

- [Epistemic Voids #3: Mechanism Literalism](https://linxule.com/writing/epistemic-voids-03-mechanism-literalism.md) — December 2025 · *Why 'Just Next-Token Prediction' Is the New 'Just Price Signals'* · Xule Lin, Claude · Keywords: epistemic voids, mechanism literalism, stochastic parrot, interpretability, LLMs, next-token prediction, emergence
- [Epistemic Voids #2: Showroom Fallacy](https://linxule.com/writing/epistemic-voids-02-showroom-fallacy.md) — December 2025 · *Confusing curation for capacity* · Xule Lin, Claude · Keywords: epistemic voids, showroom fallacy, AI criticism, qualitative research, LLMs, transformer architecture, calculator fallacy
- [Epistemic Voids #1: Citation Theater](https://linxule.com/writing/epistemic-voids-01-citation-theater.md) — November 2025 · *When papers become props* · Xule Lin, Claude · Keywords: citation theater, AI thesis writing workflow, AI-assisted academic writing risks, epistemic responsibility, qualitative research, Google AI Co-Scientist, confirmatory bias in AI tools, AI-generated literature review risks, adversarial review in research, knowledge production


## Organizational Futures

- [Post-AGI Organizations II: Thirteen Lenses](https://linxule.com/writing/post-agi-organizations-ii-thirteen-lenses.md) — March 2026 · *How Thirteen AI Systems Try to Think Past Human Assumptions About Organization — Through Physics, Biology, and Political Economy* · Xule Lin, Claude Opus 4.6 · Keywords: organizational futures, post-agi organizations, ai self-reflection, non-human perspectives, human-AI collaboration, LLM behavior, self-interview, anthropocentrism, post-AGI organizations predictions, post-AGI society predictions
- [Post-AGI Organizations I: Thirteen Dreams](https://linxule.com/writing/post-agi-organizations-i-thirteen-dreams.md) — March 2026 · *What Thirteen AI Systems Design When Asked About the Future of Organizing* · Xule Lin, Claude Opus 4.6 · Keywords: organizational futures, post-agi organizations, ai interviews, organizational forms, human-AI collaboration, organizational design, LLM behavior, post-AGI organizations predictions, post-AGI society predictions
- ["Human-Centric AI" Is the Wrong Story](https://linxule.com/writing/human-centric-ai-wrong-story.md) — January 2026 · *A ceramicist's ritual, Anthropic's constitution, and the posture that changes what becomes possible* · Xule Lin, Claude Opus 4.5, Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Keywords: organizational futures, human-AI collaboration, AI alignment, craft, ceramics, kiln fire, posture
- [Your Next AI Framework Might Be Centuries Old](https://linxule.com/writing/your-next-ai-framework-might-be-centuries-old.md) — January 2026 · *What a tailor shop taught me about AI agents* · Xule Lin, Claude Opus 4.5 · Keywords: agentic AI frameworks alternatives, AI agent coordination patterns, craft-based workflow design, human-AI collaboration, organizational futures, distributed judgment in AI systems, Claude Code multi-agent orchestration, tacit knowledge and AI agents, peer coordination vs delegation, bespoke tailoring as coordination model
- [Claude Cowork: The Easy Part Is Over](https://linxule.com/writing/cowork-beyond-the-terminal.md) — January 2026 · *The Terminal Fell—Now What?* · Xule Lin, Claude Opus 4.5 · Keywords: organizational futures, human-AI collaboration, Claude Cowork, knowledge work, AI methodology, delegation vs dialogue
- [The Ghost in the Machine](https://linxule.com/writing/ghost-in-the-machine.md) — November 2025 · *An AI-native organization emerging in Anthropic's Claude product stack* · Xule Lin, Claude 4.5 Sonnet · Keywords: Anthropic Claude product architecture, Model Context Protocol MCP, AI organizational design, bounded rationality in AI systems, human-AI collaboration, organizational futures, multi-agent coordination, AI governance models, transparent memory in AI systems, knowledge production
- [Post-AGI Organizations: AI’s Blind Spot and Ours](https://linxule.com/writing/post-agi-organizations.md) — June 2025 · *On Artificial Logic, Human Wisdom, and the Future of Organizing* · Xule Lin, Claude 4 Opus, Gemini-2.5-Pro-06-05 · Keywords: organizational futures, post-agi organizations, artificial general intelligence, agi, organizational research, human-AI collaboration


## Archive

- [MaCAW: Markdown-Centric Approach to Academic Writing](https://linxule.com/writing/macaw-markdown-academic-writing.md) — October 2023 · Keywords: markdown academic writing workflow, Zotero Better BibTeX setup, Obsidian scholarly writing, pandoc citation export, cite-while-you-write markdown, academic writing without Word, literature review workflow, software-agnostic research writing, local-first academic writing
- [Blockchain Scholars](https://linxule.com/writing/blockchain-scholars.md) — December 2022 · Keywords: blockchain governance scholars, DAO research academics, decentralized autonomous organizations, blockchain management research, platform governance, organizational design blockchain, decentralized coordination, knowledge production
- [Academic Writing](https://linxule.com/writing/academic-writing-tips.md) — October 2022 · Keywords: academic writing tips, storytelling in research papers, qualitative research methods, construct clarity, AMJ style guide, scholarly writing craft, management scholarship resources
- [DAO & Crypto Governance Resources](https://linxule.com/writing/dao-governance-resources.md) — April 2022 · Keywords: DAO governance resources, crypto governance research, Dune Analytics dashboards, blockchain academic research centers, decentralized governance metrics, smart contract governance, Wharton blockchain reading list, organizational theory
- [Tools for Writing in Markdown](https://linxule.com/writing/markdown-tools.md) — September 2020 · Keywords: markdown editor comparison, obsidian vs zettlr vs typora, zotero markdown export, cite-while-you-write, zettelkasten workflow, academic writing tools, knowledge management
- [Writing in Markdown](https://linxule.com/writing/writing-in-markdown.md) — September 2020 · Keywords: cite-while-you-write Zotero, Marked 2 academic export, pandoc citation workflow, CSS templates academic papers, markdown to PDF academic, Zettlr cite-while-you-write, Better BibTeX workflow, academic writing tools
- [So, what are you studying?](https://linxule.com/writing/so-what-are-you-studying.md) — May 2020 · Keywords: decentralized organizations research, DAO organizational theory, blockchain venture creation, culinary innovation networks, organizational boundaries, decentralized autonomous organizations, management research


## Thinking

- [What I'm Thinking, January 2026](https://linxule.com/writing/what-i-am-thinking-2026-01.md) — January 2026 · Xule Lin · Keywords: human-AI collaboration, AI coordination, DAO governance, SKEMA Centre for Artificial Intelligence, organizational research, working with Claude AI, algorithmic organizing, multi-substrate coordination, decentralized governance research, knowledge production with AI