QSTVE

Ideas
for a more
human economy

An independent
editorial publication
by Dave Glaser

Making sense of
changing systems.

Money.
Payments.
AI.
Human judgement.

Featured essay

Your Agent’s Prompt Is Not Its Mandate

Once software can trade or pay, financial authority has to survive outside the conversation.

Read the essay
A solitary figure walking through a vast concrete hall crossed by sunlight.

Recent writing

All writing
  1. AI Operator

    The Agent Has an Identity. The Company Still Owns the Decision

  2. Man and Machine

    Man and Machine: The Computer I Wasn’t Using Became a Workshop

  3. AI Operator

    When AI Starts Rewriting the Company

Publication routes

Get new QSTVE writing and Orca updates by email.

Explore email editions