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Before Consensus
External Intelligence, Reflexive Markets, and the Search for Structural Change
Amy Li (Zeyuan Li)
We do not lack information. We lack systems that can tell the difference between information and position.
Before Consensus develops a governed external brain: a decision system that preserves sources and timestamps, attacks its own conclusions, translates judgment into proportionate action, and retains the evidence needed to change its mind.
Across AI infrastructure, stablecoins, agentic commerce, space procurement, and post-quantum migration, the book asks: what has become costly to reverse, who controls the right to connect, who pays the reality bill, and what evidence would prove the thesis wrong?