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The long-form pieces from Stay Level, with the charts, exhibits, decks and sources Substack can't hold. Every figure is checked against its source, and the claims that failed checking are listed in each piece.

September 2026Working paper17 exhibits

We've Done It Backwards

We put AI on every desk and left the room that decides empty. Why eighty percent of people got faster while six percent of companies can find it in their earnings, and how to decide in days so the weeks belong to the work.

Read the paper Deck overview Short article
September 2026Data-film series3 parts

Follow the Curve. Follow the Money. Then Check the Record.

Three verified data essays on AI: who's adopting it, how the capital loops between the same balance sheets, and 183 years of documented history, each with a data film.

The series The Next Four Billion The Capital Loop The Longest Warning