Brendan Marshall

The Architecture of Agency

A Primer on Agent Discovery and Trust

Jul 19 • Brendan Marshall

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Legislating Human Agency: The Investment Case for the AI AGENT Act

How new federal regulations are tackling tech's walled gardens and creating the next massive wave of startup opportunities in the agency economy.

Jul 6 • Brendan Marshall

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June 2026

Hot & Numbing

Who does your agent work for?

Jun 22 • Brendan Marshall

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The Fight for Agency

The last few decades were a fight for our attention. The next will be a fight for our choices.

Jun 15 • Brendan Marshall

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April 2026

Our Rock

What an astronaut’s Easter message reveals about the napkins we can’t see from inside them.

Apr 6 • Brendan Marshall

March 2026

Welcome to your simulation

The first time you pick up a guitar, the instrument humbles you.

Mar 7 • Brendan Marshall

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January 2026

New Paradigm, Same Cycle

Mark Carney stood in Davos and borrowed a character from Václav Havel.

Jan 31 • Brendan Marshall

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Be Like Mike

The gyms are full this month.

Jan 21 • Brendan Marshall

December 2025

Narrative Willpower

The Resolution You’re Actually Making

Dec 28, 2025 • Brendan Marshall

Comparative Theology as Napkin Work

On seeing your lens by looking through another.

Dec 15, 2025 • Brendan Marshall

November 2025

The Napkins That Feed Us

I’m holding today’s newspaper from my hotel on Thanksgiving morning.

Nov 28, 2025 • Brendan Marshall

The Interplay of Napkins

The crowd didn’t move.

Nov 11, 2025 • Brendan Marshall