Transmissions
Writing on recognition infrastructure, gift economy, somatic practice, and institutional coherence. Published on Substack, indexed here by theme. Each piece is a transmission — a test of whether a pattern holds when it moves between contexts.
Frameworks
The pattern itself — structural architecture for coherent exchange, expressed in multiple entry points.
Gift Economy
What exchange looks like when surplus is the design target and giving doesn't deplete.
Somatic Practice
Where the frameworks stop being diagrams and start being felt. The body's recognition capacity.
Institutional Coherence
The pattern applied to organizations, systems, and the structures that hold collective capacity.
Breakdown & Emergence
What happens at the edges — when systems reach their limits and something else becomes possible.
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Kevin Mears · 2026 · Substack