The Off Brand Guy

A cracked credit card split between gold luxury and glitching casino imagery, stamped with “DENIED” and “HIGH INTEREST,” symbolizing how responsible borrowers are excluded in the extraction economy.

Money Drift: How the Extraction Economy Rewards Risk and Denies Trust

For years, I played what felt like a harmless game: credit card churning. Apply for a new card, meet the spending requirement, collect the sign-up bonus, and move on.

Reality Drift Working Notes & Frameworks (2024-2026)

A collection of short-form PDFs developed as part of the Reality Drift framework. These working notes document recurring failure modes

A flat, modern digital illustration of a faceless consumer surrounded by glowing corporate icons and extraction pipes draining from their head, symbolizing the extraction economy where human attention and money are siphoned by invisible systems.

The Extraction Economy: Why Everything Costs More Than It Should

We don’t just live in a service economy anymore — we live in an extraction economy. Hidden tolls, friction farming, and failing service drain value at every turn.

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