Reauthorism Archives - Herbert R. Sim

Reauthorism in 2026: Public Authorship in the Age of AI and Geoeconomic Power

November 5, 2026

A consolidated proposal for preserving the knowledge, resources and authority to reconsider essential economic arrangements. My illustration entitled: "The Unfinished Atlas of 2026" - an immense open a...

Does Reauthorism Punish Success? Investment, Stability and the Cost of Change

September 27, 2025

Opinion, Visual Arts

Public revision capacity deserves protection, but its institutions must justify their costs, limits and effects on prosperity. My illustration entitled: "The City With Two Clocks" - Two great clocks ov...

The Reauthorism Test: Can People Change the System That Serves Them?

December 12, 2024

Opinion, Visual Arts

Seven questions for examining public revision capacity without reducing institutional judgment to a score. My illustration entitled: "The Control Room with an Open Door" - a flourishing city’s control ...

The AI Dividend Is Not Enough: Who Authors the Automated Economy?

August 16, 2023

Opinion, Visual Arts

Sharing automation's gains matters. So does preserving the knowledge, resources and authority to decide what automation is for. My illustration entitled: "The Loom of the Automated Future" - intelligen...

Who Guards the Reauthors? Preventing Capture of Public Revision

December 14, 2022

Opinion, Visual Arts

Why institutions that enable public authorship must remain open to scrutiny, challenge and replacement. My illustration entitled: "The Watchtower With Windows on Every Side" - citizens oversee a flouri...

Public Procurement for Public Authorship: Buying Capability, Not Permanent Dependence

May 14, 2021

Opinion, Visual Arts

Public contracts should deliver useful services while preserving the knowledge, resources and authority needed to decide what comes next. My illustration entitled: "The Golden Key and the Locked Machin...

Change Without Collapse: Reauthorism and the Continuity of Essential Services

September 16, 2020

Opinion, Visual Arts

Meaningful public authority requires both a practical capacity to revise essential systems and dependable protection for the people who rely on them. My illustration entitled: "The Aqueduct and the New...

Development Without Permanent Dependence: Reauthorism and International Economic Partnerships

January 24, 2018

Opinion, Visual Arts

A partnership should expand the practical authority of the people who will shape its next stage, alongside the benefits it delivers today. My illustration entitled: "The Scaffold Around the Rising City...

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