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Wendell Berry’s Nine Tests for Any New Tool

September 4, 2026

Wendell Berry set nine standards for any new tool in 1987, and only one asked whether it did the work better. The other eight asked what it would cost the work already being done well.

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Vendor Total Cost of Ownership Models Miss Your Biggest Costs

August 12, 2026

A TCO model prices what its author can see. The costs that decide the outcome live on your side of the table, and they do not behave like line items.

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The US Government’s AI Contract Clause Tests Everything but Value

August 11, 2026

The largest buyer on earth claimed the right to test its AI vendors on terms it alone controls, and attached consequences to everything except whether the value arrived.

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