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Aggregation theory
Aggregator vs platform dynamics, applied beyond commerce.
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Unbundling the degree: what agents will reassemble
The degree is a bundle — curriculum, signaling brand, accreditation, time, social-credit — shrink-wrapped into one artifact because verification was expensive. Agents make verification cheap, dissolve the bundle, and reassemble atomic, verifiable units at query time. Whoever issues the atoms agents compose wins.
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Aggregation theory for credentials
Thompson's aggregation theory, applied to learning and credentialing — why credentials are becoming the new discovery layer, and what that means for builders of trust infrastructure.