The Next Coast Real Assets & Analytics

Mapping Future Growth.

We examine how physical and informational limits shape scarcity and scale.

The Next Coast Analytics / The Next Coast Research Group

Current Publications

Analysis of systems, incentives, and long-horizon behavior.

Artificial Intelligence

Preventing Paperclips

AI & Society • SPRINGER NATURE • DOI: 10.1007/s00146-025-02744-6

Examines why alignment-by-directive inevitably produces Goodhart drift at scale unless coupled with a contextual framework.

Real Assets

Land as Inflation Hedge

Examines the bifurcated economy, tech-driven deflation versus scarce real assets, and why rural land remains the reliable store of value.

Real Assets

Texas Triangle Megaregion

Maps the Dallas–Austin–San Antonio–Houston corridor as a single economic organism and its implications for land scarcity.