Waydell D. Carvalho

Policy analyst, nonfiction author, and game director. Work focuses on how systems fail under speed, opacity, and scale — and what that looks like from the inside.

NONFICTION

Cinderpoint

Consulting, research papers, and the Republic Collapse nonfiction trilogy. AI governance, institutional failure, sports governance.

cinderpoint.com ↗

FICTION

Rusthorn

Simulation games, fiction books, and podcasts set inside the SAIERA, Republic Collapse, Mythline, and Redactline universes.

rusthorn.com ↗

PUBLISHED WORK

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Governing Self-Modifying AI: A Federal Framework for Runtime Safety

AI Governance52 downloads

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The D.A.S.H. Protocol: Defeating Authoritarian Sportswashing and Handling

Sports Governance44 downloads

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FIRM: A Minimal Governance Architecture for Financial Stability in Small and Medium-Sized Football Clubs

Sports Finance36 downloads

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SAFEARC: A Seven-Pillar Operational Architecture for Socio-Technical AI Governance

AI Governance13 downloads

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D.A.S.H. II: Defeating Authoritarian Sportshandling and Post-Capture Control

Sports Governance13 downloads

ZENODO — OPEN ACCESS

AI Student Test: A Learning-Centered Framework for Evaluating Generative AI Use in Higher Education

AI Education

SSRN Author Page ↗ Google Scholar ↗ ORCID ↗

BOOKS

NONFICTION — CINDERPOINT IMPRINT

Republic Collapse: American Rome

Immigration and Civic Decline · Coming Soon

Republic Collapse: American Institutions

Administrative Breakdown · Future

Republic Collapse: American Power

Global Vulnerabilities · Future

FICTION — RUSTHORN IMPRINT

Archives of Collapse

Republic Collapse fiction series · Coming Soon

SAIERA fiction series

Future

Mythline fiction series

Future

CONTACT

CONSULTING & RESEARCH

For advisory engagements, diagnostic reviews, and research inquiries.

Cinderpoint ↗

GAMES & FICTION

For press, fiction collaboration, and Rusthorn studio enquiries.

Rusthorn ↗