Legibility Isn't Always Bad: Lessons from Amateur Radio, Personal Airplanes, and Cryptography
josh_wills · x · 2026-08-07
An Amplify Partners writing fellowship article examines the concept of 'legibility', using examples from amateur radio, personal airplanes, and 80s/90s cryptography to show it can have positive effects, with implications for open weights regulation.
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