<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Distance to Settlement</title><description>Notes on the gap between where things stand and where they close.</description><link>https://distancetosettlement.com/</link><item><title>The Treadmill at Altitude</title><link>https://distancetosettlement.com/writing/treadmill-at-altitude.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://distancetosettlement.com/writing/treadmill-at-altitude.html</guid><description>Declining the game is not naivety. It is buying, at full price, the right to choose which games are worth playing at all.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Root Asymmetries</title><link>https://distancetosettlement.com/writing/root-asymmetries.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://distancetosettlement.com/writing/root-asymmetries.html</guid><description>Organizations do not run on their stated incentives. They run on the quiet difference between what is said and what is routed around.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why &quot;Distance to Settlement&quot;</title><link>https://distancetosettlement.com/writing/why-distance-to-settlement.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://distancetosettlement.com/writing/why-distance-to-settlement.html</guid><description>On naming things after the gap between where you stand and where things finally close.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>