harnessing inferential gaps to defeat bounded rationality

co-founder of the simon institute for longterm governance. we help china and the west exchange on ai governance to ensure frontier r&d is understood across geopolitical fault-lines.

we started by strengthening international disaster risk governance before concluding that institutions that aren't ai-first will not have a future. now a team of 10 operating at the intersection of technical governance and intercultural exchange.

building our village in the city

infrastructure for tinkerers, builders, explorers, thinkers, and artists. a physical space in geneva’s eaux-vives neighborhood—part workshop, part living room, part launchpad.

fractal university, codeathons, weekly open events, castle weekends. the programming keeps evolving but the intent stays the same: create density of interesting people and serendipitously generate scenius.

creating, listening, dancing

i curate and weave tracks together — from acid techno to hip hop and jazz — mostly for myself to enjoy, and sometimes at friends' parties.

learning in public

i primarily write to think better. most of the time, i don’t push to publish.

focus on what you want to see more of

20 books i keep coming back to

blogs, podcasts, essays, and corners of the internet i keep returning to.

personal lore

some background facts on what might have made me me

photo archive

i have no mental imagery and am trying to get better at taking photos and sharing them. this is 10y on instagram (2014–2024), which i abandoned but exported all my data from.

soap box

ideas that won’t leave me alone. things i repeat in conversations until people tell me to stop.

hot takes

opinions i hold with varying degrees of confidence. some are half-baked. all are sincerely meant.