•ancestors fought in the american revolutionary war
•12- dropped out of middle school to compete in surf contests (nssa gold coast mens champion)
•homeschooled; interested in history and technology
•18- interested in new cities, moved to nyc to work at pershing square, which was investing in the largest new city developer in the us ($hhh); pitched bitcoin
•interested in ai/brain/mind, studied consciousness with david chalmers and peter unger; and cs -- mostly made art with GANs (generative adversarial networks)
•20- worked at l/s hedge fund as a quantitative researcher / investor
•revelation that Western Civilization will collapse unless we unite around a new cultural core, and achieve technological supremacy
•23- started Praxis - first ever digital nation (150k praxians) to save the West by uniting the people, building a strong culture, and accelerating aligned technology - using traditional western philosophy, and novel governance theory, financing mechanisms, and cryptography
•now- in nyc, sf, and on the ground in africa, greenland, deserts, etc. meeting various peoples, governments, looking for the site of Praxis' city
•interested in ai and ancient myths, especially the Grail legend
•investing in cyberpunk startups (ai, robots, ar/vr, drones, etc.) built by hardcore founders
•heroism and contemplation are the twin paths to the transcendent