•son of the revolution: ancestors fought in the american revolutionary war
•12- dropped out of middle school to compete in surf contests (nssa gold coast mens champion)
•homeschooled; philosophy, economics, 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, and hertz as a self-driving play
•interested in AI/brain/mind, studied consciousness with david chalmers and peter unger, economics with mario rizzo; and cs -- mostly made art with GANs (generative adversarial networks)
•20- worked at l/s hedge fund as a quantitative researcher / investor for 2 years
•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- on the ground working on getting to the announcement of Praxis' city site; often in NYC, DC, and SF as well
•interested in ancient myths, especially the Grail legend
•investing in cyberpunk startups (ai, robots, energy, space, etc.) built by hardcore founders
•heroism and contemplation are the twin paths to the transcendent