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I was interviewed on Digital Void by founders Jamie Cohen--digital culture expert, Vital Thought instructor, and Professor at Queens College; and Josh Chapdelaine--Producer at Team Human and Special Projects Manager at All Tech Is Human. Listen.
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Instagram Live with Sophia Basaldua-Sun: Associate Director of DEI at Penguin Random House; Vital Thought Instructor and advisor; and the scholarly influencer behind @themetropolitanist.
Public engagement and research on democracy, tech, and culture
I contributed to and was profiled in the 2023 Tech & Democracy report from All Tech Is Human. Read.
 
As Deputy Director for Democracy and the Geopolitics of Tech, I drove the completion of the Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative papers at the Institute for Security and Technology. Explore.
                      Other current projects:

Sustainable Urban Horticulture: I'm currently consulting on brand and growth strategy, and helping to build a more beautiful and sustainable community while apprenticing with the Master Gardener behind Green Bey Gardens NYC.

Research: I have been tracking and synthesizing insights from a range of interdiciplinary and cross industry sources for over 15 years. I focus particularly on: science & technology studies, cognitive science, sustainability, consciousness studies, existential phenomenology, and psychoanalytic deconstruction, market trends, ecological & landscape change and management, higher education, the responsible tech industry, art & design, activism and social movements, alt economies, media, material and experiential culture and subculture on and off the internet.

Writing: My doctoral research in Cultural Analysis & Theory analyzes the history and psychology of technoindustrial power in relation to the climate crisis.

Painting: My visual work is influenced by themes in my research: materiality, vitality, and the tension of the nature/culture relation. 

Consulting: I provide guidance for special research initiatives, small organization growth, experiential analysis, and aesthetic and cultural strategy. Schedule a free meeting by email at info@vitalthought.org.