As Deputy Director for Democracy and the Geopolitics of Tech, I led the completion of the Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative reports at the Institute for Security and Technology. Explore them here.

Vital Thought is an edtech startup providing humanities insight from PhD trained experts in real time. We specialize in contemporary theory, cultural change, and tech ethics.  Learn more.

Check out my interview about Vital Thought on the Digital Void podcast hosted by digital culture experts and producers Jamie Cohen and Josh Chapdelaine, and a recent feature  in ZINE by Reddit’s Head of Global Foresight, Matt Klein.

I contributed to the 2023 Tech & Democracy report from All Tech Is Human.  here.

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Current projects:

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

Writing:
My doctoral work in Cultural Analysis & Theory examines the ontology, geopolitics, and psychology of technoindustrial power, economics, and the climate crisis, particularly in relation to the historical and contemporary perception and construction of objects, value, and civilization.

Research:
I derive insights from 15 years a of interdiciplinary and cross-industry research. I focus particularly on: cultural change, science & technology studies, cognitive science, sustainability, consciousness studies, existential phenomenology, and psychoanalytic deconstruction; economics, ecological & landscape management, higher education, the responsible tech industry, art & design, activism and social movements, market trends, the startup industry, alt economies, media, material and experiential culture and subculture on and off the internet.

Consulting:
I provide insight for special research initiatives, small organization growth, experiential analysis, and creative and cultural strategy. I would love to chat. Schedule a meeting with me at [email protected].

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