I’m an Austin-based person currently focused on what people will do for income and meaning in the near and far future, and beyond that figuring out what matters and what to do about it. Right now, a lot of that thought goes into how technology will shape the future of work, if financial derivatives are the solution to climate change, and if we can translate the progress seen in engineering complex technologies to social organizations primarily through randomized, controlled trials. Almost all of this is speculative and changes as I learn.
By day I help big companies sell stuff better and the weird Swedish consulting firm that employs me sell itself better. I work on how enterprise salespeople can help their customers allocate resources most effectively. If you’ve ever read a sales-focused book, you know that there’s a lot of room for improvement. We use buzzwords to make companies buzzword-ier. Prior to this I co-founded a tech company that raised $500k to make the labor market for films more efficient–it didn’t work but we learned a lot.
I started this blog to chart a public education in the above.