About Me
I was born and raised in San Francisco, California. I've lived in SF, Amsterdam, Washington D.C., and Oxford.amsterdam summer >>
I study the techno-ideologiesEngland...? that constitute Valley discourse: transhumanism, effective altruism, accelerationism. My research project aims to understand where these ideologies originate, how they become meaningful and legitimized, and how they influence the development of new technologies within the Valley. My highly commended Master's thesis at Oxford, entitled "Coding Utopia: Effective Accelerationism & Evolving Techno-Optimism in Silicon Valley," drew on Frankfurt School critical theory, elite interviews, and computational methods to investigate and historicize effective accelerationism ("e/acc").AGI
My other academic research circles the same fundamental questions: where does AI come from, and how will it change us? Inquiries include questions of AI personhood^& consciousness!, and what might constitute legal speech in an AI-native world. My undergraduate research focused on political polarization and the conditions under which moderation is possible in democratic societies, and AI's role in decreasing polarization.
Elsewhere
Beyond academia, I write poetry (published by the Leland Quarterly and the Oxford Poetry Society), contribute to citizen science projects on black hole detection, am a certified Storm Spotter with the NWS SKYWARN® program, play in fantasy football and baseball leagues, and read at least 52 books a year. I enjoy coding fun website projects, including an inflation calculator based on the gold standard and Literatus, an alternative to Goodreads that implements binary search for book rankings. I am also an avid amateur photographer.
I also love the outdoors. In the summer of 2026, I walked the Camino de Santiago, on the Camino del Norte route, from Ribadeo to Santiago de Compostela (~200km in 9 days!) I also spent a month traveling through Patagonia in 2024. These days, I run regularly through Golden Gate Park and play tennis whenever the weather cooperates.