Mapping the architecture of compounding human potential.
General Partner @ Contrary. Founder @ Contrary Research. Father of 4. Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Essays
— recent writingFor some reason, right around summertime each year I find myself reflecting on the nature of work and my relationship with it. In August 2022, I wrote "Toil We Must." In April 2023, I wrote "The Renai...
In politics, there is this concept of a "third rail." On a subway, there are two rails that the train runs on, and then the third rail is charged with electricity to power the trains. Touching that th...
When I left home for the first time and was living on my own I started reflecting on my life growing up with my parents. When I thought about my parents I started to have quotes and phrases come to my...
I think it will surprise no one to find that the best place to start writing about a venture-backed Adam Neumann fever dream is with Disneyland. 😉
Portfolio Ideas
— big ideas worth taking seriouslyThe art of investing is taking finite resources (time, energy, money, attention) and employing them to optimize an outcome. I'm fascinated by the first principles of what it means to simultaneously learn to become a great investor while reinventing the art form.
"When you find a writer whose words enter your mind with deep impact and influence, pay attention." I constantly look to collect ideas from the people who most effectively inspire me.
Ever since I came across the Institute For The Future, I've been fascinated with how people predict the future — and how we can look at previous predictions to understand it. What if you could look at how people in the 1900s thought about the 2000s? What did they get right? What did they get wrong? And why?
I'm obsessed with Roam Research. I love Wikipedia. I'm fascinated by the interconnectivity of all the thoughts and ideas that make the world go round. More people should treat their ideas like software that is open source, and in active development. Instead, people treat their ideas like a bridge; stable, but slowly decaying.