I am a philosopher and psychoanalyst by training, writing about human well-being and meaning in the context of emerging digital technologies.

In 2020, I started writing a blog for Psychology Today on these topics and since then have been thinking about how to understand the present and future of the human condition, especially in light of AI technology.

Along the way, I have been developing a framework that I call “algomodernism.” This focuses on understanding the present age in relation to the historical period of modernity, focusing on themes such as modern disenchantment, autonomy, and the modern conception of the nature and value of work. The evolving foundational article that describes these ideas can be read here on my blog, Algomodernism: Is AI Technology Moving Humans Forward or Backward?

I am also the founder of the Philosophy of Life Newsletter, which emerged out of my sense that it might be best in our age to pursue philosophy in the ancient mould, where it is not purely a pursuit for those writing  highly technical and specialized articles for scholarly journals (as has been the case in recent decades), but is conversational and integrated with life and the problems people face in working towards living meaningful lives.