Now
This is a /now page. It's a place to share what I'm focused on at this point in my life.
Updated February 2026
Things I'm thinking about
- • Valence data (aka reaction data, vote data, or polislike data)
- • How we can use valence data to make sense of our collective reaction to content, to create maps of human perspectives
- • How we can not just depolarize culture, but use new tools to help stabilize as much difference as possible in culture
- • Boundaries as sites of tension, the resolution of which supports human progress
- • How we can use machine learning to make sense of our collective reactions to information (statements), leaving the interpretation of language to humans themselves
Current projects
- • Google Maps-inspired interfaces for exploring high-dimensional valence data — Perspective Map Explorer v2
- • R&D infrastructure for more people to participate in finding best practices for working with valence data and their resulting maps — valency-anndata
Near future projects
- • Interfaces for gathering high-dimensional reaction data to content (YouTube videos, public lectures, live events)
- • Agent skills for making exploration and human cartography possible with minimal coding skills