of our attention.
Published writing
Essays on being human.
Compassion, civic courage, reading, and the responsibilities that follow from what we notice. Signed essays published on Medium and this site.
My role: author.
Available to read now.
Selected work / Writing / Learning / Practical tools
Read the essays. Try a working tool. Explore the learning materials. A selection of what I’ve made, with my role and each project’s current status made clear.
Open it. Read it. Try it.
Published writing
Compassion, civic courage, reading, and the responsibilities that follow from what we notice. Signed essays published on Medium and this site.
My role: author.
Available to read now.
Interactive practice
A decision exercise, an AI-claim review, and a small daily virtue practice. Work through a real question and keep your notes in your browser.
My role: concept, editorial direction, AI-assisted development.
Working public tool; no AI processing.
Education & facilitation
A free seven-day introduction, reading pathways, and a six-session curriculum connecting classical questions to practical judgment.
My role: educational concept and curriculum direction, with AI-assisted production.
Self-guided tools live; facilitated programs developing.
Practical AI & digital delivery
My independent studio for websites, workflow projects, and practical AI training. Explore live founder-owned examples and the process behind them.
My role: founder, editorial and product direction, AI-assisted development.
Live portfolio and service offering.
An argument about how attention is formed by people, institutions, and technology.
What to look forFraming a complex question; connecting personal experience to public consequence.
Author-owned work · No client outcome is impliedA reflection on authority, restraint, and the responsibilities that remain after recognition.
What to look forDeveloping a clear thesis; translating an ethical idea into leadership language.
Author-owned work · No client outcome is impliedAn inquiry into situations where worthy commitments pull in different directions.
What to look forMaking competing considerations legible without manufacturing a simple answer.
Author-owned work · No client outcome is impliedA book in development exploring ambition, dignity, tragedy, love, responsibility, and technological power.
What to look forOrganizing a sustained inquiry; connecting chapters, argument, and reader experience.
Author-owned work · No client outcome is implied05 / Educational design · Developed program materials
The Renaissance Academy’s six-session curriculum connects tragic judgment, self-government, citizenship, and AI stewardship. The concrete work includes a decision map, virtue practice log, personal constitution, civic-service canvas, and a 30-day project.
Help adults carry philosophical ideas into actual choices and responsibilities.
Pair a central question with a discussion, bounded exercise, participant artifact, and reflection.
Curriculum and facilitator materials in development. No completed cohort or measured participant outcome is claimed.
The experience behind the work
Congressional internship in the office of Representative Trent Kelly (2015–2016) and UNA-USA chapter leadership. Experience translating public concerns into institutional work.
The 2021 Michigan State Senate Democratic primary and a body of public writing. Experience making a case to people with different commitments and concerns.
Middle-school social studies teaching at Bridge Academy West in Hamtramck (2024–2025) and ongoing work in classical wisdom, citizenship, and human formation. Experience making demanding material accessible.
A defined first engagement
The Executive Writing Sprint turns existing source material into an article, three posts, and a documented basis for the claims.
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