Building economic and technological systems that make dignity the default.
Builder working on ethical economies, human-centered AI, and institutional-scale systems designed to endure beyond individuals.
Why systems matter more than intentions
Most social, economic, and technological failures are not caused by a lack of effort or intelligence. They are caused by systems that quietly reward the wrong behaviors over time.
People respond to incentives.
Technology amplifies what it is designed to optimize.
Institutions behave according to their governance, not their mission statements.
My work begins from a simple premise: if we want ethical outcomes, ethics must be designed into the system itself, at the level of incentives, structure, and infrastructure.
A foundation for human-centered systems
The Human-Centered Systems Manifesto articulates a set of design principles for building economic and technological systems that prioritize dignity, transparency, and long-term resilience.
It is not a political platform or an organizational doctrine.
It is a design framework intended to guide builders, institutions, and communities who want systems that work without relying on exploitation or moral compromise.
Structures that others can learn from and build upon
I focus on building systems and sharing the thinking behind them. The goal is not to optimize individual success inside broken defaults, but to redesign the defaults themselves.
My work spans community practice, economic frameworks, AI governance, and automation infrastructure, each reinforcing the others.
BangNano
A community-driven, asset-based economic system that enables collaboration and prosperity without exploitative financial mechanisms.
Learn more →FAIR Economy
A formal economic framework, full-reserve, asset-backed, interest-free, and resilient, designed to translate ethical principles into institutional and policy-level implementation.
Learn more →HAIAL
The Human-Centered AI Alliance, establishing governance principles and local chapters to ensure artificial intelligence empowers people economically rather than replacing them.
Learn more →RoboHen
Human-centered AI workflow automation infrastructure designed to keep humans in the loop while enabling scalable and accountable execution.
Learn more →Together, these systems demonstrate how bottom-up practice and top-down design can reinforce each other at scale.
Different entry points, shared principles
People engage with this work in different ways.
Some use it to rethink money, work, and technology without abandoning their values.
Some apply it in community and institutional settings.
Some use it as a reference when designing policy, governance, or technical systems.
Some simply use it to sharpen their own thinking.
What connects all of them is an interest in intentional system design.
Essays and talks
I write and speak about economic design, human-centered technology, incentives, and long-term institutional thinking.
Selected work explores:
- Why ethical behavior often loses inside modern systems
- How asset-based economics differ from debt-driven models
- Why AI replacing humans is a design choice, not an inevitability
- How systems can be built to outlive their founders
Built to continue
This work is not optimized for speed, attention, or personal recognition. It is built with the expectation that it will evolve beyond my direct involvement.
The goal is not to create followers, but builders.
Not to win arguments, but to change defaults.
Not to depend on individuals, but to create systems others can carry forward.
Invitation
If you are building economic, technological, or institutional systems and care about dignity, resilience, and long-term impact, you are welcome to explore this work.
For research, collaboration, or speaking inquiries: