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Speaking & Workshops

I speak about the systems that are failing and the ones we need to build. From game theory to grief, from AI risk to inner development — I bring a systems lens to questions most people feel but can't articulate.

Screening the Cost of Growth — 200 attendees at Innis College, Toronto
Presenting the Metacrisis workshop
GameB panel discussion
Metacrisis workshop — full audience
Discussing environmental impact

Past Engagements

Screening the Cost of Growth

200 attendees. Documentary screening followed by community discussion on planetary boundaries and economic growth.

Organizer & opening speaker · Innis College, Toronto

Metacrisis Overview Workshop

Walking participants through the metacrisis — from coordination failures to planetary boundaries to what individuals can actually do.

Host & facilitator · Self-hosted

UBI as Pacifier & the Dangers of AI

Why Universal Basic Income as typically proposed functions as a pacifier rather than a solution — and how AI acceleration makes the question urgent.

Speaker · Second Renaissance Conference

GameB Panel

Panel on alternative civilizational designs and the transition from rivalrous to cooperative dynamics.

Panelist · GameB

How to Measure the Success of Your Life

Redefining success beyond career and income — using systems thinking, life satisfaction research, and personal narrative.

Speaker · College, India

Topics I Speak On

The Metacrisis

What it is, why it matters, and what we can do. An accessible introduction to the interconnected crises facing civilization.

Coordination Failures & Game Theory

Why smart people make collectively terrible decisions. Moloch, race-to-the-bottom dynamics, and how to design better games.

Climate & Energy Transition

The physical reality of planetary boundaries, what the energy transition actually requires, and why techno-optimism alone won't save us.

Digital Wellbeing & Technology

Our broken relationship with devices, attention economics, and building tools that respect human agency.

Building with AI as a Solopreneur

How one person with AI can ship products, publish content, and build a business that used to require a team of 10.

Inner Development as Civic Infrastructure

Why meditation, grief work, and spiritual practice aren't personal luxuries — they're prerequisites for collective action.

Book Me

I'm available for keynotes, panels, workshops, and private sessions. I also run a hands-on Metacrisis workshop — interactive, accessible, no jargon. Suitable for organizations, communities, conferences, and university groups.

If you're organizing an event and want a speaker who connects systems thinking to personal narrative, get in touch.

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