I build things across domains that rarely talk to each other.

Former Royal Navy nuclear submarine engineer. Five years coaching humans through physical transformation. Building sovereign identity infrastructure and open-source tooling. Writing on philosophy, political violence and social cohesion. From the UK, living in Sydney.

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Currently building JAM.ID, decentralised sovereign identity infrastructure on Ethereum. Also freelancing systems and process engineering into small businesses around Sydney. See past work or what I'm up to now.
I write about the places where these domains collide: what nuclear safety culture might teach us about building trustworthy AI, why identity systems keep failing, what happens when societies lose the capacity for productive disagreement. Read the essays, or start with the latest below.

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I keep going deep in domains that have no business being in the same CV. Nuclear engineering, identity infrastructure, behaviour change, philosophy. The space between those depths is where the interesting thinking happens. Full timeline here.

I also take on a small number of fixed-scope build engagements for businesses that need something shipped well and fast.

"You must linger among a limited number of master-thinkers, and digest their works, if you would derive ideas which shall win firm hold in your mind. Everywhere means nowhere." Seneca.
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