interests
what i care about
The mind is not a computer. It is embodied, embedded, extended, enacted. What we think depends on what we do, how we move, what bodies we have. Worked on the action asymmetry hypothesis, the idea that hand dominance shapes how our brains process visual information.
The American healthcare system is a maze. Insurance denials, prior authorizations, networks, formularies. People die because they cannot navigate the paperwork. I am interested in technology that makes these systems more legible, more navigable, more fair. See Cajal Health.
What is it like to be something? How does subjective experience arise from objective matter? These questions do not have answers but they are worth asking. Heidegger on being, Merleau-Ponty on perception, the hard problem of consciousness.
The Four Noble Truths. The Eightfold Path. The idea that suffering comes from attachment, that the self is not a fixed thing, that liberation is possible. I do not follow the precepts but I find the philosophy useful. Meditation as practice, not performance. See Gautama.