Writing
Writing
Essays, manifestos, and academic work — on impact, technology, human rights, and human progress.
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Essay · September 9, 2026
Why I invest at the intersection of AI and climateI am an impact angel investor writing small pre-seed cheques into founders who use AI to move faster on climate. What I look for, and where I look for it.
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Publications elsewhere
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Manifesto · 2026
The Impactist ManifestoImpactism Foundation
The founding text of Impactism — the case for making impact, not money, the measure of a life.
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Essay · 2026
A Culture Worth the WealthImpactism Foundation
A century-forward vision: markets still run, money still prices the scarce things, and no one goes without — what changes is what a culture honors.
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Academic paper · 2014
Breaking Imaginary Barriers: Obligations of Armed Non-State Actors Under General Human Rights Law — The Case of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the ChildJournal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1–2 (2014), pp. 213–257
A legal analysis of whether general human-rights obligations bind armed non-State actors, argued through Article 4 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Reading guide
Things I think are worth reading properly, start to finish.
Dario Amodei — every essay and short post, in reading order →Planning a stage, a panel or an interview?
Tell me the date and the room. I reply within five business days.