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💜 Technology for your better self

I’m interested in ideas, startups and research projects that aim at making the Internet a better place. I’m seeking social or technical innovations to reduce online division, filter bubbles, angry comments, or radicalization. I believe that technology can be made more empathetic and that it should care much more deeply about the user than it does today, distinguishing what is immediately pleasing from what will ultimately give people a sense of accomplishment. Recommendation algorithms and social platforms that aim to give more control to users, reducing the importance of shallow signals. In the words of Daniel Kahneman, I’m interested in technology that focuses on System 2 thinking.

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⚙️ Exploded view

As a kid, I really liked playing with legos or gazing for hours at exploded-view drawings of complex objects. I like science when it means impressive scientific experiments. People who get their hands dirty and embrace the do-it-yourself culture. I believe that everyone is a scientist. For example, I love YouTube channels like NileRed, The Backyard Scientist or even The Slowmo Guys.

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🌤️ Solving Climate

I believe the climate crisis is our biggest existential threat right now. I think the best way to overcome that challenge is to come together behind ideas that paint a more beautiful future for all of us. I’m convinced innovative technological solutions can be used for that. That’s why I want to track all the new ideas in climate technology and climate science coming from startups, academic labs or advocacy groups. I take a broad view on what will help us get there: deep tech advancements, innovative social ideas (like a carbon tax), or even something like Waverly that may help us have more quiet online conversations and align on important issues.

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 New Movements

I’m interested in any new movement popping up around the world. Youth culture, ideas that are gaining momentum, etc. I want to find brands that embody these movements in any space: bars & restaurants, music and culture, retail, tourism. I want to understand how people find their voice and move from apathy to action.

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♟️ Puzzles

I might be strange, but I very much like to relax by solving some logic puzzles. My favorite ones are pencil & paper puzzles found in the excellent japanese magazine Nikoli. They have poetic names like heyawake, slitherlink, nurikabe or hashiwokakero. I also enjoy chess or go puzzles. I particularly like it when my puzzles are cleverly designed by humans who put a little twist in them. I’ve even been known to spend an hour or two enjoying longer logic challenges on a rainy weekend…