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  • Frank Gehry’s Passing, a Memory from North Orange Drive

    Frank Gehry’s Passing, a Memory from North Orange Drive

    As Los Angeles reflects on the loss of Frank Gehry, I find myself returning to an unexpected place. A warehouse at 925 North Orange Drive where, in 2018, Jeffrey Deitch set the foundation for his renewed presence in the city. Watching that space take shape…

  • Went to Riyadh for Business and Found the Future

    Went to Riyadh for Business and Found the Future

    A firsthand journey into Riyadh’s booming business scene, from major Saudi partnerships to tech innovation and cultural discovery.

  • The Other Ludwig Minelli

    The Other Ludwig Minelli

    A strange coincidence, a shared name, and the passing of a man who reshaped the debate on death and autonomy When news broke of the death of Ludwig Minelli at the age of 92 yesterday, I found myself pulled into a conversation I never asked…

  • Building EMOTITECH: From Alpine Stealth to a New Intelligence Layer for Human Emotion

    Building EMOTITECH: From Alpine Stealth to a New Intelligence Layer for Human Emotion

    For more than two years, I have been quietly building EMOTITECH from the European Alps, inside NOI Techpark in South Tyrol, a crossroads of science, technology, and culture. We did this with continuous exchanges and trips to San Francisco, California and London. This journey began…

  • Eating Laksa with Binance CEO at TOKEN2049 Singapore

    Eating Laksa with Binance CEO at TOKEN2049 Singapore

    At TOKEN2049 Singapore, power was visible and fear was honest. I ate laksa with the CEO of Binance, listened to founders describe near-ruin, and watched the crypto world stand fully exposed. It is a strange time. And an unforgettable one.

  • You Can’t Stop This Train: Backstage of the World’s First Bitcoin Art Metro

    You Can’t Stop This Train: Backstage of the World’s First Bitcoin Art Metro

    The world’s first Bitcoin art metro is alive. A moving cryptographic monument born between Bali, Switzerland, Japan and Brescia. You can’t stop this train.

  • Clear Skies, Blank Walls, New Alliances

    Clear Skies, Blank Walls, New Alliances

    After the storm, Hong Kong shows its true surfaces. We spent four days walking with HK WALLS, scouting locations, measuring space, and turning conversations into plans. The city was quiet, clean, and ready.

  • Shadows of Ginger Stripes, My Encounter with the Feathered Dinosaur of China

    Shadows of Ginger Stripes, My Encounter with the Feathered Dinosaur of China

    Walking through a quiet gallery in Beijing, I found myself drawn to a slab of stone that looked deceptively ordinary until the light caught the faint, dark fringed outline of a tail. Ghostly stripes shimmered under the glass. It was as if something small and…

  • Between Brain Science and Blocked Trains in London

    Between Brain Science and Blocked Trains in London

    Two days in London. A neuroscience lecture that sharpened perspective, transportation strikes that forced long walks, and dinners with friends building global lives in the city. When London slows down, it shows you more.

  • From Cyberpunk to Blockchain

    From Cyberpunk to Blockchain

    In the dust of an old garage I found Count Zero again—William Gibson’s neon prophecy. The Gollancz edition glows with the blue globe lines on black, like pulsing through the void. It was the first map that showed me cyberspace not as metaphor, but as…

  • Pyramids: Cosmic Pins & Backups for Visitors

    Pyramids: Cosmic Pins & Backups for Visitors

    Tectonically stable Giza was chosen to outlast any cataclysm, the pyramids engineered not as shrines but as indestructible backup nodes.

  • Skip Seoul: CASCADIA 카스카디아 Korea’s Time Warp

    Skip Seoul: CASCADIA 카스카디아 Korea’s Time Warp

    I speak of the liminal—spaces that live between city and wild, doing and being, last sentence sent and first breath remembered. Cascadia is that threshold.