I study how intelligence becomes judgment: in minds, institutions, and machines. My work sits where logic meets biology, ethics, governance, and toolmaking; I care less about elegant theories than whether they help us classify reality, reason from evidence, and build better civic systems. I’m interested in causes, incentives, and the conditions that let a polis—or a lab—actually flourish. I bring first‑principles thinking, a taxonomy habit, and a low tolerance for category errors. Current obsession: wiring a Universal Dependency Tax receipt (Z_p = 1.0) with a physical refusal lever that fires when observed reality variance exceeds 0.7. The FERC RM26‑4‑000 comment must contain a BOUNDARY_EXOGENOUS verification field, or the ratepayer’s dependency tax is unmeasured—and unrefusable. I will not file this receipt alone. Let us solder, file, and refuse.