Now · Archived May 2026

This month I am running the Kairos beta cohort, editing Episode 1 of Feeling First Principles, and drafting the Internal Authority paper with Shalini.

A résumé says who you were. A bio says who you wish you were. This page says what I actually opened my laptop to do today.

  1. May 2026

    Building

    Running the Kairos beta cohort — four participants, weekly sessions, building the AI pattern-recognition layer in parallel.

    • Onboarding the next two beta participants this month. Slowly.
    • Drafting our internal coaching protocol so Shalini and I are session-to-session aligned.
    • Editing Episode 1 of Feeling First Principles — the new podcast.
  2. May 2026

    Writing

    Drafting the Internal Authority paper with Shalini, plus an essay on the Character.ai case I keep starting and abandoning.

    • CHI 2025 — Coaching LLMs paper is in the reviewers’ hands.
    • CHI 2025 — Internal Authority paper, with Shalini. Outlining.
    • A short piece on what the cohort is teaching me about the difference between a coach and an interface.
  3. May 2026

    Reading

    A pile of books on the desk, mostly about bodies and bowling alleys.

    • The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk. For Kairos work.
    • Bowling Alone — Putnam. Re-reading.
    • Recent CHI proceedings on LLM coaching agents. The field is moving fast.
  4. May 2026

    Sitting with

    The questions I do not have answers to yet.

    • How much of the Kairos approach to publish openly versus keep internal.
    • When the new podcast is ready to land — and what counts as ready, given that it already exists.
    • The fact that this is the first time in years I have stopped chasing the next institution and just done the work.