Hi I’m Josh

I am interested in design, psychology, game theory, information theory and networks. My goal is to create systems which connect people in a way so that they can collaboratively understand a subject, collect information, and solve large communal problems.

I am currently CEO and cofounder of Midflip. MidFlip is a social wiki, where your favorite topics are improved by the crowd.

For each topic, the crowd forges and collects the best videos, images, and explanations. You can cooperate and compete to build the wiki, or you can simply post your own blogs, content, and stuff.

Wish me luck, we are currently launching MidFlip beta! We are dedicated to an iterative strategy, where we improve MidFlip continually given feedback so… check out MidFlip, and give us feedback!

Open Intro

How to make social media smarter

Current social systems are not smart. They don’t even try to be. They are optimizing for attention.

Each social media network is a unique information ecosystem. The design, the policies, the community. It all creates a vibe. Now I don’t really have a… • 4

How to make companies smarter

With scale comes communication problems. On-boarding while critical becomes messy. Processes while crucial become fragile. Goals and decisions become misunderstood.

Midflip has designed a social network + wiki specialized to address these problems. W… • 4

Dopamine and habits

Understand yourself to control yourself. And Dopamine is the neurotransmitter to know. In a complex interplay, it regulates actions, habits and rewards.

Best Youtube video on this.

More details of dopamine and habit formation

Dopamine is a … • 1

The problems with LLMs and the paths being explored to fix them.

Our current AI models have massive problems. They do not plan. They gravitate towards normalcy. Their world model is NOT a set of functional components. This does not mean we will not solve these issues. Current LLMs are likely over hyped. Future AI … • 1

A story about creativity and feedback

Improving in a creative direction is hard. Really hard. That’s why most people simply copy what has been done before. But now everyone and their AI can do that.

So, we turn to the difficult road… but perhaps the more meaningful one.

Creating somet… • 3

AI & Over Optimization

Artificial Intelligence is based on optimization. A measurable goal is set, and the system updates to better achieve that goal. This ALWAYS involves maximizing or minimizing a number.

We have gotten pretty clever with maximizing and minimizing numbe… • 0

How tribal divides form.

How do people become so divided on issues? How do they simultaneously know so little on the subject?

This article explores the dynamics of tribal divides. As this is a midflip article, please edit freely, and we will vote on any changes.

To explore … • 1