Born and raised in Washington, DC. Studied classics at Columbia, religion at the Graduate Theological Union, and philosophy at UT Austin. Living now in Seattle with wife and two kids.

Books that have affected me:

The Uninhabitable Earth (David Wallace-Wells)
The Politics of War, Indispensible Enemies (Walter Karp)
The Devil's Chessboard (David Talbot)
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
The Essence of Christianity (Ludwig Feuerbach)
The Art and Thought of Heraclitus (Charles Kahn)
Valis (Philip K. Dick)
The Ethics (Spinoza)