Hi, I'm Ben, a Software Engineer living in Brisbane. I'm passionate about the power of tech to improve people's lives. I am fascinated by how the world became permanently divided and polarised over COVID-19, so much so that I did my master's on it. I formed my idea of a Socially Fed pyramid as a high-level analogy of what the food pyramid represented for nutrition but for being Socially Fed through media and the technology we all use.

In September 2022, I graduated with my Master's Degree in Technological Futures from academyEx. Since August 2023, I have been working on the idea of using AI to provide some tools for the individual to help in the same way a food diary app might on your phone.

I'm fascinated by the potential that algorithms can improve people's lives, the algorithms that most people interact with however are provided by businesses for their interests generally financial.

I would like to provide a framework for the individual to craft their algorithm on a home-based server. I would like to provide a framework for the individual to take ownership of their own information and have an algorithm of their own.

Instead of relying on a platform to be a gatekeeper, or fact-checker why not have your algorithm that can help you, provide context, prompt you to news that might interest you, and shield you from the noise?

I'm at an early stage standing up my own machine, but intend on blogging about my experience's here.