Human Flourishing
in the Age of AI

Our Mission:

Timeless wisdom. Timely solutions.

Technology is the engine of human progress. But, engines don’t drive themselves. Humanity is at the wheel. Our collective navigation determines the direction of travel. One way or another, we answer the definitive question: Where do we go from here?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be the most powerful technology that we’ve ever created. The AI engine has the power to change every aspect of human life: social relationships, health, education, work, politics, culture, and the natural environment. As we approach the precipice of the AI Age, we are all at the wheel and we all need to choose our destination.

If we remain silent, a few powerful forces will direct the AI engine toward private profit, geopolitical advantage, and macroeconomic growth. The collective wisdom of human history shows us that these destinations often lead us away from individual flourishing and common good.

Noēsis Collective was founded with a different destination in mind: Human Flourishing.

Founder & CEO

Wisdom for builders.

Noētechnos is a term for any person who builds timely innovations (technē) guided by timeless wisdom (noēsis). We believe every AI technologist is a noētechnos, or has the potential to become one. The Noēsis Institute will partner with the world’s leading scholars, philosophers, psychologists, and educators to provide noētechnoi with the actionable wisdom required to develop technology that cultivates human flourishing (eudaimonia) in every dimension: agency, purpose, meaning, close relationships, virtue, happiness, and health.

Our Approach:

Timeless Wisdom. Timely Action.

AI for humanity.

Everyone who will be impacted by AI should have a role in shaping it. Market capitalism and democratic government provide mechanisms for this. Unfortunately, profit-seekers and politicians have learned that many of our choices – as both consumer and citizen – are not governed by wisdom. In other words, algorithms will mainline spiritual junk food into our lizard brains, as long as we keep clicking. And elected officials will neglect our interest, as long as we allow it. The Noēsis Forum will utilize psychological wisdom and the latest communications technology to inspire communities and individuals to act in accordance with their own human flourishing – as both consumer and citizen.

Support for the journey.

Every noētechnos faces a hard journey. No amount of book learning will shield them from the slings and arrows of powerful forces. KPIs will incentivize engagement over enrichment. Self-interested investors and mentors with misaligned expectations will preach profit and neglect deeper insights. Customers will engage with products that have harmful consequences. Work environments will fracture their attention and ability to think deeply. Noēsis Labs will work with technologists and policymakers to co-create tools, standards, metrics and KPIs that align technology development with human flourishing. It will also provide new models of investment, governance and access to new funding streams.

Bespoke Programs

A Blueprint for Human Flourishing

Noēsis Collaborative works with like-minded philanthropic donors to align AI technology with human flourishing. Our programs combine the work of our Institute, Forum, and Labs to bridge disciplines, recover timeless wisdom, and build practical systems that ensure AI technology serves the soul of human civilization.

Our first program, HumanConnections.AI, brought together product developers, researchers, and investors to address a thorny question: “How might we design AI systems to support close social relationships and human flourishing?”

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