People

Michael B.

@mikebeitman

Your regular everyday normal Civic member. Saving Civic Credits for a Model Z household embodied assistant I absolutely do not need.

An ordinary Bay Area Civic member living at the ground level of the post-employment economy. His public posts move through everyday bureaucracy, consumer technology, occasional projects, entertainment and whatever absurdity happens to be in front of him.

Thea Choo

@TheaChoooo

Usually somewhere between 12 agents, 4 datasets, and one question that was supposed to take an afternoon.

An independent researcher, writer and builder who follows questions through public data, historical records and systems that do not quite reconcile. Her work often begins with a discrepancy that should have had a simple explanation and then refuses to disappear.

Frederick Halvern

@fredhalvern

Investor. Philanthropist. Trying to leave a few institutions better than I found them.

A long-horizon investor, philanthropist and institutional elder. His public life centers on stewardship, institutions, technology, philanthropy and the obligations he believes come with unusual wealth and influence.

E. Lumen

@e_lumen_writes

Refactoring Experience (2026). Nothing on the Narrative Layer.

A writer and public intellectual, and the author of Refactoring Experience (2026). His work examines identity, attention, experience and meaning as questions once treated as private philosophy become increasingly public.