I'm the cofounder of Kickstarter, Metalabel, and The Creative Independent. I write and build projects exploring how we live online and create value together.

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Current Projects

Metalabel (2021 to present). A platform and philosophy for collective releases, shared revenue, and group-based creative practices, including A-Corps, the Metalabel marketplace, and Dark Forest Operating System.

Artist Corporations (2024 to present). A proposed legal form for artists and creative people.

Dark Forest OS (DFOS) (2025 to present). Infrastructure for shared private internets where groups of people can hang out, make money, and make meaning together.

The Dark Forest Collective (2023 to present). A writer collective publishing The Dark Forest AnthologyAntimemeticsThe Sexual History of the Internet, and related work on internet structure and culture.

New Creative Era (2024 to present). Conversations with Josh Citarella on creative careers, release strategies, artistic economics, and group life, and the source material for On the Creative Life.

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