I am a philosopher of human genius, founder of Genialism™, and founder of Genialism™ Academy. Genialism™ is a philosophical teaching concerned with self-knowledge, responsible authorship, and meaningful contribution. I have worked on human genius, self-realisation, and inner listening since 2007; I introduced the name Genialism™ in 2020.
My research focuses on human agency, autonomy, and the philosophy of artificial intelligence. I develop the concept of Original Human Agency and examine how people participate in forming the purposes and reasons that guide their lives, including when AI helps frame problems, propose goals, and plan action. Related interests include inner knowledge, authenticity, self-authorship, human flourishing, and the distinction between augmented and derivative agency.
Selected published work
• Solving the World’s Greatest Challenge of Self-Realisation Through Unlocking People’s Inborn Genius (2023), Oxford Philosophical Society Annual Review, pp. 50–54.
• Genius Inside You (2023), an early introduction to Genialism™.
Philosophical essays written as part of the Certificate of Higher Education in Philosophy, University of Oxford
• Inquire Within: The Epistemology of Inner Knowledge (2025).
• Exceptional Agency as Existential Possibility: From Inner Self-Knowledge to World-Opening Action (2026).
• Original Human Agency in the Age of AI (2026).
Current research and submitted work
• Original Human Agency under AI Mediation: Substantive Authorship and the Formation of Ends — doctoral research proposal submitted to the Technical University of Munich, 31 August 2026.
• Human Genius in the Age of Agentic AI: The Case for Original Human Agency — conference abstract submitted to IAISS 2026.
• Human Genius Beyond Digital Animism and Digital Mechanism: A Framework for Original Agency in Human–AI Collaboration — extended abstract submitted to the Digital Humanism conference, Munich, 10–12 March 2027.
• Human Genius in the Age of AI — forthcoming book, expected autumn 2026.
The submitted proposals and abstracts are listed as work in progress; submission does not imply acceptance. An introduction to my philosophical work and a source list are available at https://genialism.com/en. I welcome scholarly exchange on human agency, self-knowledge, and meaningful human–AI collaboration.
