# Hi, I'm Lenz. I'm a social technologist.
I started my career studying photonic integrated circuits, but I've since shifted my focus to AI safety research, field-building operations, and responsible tech deployment in the startup space. I'm driven by the belief that the future of technology should be radically transformative but also socially grounded in human realities.
My background spans academic research, venture building, and operations. I work at the interface of theory and impact, ensuring that emerging technologies are socially-attuned and contribute to a net-positive world.
I’m always expanding, refining, and updating my worldview. If you find yourself interested in the same things I care about or you share a different perspective, feel free to drop me a message. I'm happy to chat.
This space is for my *very public* brain dump since microblogs don’t seem to do the trick anymore. A lot of the things I wrote and dumped here may not make sense. Please take note that unless I specifically shared it to you or publicly posted it on social media, I probably just wrote it for myself, following my *own* train of thought.
If you find yourself interested in [[Next|the same things I care about]], feel free to drop me a message at <a href="mailto:mail@lenz.wiki">mail@lenz.wiki</a>.
# Recent posts
- [[Norms, expectations, and systems]]
- [[On systemic harms deployed at scale]]
- [[Understanding AI risks]]