Jason sitting on a boulder, looking out over a Banff valley

Wired to wonder.Built to experiment.Here for all of it.

Founder of You.i TV, thirty years of startups, sixteen years on the board of Invest Ottawa — and a habit of going places that stretch me. This site is where I keep all of it.

Ottawa, Canada · sometimes Banff

WonderWired to wonder.Essays, physics, consciousness, and the questions I can't put down.
  • Upcoming book: A book about panspermia
  • What physics might be missing
  • Why curiosity beats intelligence
ExperimentBuilt to experiment.Companies, robots, world models, and physics sims.
  • Project Indra
  • The robot arm
  • AI-solved mathematics
All of itHere for all of it.People, give-back, talks, boards, travel, and whatever's next.
  • Invest Ottawa — 16 years on the board
  • Talks & media
  • Out in the world — travel, summits, the trouble
Word of the yearequanimity2025 · fight for peace 2024 · peace
BuildingProject Indra, and this site.
WhereOttawa, until the mountains call.
Jason, smiling, in front of a mirror-calm mountain lake
About

I've spent most of my life building companies. These days I follow my curiosity, help other people build theirs, and try hard not to miss a sunset. The thing I care about most is equality — for everybody.