I'm a writer, researcher, podcaster, tech/crypto growth and marketing specialist, ex-news editor.
- Grew up in China until age 17.
- Spent the rest of my life in California, New York City, and London.
- Consider the internet my actual hometown.
- Have a knack for catching up with cultural zeitgeists.
- Studied international history and media studies at Columbia, LSE, and UC Irvine.
- Worked in Silicon Valley for 5 years in AI, media, and crypto.
- Currently living in Mountain View, California and London.
- Bilingual in English and Chinese.
- Sometimes angel invest in early startups in AI and crypto.
What keeps me busy these days:
I write a newsletter, Concurrent, which explores the parallel and divergent tech/cultural currents flowing through Silicon Valley, China, and the world.
I host a podcast called CyberPink (in Mandarin Chinese). It explores contemporary zeitgeists, culture, society, and includes movie reviews. With over 55+ episodes released.
My reading lately gravitates toward the archaeology of our technological present: the forgotten genealogies of artificial intelligence, the evolution of digital media as both liberation and constraint, the cybernetic dreams. I'm particularly drawn to the spaces where seemingly disparate currents meet—how counterculture movements seeded today's tech utopias, how Chinese industrialization both mirrors and subverts Western modernization narratives, how the colonial logic embedded in "progress" continues to shape global technology flows. Literature and fiction provide essential counterpoint to these inquiries.
Other obsessions: I occasionally paint (oil painting, soft oil pastel, acrylic, traditional Chinese ink painting). Visiting museums. I feel alive and deeply connected to nature when snowboarding, mountain biking, and hiking.