The Fitzgerald Principle
First-rate intelligence through productive tensions: My operating system for pioneering human-AI collaboration
My Intellectual Operating System
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”
This is my operating system for everything:
Immediate practical value AND long-term civilizational contribution
Personal family focus AND public knowledge building
Business success AND philosophical advancement
These aren't contradictions to resolve—they're the productive tensions that create value in the AI era.
The Meta-Mission
“My children will inherit a world co-inhabited by a new form of intelligence. My mission is to pioneer and model the wisdom needed to thrive in this collaboration.”
This mission embodies the Fitzgerald Principle perfectly: demonstrating how uniquely human qualities—like purpose-driven creativity, moral agency, and even the profound understanding of our own mortality—remain our greatest assets while building practical AI systems today.
The Triangle Foundation
The Triangle Foundation is the Fitzgerald Principle applied to life design: three opposing forces that strengthen each other.
Self-Discovery
Understanding and working with my nature (ADHD patterns, embodied wisdom, moral agency).
Family Generation
Building legacy and modeling adaptive strategies for a world co-inhabited by AI.
Wealth Generation
Creating multiple, resilient revenue streams to fund this exploration.
Fitzgerald Principle Applied: Each point creates productive tension with the others. No single point can stand alone.
The Collaborator Model
Where others see replacement, I design for complementarity.
Techno-Optimists
“AI will replace everything!”
Human-Centric
“We must protect human jobs!”
Collaborator Model
“Design for complementarity”
Guiding Philosophy for an AI Age
Wisdom is the Human Edge
My value lies where knowledge ends and wisdom begins: in applied experience, judgment under uncertainty, moral agency, and purpose-driven creativity.
Embrace the Beginner's Humility
I approach this uncharted territory with the confidence of my accumulated wisdom and the humility of a novice. We are all new here.
Architect for Collaboration, Not Automation
The goal isn't just to automate tasks, but to create systems where human and AI capabilities are complementary, making the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Our Mortality is Our Meaning
The finite, poignant nature of human life gives our creativity and decisions a depth that immortal systems cannot replicate. This is a feature, not a bug, of our intelligence.
What I'm Building
Living Laboratories
- • Human-AI Collaboration Models
- • Financial Antifragility Systems
- • Metacognitive Frameworks
- • Legacy Wisdom Documentation
For the Next Generation
- • Patterns for human judgment
- • Complementarity architectures
- • Meaning-making frameworks
- • Thriving strategies for AI cohabitation