Ken Wake
Systems shape behavior.
Understanding shapes systems.
Author of Artificial Understanding
What I Do
I study how institutions produce understanding.
I write about systems, design, and complexity.
I teach at Georgetown University.
Artificial Understanding
A book about how modern institutions produce the artifacts of understanding while losing contact with reality.
Tour de Ken
Training for the 2,700-mile Tour Divide. A long-term experiment in constraint, adaptation, and physical systems.
Writing
Essays on systems, complexity, and how understanding forms under real-world conditions.