People

Co-Founders

Mark Stahlman

Mark D. Stahlman is a biologist, computer architect and ex-Wall Street technology strategist. He is the President of the not-for-profit Center for the Study of Digital Life (CSDL, 501(c)3, digitallife.center) and co-founder of its educational project Trivium University (Triv U, trivium.university). He is also CEO of Exogenous, Inc. (EXO, exogenousinc.com), a strategic risk analysis group and on the editorial staff of its publication, DNA: Three Spheres Newsletter. He studied for but did not complete advanced degrees in Theology (UofChicago) and Molecular Biology (UW-Madison). He has been widely interviewed and published, including teaching online courses (available on YouTube via 52 Living Ideas).

Fred Beuttler

Fred W. Beuttler, Ph.D. is a co-founder of Trivium University and teaches intellectual history at various institutions. He is the former Associate Dean of Liberal Arts Programs at the University of Chicago’s Graham School for Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago, with a dissertation entitled, “Organizing an American Conscience: The Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion, in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life, 1940-1968."

ADVISORY BOARD

Chris Perry (Futurist)
Brian Kemple, PhD (Founder, Lyceum Institute)
Nicholas Escudero, M.S. (Finance)
Adam Gravitis, PhD (Technology)
Douglas Rushkoff, PhD (Founder, Team Human)
Fennie Wang, JD (Founder, CEO, Humanity.cash)
George Dyson (Historian)
Phil Midland (Founder, SR21)
Shrikant Rangnekar, PhD (Founder, 52 Living Ideas)
Aaron Z. Lewis (Activist)
Andrew McLuhan (Founder, The McLuhan Institute)
Deborah Newman (Founder, MusicStrat)