I’m Nathan. My main interests are philosophy of mind, morality, truth, and justice.

I write fiction, compose music, and build personal computing tools. I studied Humanities and East Asian Studies at Florida State University, and I study Japanese.

Selected projects

Burlington

A game about routine, repetition, and an increasingly strange Florida home. I also compose its music.

Narrative game · Prototype

Midnight

A story about rewriting history and remembering realities that no longer exist. I’m writing it and composing music for it.

Fiction · In development

Personal context

A private system connecting notes, local data, and AI tools for planning, Japanese study, and personal knowledge.

Personal computing · Ongoing

Reading

  • MeditationsMarcus AureliusTranslated by George Long
  • Apology, Phaedo, and CritoPlatoTranslated by Benjamin Jowett
  • FlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi
  • The Tale of GenjiMurasaki ShikibuTranslated by Dennis Washburn
  • Tao Te ChingLao TzuTranslated by D. C. Lau
  • The Art of WarSun Tzu

Favorite anime

  1. My Hero Academia
  2. Monster
  3. Clannad
  4. Code Geass
  5. Steins;Gate