Intro

DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING AND HUMAN POTENTIAL.

I build companies, write, invest, and advise around one question:

How do we design better systems for human potential?

Read on

001 / Philosophy

MY WORK STARTS WITH ONE BELIEF.

Everything important is ultimately a human problem.

Education. Technology. Business. Government. Culture.

Understand people. Understand systems. Design better futures.

002 / Operating Log

8 entries

A LIFE BUILT THROUGH SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING.

Age 13Joins the Union Rescue Mission board, beginning early work in advocacy and service.
Age 15Leaves the default school path and begins designing a self-directed education.
Age 17Tests out of high school and continues learning through independent study and community college.
Age 19Becomes a business development representative at Scholly and is selected as a Scooter Braun Youth Activism Fellow.
Early 20sWorks on business management for entertainers, connecting culture, talent, business, and operations.
UMGDevelops a game that partners with Universal Music Group.
Age 25Becomes Vice President of 2 Hour Learning, working on the future of school, AI, and human potential.
NowBuilding Schoolhaus. Writing Humans Humans Humans. Investing. Advising.

003 / Principles

7

NOT VALUES. OPERATING PRINCIPLES.

01

Learn in public.

Turn curiosity into artifacts people can use.

02

People before technology.

Tools only matter when they improve human outcomes.

03

Taste compounds.

Aesthetic judgment is a form of strategy.

04

Build institutions, not companies.

Create durable systems that outlive individual moments.

05

Instruction is infrastructure.

What we teach people shapes what they can build.

06

Gamify the path.

Learning accelerates when progress is visible, feedback is immediate, and the experience feels alive.

07

Everything is a design problem.

Systems, schools, teams, incentives, and culture can be redesigned.

004 / Work

4 doors

THE WORK HAS FOUR DOORS.

001SchoolhausA learning design company.

005 / Speaking & Recognition

SIGNALS, NOT STATUS.

Keynotes

  • KEYNOTENational Leadership Academy
  • KEYNOTEColumbine High School
  • KEYNOTEPhi Delta Kappa 90th International Conclave — 3,000+ Educators
  • KEYNOTEGoogle × Live the Adventure
  • KEYNOTENike × PeacePlayers International — Brownsville, NY

Panels

  • PANELMark Ridley-Thomas Educational Equity
  • PANELSTREAM Global Anniversary
  • PANELGame Over × Emerging LA: Power Players 2024
  • PANELRed Thread X: AI in Education (SXSW)

Awards

  • AWARDUnited States Congress — Commendation
  • AWARDU.S. Senate — Commendation
  • AWARDCalifornia State Legislature — Commendation
  • AWARDRYSE — Award
  • AWARDPhi Delta Kappa — Y.E.S Awardee

Fellowships

  • FELLOWSHIPScooter Braun — Youth Activism Fellow ('19)

006 / Press & Publication

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PRESS AND PUBLICATION.

A selected archive of essays, features, media mentions, and public work across culture, education, gaming, and applied AI.

PRESS

Office Magazine

Justin Bieber Is Not Your Boyfriend

Unveiling the delusions created by celebrity fandom culture.

PUBLICATION

humboldt.edu · RJ Roberts

Excavating the Past to Shape the Future: How Artists and Nostalgia Fuel Brand Revivals

RJ Roberts and Abel Paul George analyze the market phenomena of nostalgia and its role in culture.

PUBLICATION

humboldt.edu · Gary Sheng & Ron Roberts

The Writing On the Wall: The Rise of Applied AI and the Life-or-Death Choice Every CEO Must Make Now

Applied AI is putting AI to its highest and best use.

PUBLICATION

substack.com · Ron Roberts II

Humans Humans Humans

Understand people. Understand the world.

PRESS

Billboard · Sep 25, 2025

The Deals: Republic Records Artists to Enter Video Game Universe

Republic Records artists will appear in a new fighting video game and more music deals.

PRESS

GamesBeat · Oct 3, 2025

ScoreSpace Raises $525K to Scale Game Jam-Powered Studio on Discord Activities

ScoreSpace raised $525,000 in its initial funding round.

PRESS

TODAY · Feb 3, 2026

Exclusive: Pilot Program Teaches Kids With AI Instead of Teachers

An NBC TODAY segment on Alpha School — a pilot program teaching kids with AI instead of teachers.

007 / Contact

Influences

  • Good Will Hunting
  • The Design of Everyday Things
  • Buckminster Fuller
  • James Baldwin
  • The Bauhaus
  • Eames
  • Jane Jacobs
  • Stewart Brand
  • South Central Los Angeles
  • Independent study

Life Map

South Central → Service → Education → Youth Advocacy → Business → Culture → Gaming → Technology → Learning Design → Schoolhaus

Let's build better systems.

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