Hi, I’m Jake.

I’m a writer, filmmaker, and video essayist based in Santa Monica, CA.

I make Frame Problems, a video essay channel on YouTube, and write this blog of the same name.

Why “Frame Problems”? Check out this essay for an explanation. It also serves as a good appetizer for some of the topics I’ll cover here.

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I also work as Director of Media for the Psychology Technology Institute, a networked academic research institute focused on understanding and improving the human-technology relationship. There, I interview scholars like Stuart Russell and Jonathan Haidt, produce video essays like this one on polarization, and write the biweekly Minds & Machines newsletter. 

Background

I grew up in Connecticut and studied Film Production (‘15), and Cognitive Science (‘18) at the University of Southern California. 

I used to write about film at Film School Rejects, and also dipped my toes into political writing at Quillette.