TELOS Framework

A structured approach to understanding problems, defining missions, setting goals, and measuring progress.

P

Problems

The fundamental issues I see in the world that need addressing.

P1

Privacy as Autonomy

  • • The average person cannot control what they share about themselves
  • • Privacy isn't about hiding — it's about the right to reveal exactly and only what you choose
  • • This control is currently available only to those with technical knowledge or money
P2

AI Democratization

  • • Human-AI convergence is happening, but access is stratified
  • • AI should not be a tool only for elites
  • • The technology that could level playing fields is instead deepening divides
P3

Autonomy is Gatekept

  • • Both P1 and P2 are faces of the same issue
  • • Wealth and technical knowledge determine who gets self-determination
  • • I'm working on both fronts to change this
M

Missions

My response to these problems through focused action.

M1

Build Open Infrastructure for Personal Data Sovereignty

  • • Build tools — all MIT licensed — that let people own their data
  • • Own their AI relationships and take their context with them
  • • Not depend on companies that monetize them or institutions that revoke access
M2

Bridge Security and AI

  • • Leverage 20 years of Information Security expertise
  • • Ensure AI is deployed safely and accessibly
  • • Bring security-first thinking to a field moving faster than it understands
M3

Share Knowledge Openly

  • • Build in public, share what works
  • • Everything open source, everything MIT licensed
  • • Because this shouldn't be just for elites
G

Goals

Specific, measurable outcomes I'm working toward.

G1

Sovereign Infrastructure

  • • Self-hosted, privacy-first, local-first systems
  • • No dependency on cloud providers or platforms
  • • Infrastructure that can't be taken away
G2

AI Partnership Tools

  • • Memory systems and persona generators
  • • Frameworks that let people own their AI relationships
  • • Not renting capability from corporations
G3

Privacy-First Applications

  • • Tools for selective sharing
  • • Share what you want, when you want, with whom you want
  • • And nothing more

Metrics (KPIs)

Sovereignty

Tools deployed, data owned locally, dependencies eliminated

Adoption

Open source downloads, forks, community contributions

Learning

Build cycles completed, lessons documented, skills acquired

Impact

People helped, autonomy enabled, gatekeeping reduced

TELOS is a living framework that evolves as I learn and grow. The north star stays fixed: build tools that give people sovereignty over their own lives. Theme: "The context you keep."