James Norris Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

San Francisco, California, US

Upgradable is an applied research lab working to solve human flourishing. We use emerging technology, behavioral science, and applied rationality to help you set, plan, and plausibly achieve your highest value goals. Our bespoke team of coaches, assistants, and specialists systematically "upgrade" each or every area of your life as quickly and.

I consult, coach, and speak to help individuals and organizations change themselves and change the world. I use insight to incite change. Consulting: I've consulted for or advised 100+ social enterprises, non-profits, conscious businesses, and other mission-driven organizations. I do deep dives with selected clients to rapidly enhance strategy or.

Bay Area Futurists helps people meet and learn from other futurists in the San Francisco Bay Area.We engage with the hot topics: futurism, foresight, humanity+ (H+), transhumanism, longevity/life extension, lifehacking, self-modification, robotics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, the Technological Singularity, and.

Stanford, CA, US

Stanford ChangeLabs is a transdisciplinary group within the Human Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute (HSTAR) focused on generating new theories and processes to drive transformation in global issues where scale, complexity, and urgency are all critical.As the #2 person in the lab after our Principal Investigator, I did essentially.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

Effective Altruism Global is the premier conference for the effective altruism community, which was founded on the idea that by aligning evidence and reason with action you create 10x, 100x or even 1,000x more social impact with the same dollars and time. It had a substantial focus on AI safety and helped popularize the field to the broader world.My.

EA Ventures applied scientific rigor to identify and support projects with unusual potential for positive global impact. It was eventually replaced by Effective Altruism Grants.

"The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed." -William GibsonOur aim was to make behavior change 10X easier by leveraging the best of behavioral science and emerging technology.We built the first global lifehacking events series, the first that deeply integrates emerging technology, the first that publishes all outcome data, and the.

London, Gb

80,000 Hours uses the latest evidence to help you have the biggest possible impact with your career.

Morganville, NJ, US

Polymath Project is a lifelong endeavor to build a bricks and mortar university for today's Leonardo da Vinci. We prototyped our classes online and in person, developed a unique pedagogical approach, and built a community of over 1,000 students and supporters.

Singapore Futurists helps people meet and learn from other futurists in Singapore.We engage with the hot topics: futurism, foresight, humanity+ (H+), transhumanism, longevity/life extension, lifehacking, self-modification, robotics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, the Technological Singularity, and many others.

Singapore, Singapore, SG

Urban Prototyping (UP) Singapore was a first of its kind experiment using ground-up innovation to improve our urban environments through the creative use of technology and data. We held 16 events, including the first hackathon for social good in Singapore, a speaker series, a launch party, and an exhibition and mini-conference at World Cities Summit..

Singapore, SG

My partner invented a novel fishing method called Integrated Multi-Trophic Recirculating Aquaculture System (IMTRAS) and I helped him build a social enterprise around it. IMTRAS is many times more sustainable and efficient than competing systems. We built a 20,000 liter (room-sized) hatchery and a 200,000 liter (backyard-sized) holding tank capable of.

Singapore, SG

We worked to bring a Singaporean Member of Parliament's vision of spreading social innovation throughout Asia to life. I led our efforts to bring a first in the world, multi-million dollar social innovation industrial park to tender stage. Ultimately a very small part of the park was built. I helped plan and execute Global Social Innovators Forum 2009.

We built the foundation for a social innovation incubator in Austin, Texas. We launched online and held the first social innovation roundtable in Austin.

I provided basic medical care to dozens of patients across five EMS agencies on a contract basis.

US

RoadStoryUSA was an educational family entertainment center concept pioneered by my mentor, serial entrepreneur Gary Hoover. We aimed to reinvent the museum industry by framing each museum as a store and incorporating theme park elements. We raised $7M, but ran into the recession and couldn't get to launch. I was part of the founding team and focused.

Washington, DC, US

I catalyzed the development of the Youth Services Department for the 9-county chapter of the American Red Cross of Central Texas. As part of this effort, I co-founded the American Red Cross Club at The University of Texas at Austin, founded the Annual Mass CPR Training, co-founded the Youth Council, launched the Annual Leadership Development Retreat, and.

Washington, DC, US

We trained 641 people in CPR, First Aid, and the use of AEDs over the first three years and subsequent teams have trained thousands more. Every year had been profitable, with total revenues and sponsorship of $100,000+. The model was replicated twice in other cities.

Austin, Texas, US

I re-founded (it had disbanded) the University of Texas at Austin chapter of Break Away. We sent 41 students to 3 cities during their spring breaks to participate in Hurricane Katrina relief, volunteer with the Southern Ute tribe, and do environmental conservation. We ran it profitably, but opted for a co-op model where we returned all profits to the.

Austin, TX, US

I created a research primer of the world's most innovative organizations working in aging for participants of the New Aging Enterprise conference. I also assisted with ideation, website usability, and marketing for the inaugural US$50,000 Dell Social Innovation Challenge, one of the first of its kind in the world.

I worked closely with our Principal Investigator Dr. Judy Langlois' team to do pioneering social development research. Our lab was most well-known for developing the concept that mathematically average faces are attractive faces (although I was not involved in that seminal work). As an Undergraduate Research Assistant and then Lab Manager, I recruited and.