In this incantation, I reflect on how building with Legos as a child ignited my deep need to organize the world. Decades later, that same drive fuels my work—creating digital environments where everything fits together seamlessly, driven by an instinct to bring order and cohesion to the world I manifest when I awaken.
I remember, as a young child, sitting on the floor with my Legos, using this flat green grid meant to mimic a field of grass. On that grid, I could build anything—a house, a city, an entire world—and no matter what I created, everything fit together perfectly. Each piece clicked into place with reassuring certainty, and no matter how much it was tossed around, the structure held. There was something profoundly comforting about that. Even then, I remember thinking life would be better if everything worked like Legos—if everything could just fit together and stay intact.
That memory feels distant now, but looking back, I realize it wasn’t just a game. It was my first expression of a deeper need, one that still drives me today—organizing the world.
Nearly four decades later, my work looks different, but the impulse remains unchanged. Every day, I spend 14 hours building a virtual environment where people from all over the world can work seamlessly toward shared goals. I want everything to fit together, just like those Lego pieces once did. Every system, every interaction, every connection—I want it all to hold. I strive to organize the world into something coherent, something that makes sense. And in this new digital landscape, I am the creator of that world—where people, as little more than virtual avatars, can collaborate and build together.
Recently, one of my contractors asked me, “Why are you building this?” I gave them a quick, disposable answer—the kind that satisfies in the moment. But a week later—just this morning—I woke up with the real answer.
I am building this because I have to organize the world.
That’s what I do. That’s what I’ve always done. It’s not a choice; it’s an instinct, an imperative. I am the creator of this world, and now I know that. It’s more than a project; it’s the realization of the same vision I had as a child: to make everything fit, to make everything hold. And then what?
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