03/09/2026
I’ve reached a point in my life where I’m ready to become a lot more private.
Not because I’m disappearing.
Not because I’m done building.
Actually, it’s the complete opposite.
I turn 35 next week, and I’ve been thinking seriously about what I want the next chapter of my life to look like.
At this stage, my peace matters more to me.
My time matters more.
My focus matters more.
And I’m moving toward a much more structured, private corporate life centered around building systems, companies, education, infrastructure and institutions that can exist beyond me.
The older I get, the more I realize that this is what I was born to do.
I love studying systems.
I love figuring out how different pieces connect.
I love identifying problems and designing structures that can solve them.
Markets. Business. Technology. AI. Education. Economic systems. Ownership. Governance.
Eventually, I realized these weren’t a bunch of unrelated interests.
They were all pointing me toward the same thing:
Building systems.
At the same time, I’ve realized social media is becoming a less effective place for me to communicate complex ideas.
We are dealing with a real literacy crisis. Not simply the ability to read words, but the ability to comprehend context, follow an argument, distinguish analysis from endorsement, and engage with ideas that require more than a few sentences to explain.
Trying to communicate systems-level ideas in an environment designed for short-form reactions often means the actual message gets lost.
And constantly explaining, re-explaining, defending context, or arguing over things that were never actually said is not how I want to spend this next chapter of my life.
My peace matters more.
I’d rather put that energy into studying, writing, teaching and building.
So my relationship with social media is going to change.
This page will remain active, but someone will be helping manage it going forward. You’ll still see updates, announcements, educational content and information about the things I’m working on, but I personally won’t be living on social media the way I have in the past.
If you genuinely want to follow my thinking and the work I’m building, I’m creating more intentional spaces for that.
I recently launched The Systems Economy, my Substack publication, where I’ll be writing about markets, artificial intelligence, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, entrepreneurship, ownership, economic systems and systems thinking.
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As I approach 35, I’m not interested in becoming more visible just for the sake of being visible.
I want to become more effective.
More structured.
More disciplined.
More private.
More intentional about who has access to me.
And more focused on building things that can continue functioning whether I’m in the room or not.
I spent a lot of my younger years talking, experimenting, learning publicly and trying to get people to see what I saw.
This next chapter is different.
I want to build it.
Build the system.
Build the institution.
Build something that outlives you.
That’s where I’m headed.
— Von
Markets, AI, 4IR, entrepreneurship, ownership and economic systems. Exploring how the world is changing and how to position yourself for what comes next. Click to read The Systems Economy, by Von Grady, a Substack publication. Launched 10 minutes ago.
