Joe Edelman
Principal Investigator
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolJoe Edelman is a philosopher-turned-practitioner with 17 years of experience building systems that translate human values into measurable product metrics and aligned ML models. As Principal Investigator at the Meaning Alignment Institute and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and the School for Social Design, he blends sociological insight with technical rigor to design reputation, coordination, and meaning-based metrics used at CouchSurfing, Facebook, and Apple. His entrepreneurial track record includes founding Citizen Logistics, which operationalized location-based coordination across continents, and early research roles that contributed to motion-tracking and large-scale internet monitoring systems. Based in Berlin, he is notable for a precise, operational definition of “human values” that enables values-driven product design and democratic structures—an uncommon bridge between philosophy, engineering, and civic impact.
18 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
High School Studies Program, High School Studies Program at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Simulation in the Sciences, Bachelor's degree, Simulation in the Sciences at Dartmouth College
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Github contributions (5)
jxe/hindsight
Apr 2014 - Sep 2015
a chrome extension implementing a new type of review for websites you visit
Contributions:71 commits, 1 PR, 16 pushes in 1 year 5 months
chrome-extension
jxe/groundcrew-viewer-jxe
Sep 2008 - Feb 2011
Contributions:525 commits, 1 comment, 1 issue in 2 years 5 months
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