Carter began Unsafe Space as a podcast in March 2016 after witnessing mainstream Silicon Valley culture succumb to the necrosis of “progressive” authoritarianism in a manner reminiscent of Herbert Marcuse’s “Repressive Tolerance.” Prior to Unsafe Space, Carter built and ran business accelerators for early stage startups in Silicon Valley and around the world. As an angel investor, advisor, and board member, he has had the opportunity to help hundreds of founders. He began his career in the mid 1990s as a cryptographic engineer in the defense industry, where he held a TS/SCI clearance. Soon thereafter, his disillusionment with the deep state led him into the private sector, where he found success in the startup world building smart card-based conditional access systems and anti-piracy technology. His love of entrepreneurship since led him into a variety of industries, including music technology, sex toys, and cannabis. Some have called it a midlife crisis, but probably just because they’re jealous.
Although his career interests have been multifarious, Carter has been an advocate for the Enlightenment ideas of reason and individualism for over twenty years—well before it became “cool.” It’s cool now, right? He first began writing for and editing Capitalism Magazine in 2001 and occasionally still writes, although his primary focus is now Unsafe Space. Carter was also an active supporter of the Ayn Rand Institute for many years and remains grateful to her for her contributions to philosophy in general, and epistemology and ethics in particular. He currently lives in the Bay Area with his very patient wife and two spirited daughters. Yes, he knows he needs to leave California and give America a try. He’s working on it.
November 17, 2021 Carter begins by briefly debunking the misnomer that Kyle Rittenhouse “kept firing.” He then dives into an overview of knowledge claims and why we need a concept for “faith” in addition to the concept “reason.” About Dangerous Thoughts Hosted by Carter, “Dangerous Thoughts” is a series dedicatedContinue Reading
November 08, 2021 Keri and Carter host a discussion with Tony Kinnett, curriculum developer, educator, and STEM coordinator in Indianapolis, and co-founder of Chalkboard Review. The discussion exposes how Critical Race Theory (CRT) continues to be implemented by school systems, even when district representatives insist otherwise. Tony exposes why teachersContinue Reading
November 05, 2021 Carter celebrates the 5th of November with guests Sal the Agorist and Daniel Wagner. Carter begins by recounting the origin story for Guy Fawkes Day and how it rose to public consciousness in America. Next, they discuss Biden’s plan to mandate vaccination for employees of companies withContinue Reading
November 01, 2021 Carter returns to join Keri for a #Covfefe Break discussion that ranges from science fiction to secession. They begin by discussing Margaret Atwood’s shameful attack on JK Rowling in an attempt to deflect from accusations that she’s a TERF herself. Then Carter rants about raising children andContinue Reading
October 29, 2021 Alex Miceli and Caleb Beers dig into the mechanics behind social media’s use of algorithms to tag your posts for misinformation or missing context. Much of the social side of the Internet is dependent on algorithms and moderators to police users’ post, making sure we have accessContinue Reading
October 25, 2021 Keri hosts today’s Covfefe Break with two guests, screenwriter/director Kamran Pasha and author/editor-in-chief of The Post Millennial Libby Emmons. Carter is out for today, saving Western civilization one person at a time. Keri and Kamran start out with a discussion of secession, the book Texit, and stateContinue Reading
October 22, 2021 Keri is sans Carter today but joined by special guests Nicki Clyne and Kamran Pasha! Together, they discuss Battlestar Galactica and its “prescience” of where we are now and contemporary social issues. They also discuss the Lost TV show and its controversial ending. Keri brings up theContinue Reading
Don’t Tell Me What I Should Like (or: How I Learned to Stop Listening to Philosophers) Recently, I found myself contemplating how philosophy relates to culture (I’m super fun at parties), and I came to the idea that I think there’s something seriously wrong with the current classification of theContinue Reading
The idea that company executives in charge of a popular brand would systematically and voluntarily sabotage that brand may seem inconceivable to the average shareholder, but it’s a real and growing threat as power-hungry social justice crusaders continue to gain cultural acceptance and infiltrate corporate structures. The latest brand toContinue Reading
Kristina Wong is a comedian (at least according to Wikipedia), but watching her intentionally lobotomize young Asian girls in the name of “social justice” is about as funny as looking at pictures of Khmer Rouge killing fields. Wong is close to hitting her fundraising goal for Season 2 of herContinue Reading
