Gwern
Pseudonymous freelance writer and researcher behind gwern.net.
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- Gwern is the pseudonym of a freelance American writer and researcher who publishes at gwern.net.
- In Gwern's own account the work is funded by Patreon, old Bitcoin holdings and frugal living.
- Gwern has worked for, published in or consulted for Wired, MIRI, CFAR and GiveWell, among others.
- Gwern began editing English Wikipedia in January 2004, has made over 90,000 edits and was an administrator there.
Key facts
- Work
- Freelance writer and researcher; worked for, published in or consulted for Wired (2015), MIRI (2012 to 2013), CFAR (2012) and GiveWell (2017), among others1
- Wikipedia
- Editing from January 2004; over 90,000 edits across Wikipedia and related projects; a former English Wikipedia administrator1
- Software
- Helped drive early development of the StumpWM and xmonad tiling window managers1
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