Skinner Layne

Philosopher. Founder. Builder of systems for thinking.

Numatas numatas.io

A framework for cognitive diversity. Eight irreducible epistemic positions derived from two intersecting matrices. The mathematical structure of how minds think differently.

Waterlight waterlight.io

A universal computation fabric. One API, one key, one bill. Intelligence routing, verification, economics, and federation — built on the Numatas framework.

Exosphere

An academy for independent thinkers (2013–2017). Ten cohorts of residential students in Chile and beyond. The laboratory where the Numatas framework was forged through direct observation.

A corpus spanning 20 + years and four million words — essays, philosophical papers, and long-form work across cognition, institutions, mathematics, and technology.

Book in progress: The Architecture of Cognitive Diversity.