Matthew Jordan studies technologies that reconfigure our lives, from the internet to interstate highways. The people who build these technologies matter a lot — their priorities proliferate at scale — so it’s worth understanding who they are and what they value.

Matthew's past research focused on the underrated role of games like chess and checkers in the history of artificial intelligence. Prior to his PhD, Matthew ran an institute that teaches tech entrepreneurs about the history of Silicon Valley, was an infrastructure and ecology influencer in Toronto, and helped teach a course about Taylor Swift.

All of Matthew's work is driven by the conviction that scientific and technological literacy are an indispensable public good. Historians have a pivotal part to play: we can act as sense-makers, providing a well-considered, hype-free analysis informed by a long term view of technological change. Matthew is excited to bring this historical perspective to the technological communities he studies.