Patrick Flanagan is the founder of Absolute Value. He studies Artificial General Intelligence at Stanford University and focuses on the intersection of self-improving systems, agentic engineering, market structure, and systematic investing. He went to high school at St. Mark’s School of Texas and was named a U.S. Presidential Scholar and YoungArts Winner. He has worked at BlackRock as an AI Implementation Analyst and interned in Private Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley.

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Reading — the books that shape my thinking.

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Joshua Barsoian is the resident neuroscientist of Absolute Value. He studies Neuroscience at Stanford University, with interests spanning human and artificial intelligence, decision-making, and behavior under uncertainty. He is a NeURO Fellow at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and has conducted neuroscience research at Stanford Medicine, bringing a scientific perspective to understanding how people and intelligent systems process information and make decisions.