What does it mean for information to be live?   ///   Is entertainment a substitute for understanding?   ///   Who profits from uncertainty?   ///   Does speed make information more or less true?   ///   Can a platform be neutral?   ///   Is virality a proxy for truth?   ///   What is the price of being informed?   ///   Is attention a resource or a right?   ///   What do we actually want from media?   ///   Who benefits from ambiguity?   ///   What gets remembered when everything is recorded?   ///   Does more information mean better decisions?   ///   Is objectivity a business model or a principle?   ///   What separates a free press from a profitable one?   ///  

Charlie Steinbaum

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Background

Studied economics and government at Harvard ('24). Prod Cohort 3.0. Ex-McKinsey.

News and entertainment media fascinate me: the economics of attention, the architecture of trust, how information moves (and who shapes it).

Get in Touch

Happy to connect about media, research, and interesting problems.

Featured Work

  • Polymarket World Map

    I hate the Polymarket interaction layer, so I built a new one; A world map with spatially-defined prediction markets better visualizes geographic exposure and market coverage.

  • Simulated Fourth Branch

    To be updated.

  • Political Satire — nom de plume & nom de guerre

    Scathing critiques of those around me, published in the Harvard Independent.

  • IFX Research

    Created a market system and research community to align research outputs with private incentives, compensating academics for the economic value of their work. Acquired for core IP and network in late 2024.

  • US Treasury

    Developed and built novel tools and methodologies for tracking and monitoring American Rescue Plan (ARP) disbursements (establishing baselines for eventual DOGE work).