Jasper Burns
I am a JD/MBA and Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University. Before that, I spent eight years in the Navy flying the EA-18G Growler fighter jet (a variant of the F/A-18 Super Hornet), as a social aide at the White House, and as a fellow at both McKinsey & Co. and the Institute for Law & AI.
I'm energized by exploring, learning, and creating. With this one life, I want to fly airplanes, build companies, cook great meals, read great books, and become capable across as many domains as I can.
Director, JD Program
Service to School
Ongoing
2024 Cohort
Knight-Hennessy Scholar
2024–2027
Stanford Tech Ventures Program
Threshold Venture Fellow
2025
StartX P26 Cohort
StartX
2025
Associate Editor
Stanford Law & Policy Review
2025
Member
Stanford Venture Studio
2025
Executive Board
Stanford Law Vets
2024–Present
Member
GSB Vets
2024–Present
Member
ePluribus
2025

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto, #5)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand

The Anarchist Handbook
Michael Malice

The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
Peter Zeihan

The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman

1984
George Orwell
Agent-to-Agent research published with Stanford Engineering
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