The story of Igor Van Gemert
Taking systems apart came naturally
Igor grew up taking systems apart, reading about great inventions, and feeling more at home with technical questions than the conversations around him. He credits curiosity and passion, but also something less celebrated: absolute boredom. When no useful problem existed, he learned to make one and then see whether he could solve it.
Outward success created an empty room
That instinct carried him through military service, critical infrastructure, energy systems, cybersecurity, and virtual worlds. Visible success eventually produced its own empty space, forcing a reconsideration of what he was building and how he wanted to live. Starting over became a systems decision applied to the self.
Human judgment became the frontier
Igor’s current work sits at the boundary between machine speed and human wisdom. He argues for explainable systems, multiple-model consensus, and governance that can show how a decision was reached. His most provocative claim is not that machines will think like people, but that unexplained human decisions may become unacceptable in regulated environments.