Simon Manning

Civil engineer · Father of three · New Zealand

About

I studied civil engineering at the University of Auckland and spent many years running my own consulting engineering practice. I've always wanted to do more, and these days I'm exploring where technology and AI can take me next.

Interests

• Artificial intelligence
• Technology
• Business
• Economics
• Macroeconomics

Elsewhere

I follow the big trends on X to learn what's going on: @_Simon_K

Projects

Flappy Kiwi, a small browser game

SpaceX model explorer, an interactive take on Shaun Maguire's SpaceX forecast with dials for the key assumptions

NZ Economy Explorer, ten years of official New Zealand macro data (migration, jobs, wages, trade, the dollar, mortgage rates) with dials to project to 2030

AI & Macro Pulse, a weekly digest of notable AI and economics posts on X