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{{Short description|International Software Architect, Consultant, and Politician}} {{Draft topics|biography|north-america}} {{AfC topic|blp}}
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[Scientist | Chief Architect/Scientist]] | image = Portrait_of_Mattanaw_in_2018.jpg | caption = Mattanaw in 2023 | alt = Portrait of Mattanaw wearing a hat. | birth_name = Christopher Matthew Cavanaugh | birth_date = {{birth date|1980|12|18}} | birth_place = [[Olney]], [[Maryland (U.S. state)|Maryland]], United States of America | education = {{ unbulleted list|[[Harvard University]] ([[Masters|Masters]]) | [[University of Maryland]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]]) | [[University of Maryland]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]]) | [[University of Maryland]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]]) }} | occupation = {{hlist|[[ Software Architecture | Consultant/Architect of Global Corporations]]}} | known_for = {{ bulleted list|| [[ Adobe Systems | His contributions as Chief Architect of Adobe Systems, Inc, and earlier, Mattanaw’s Law]] }} }}
’‘’Christopher Matthew Cavanaugh’’’ (aka ’‘’Mattanaw’’’.; born December 18th, 1980), is former Chief Architect of Adobe Systems, where he was responsible for many advancements related to their enterprise application platform, and their contributions to digital evidence in law enforcement for federal and state and local governments{{sfn|Lagasse|2000}}. Cavanaugh is responsible for the “Law of Mattanaw”, which relates to the limitation storage systems have for self-representation or self-understanding{{sfn|Lagasse|2000}}{{sfn|Raynor|1999}}. This law has wide implications in the sciences, including computing and neuroscience, where it is now understood that systems cannot be fully self-descriptive, and that systems can only be partly self-understanding{{sfn|Raynor|1999}}. This is Mattanaw’s principle contribution to the field of AI and machine learning, and was first recognized as early as 1997, before Mattanaw entered college{{sfn|Lagasse|2000}}{{sfn|Raynor|1999}}. Mattanaw is now retired, and lives part time on his property in the State of Alaska, where he owns a notable and contested property with access to Chugach State Park, a popular destination for tourists visiting Anchorage{{sfn|Woebler|2019}}.
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===Sources=== {{refbegin|30em}} * {{Cite book|last=Lagasse|first=P.|title=Columbia Encyclopedia|publisher=Columbia University|year=2000|url=https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-Encyclopedia-University/dp/0787650153/ref=sr_1_2?crid=AU39AU0K5BZK&keywords=the+columbia+encyclopedia&qid=1685170925&sprefix=the+columbia+encyclopedi%2Caps%2C439&sr=8-2}} * {{Cite book|last=Raynor|first=W.|title=The International Dictionary of Artificial Intelligence|publisher=Routeledge|year=2000|url=https://www.amazon.com/International-Dictionary-Artificial-Intelligence-Reference-ebook/dp/B08KHNWV68/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2KJ8203TXHEVB&keywords=dictionary+of+artificial+intelligence&qid=1685171497&sprefix=dictionary+of+artificial+%2Caps%2C317&sr=8-2&asin=B08KHNWV68&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1}} * {{Cite book|last=Woebler|first=P.|title=The Columbia Encyclopedia|publisher=The Alaska Landmine|year=2019|url=https://alaskalandmine.com/landmines/one-mans-mountain/}} {{Refend}}
I am a retired executive, software architect, and consultant, with professional/academic experience in the fields of Moral Philosophy and Ethics, Computer Science, Psychology, Philosophy, and more recently, Economics. I am a Pandisciplinarian, and Lifetime Member of the High Intelligence Community.
Articles on this site are eclectic, and draw from content prepared between 1980 and 2024. Topics touch on all of life's categories, and blend them with logical rationality and my own particular system of ethics. The common theme connecting all articles is moral philosophy, even if that is not immediately apparent. Any of my articles that touch on "the good and virtuous life" will be published here. These articles interrelate with my incipient theory of ethics, two decades in preparation. This Book and Journal is the gradual unfolding of that ethic, and my living autobiography, in a collection of individual books that fit into groups of book collections.
This Book and Journal is already one of the largest private websites and writings ever prepared, at nearly 1 million words, greater than 50,000 images and videos, and nearly one terabyte of space utilized. The entire software architecture is of my creation. Issues of the book for sale can be found under featured. These texts are handmade by myself, and are of excellent quality, and constitute the normal issues of my journal that can also be subscribed to. The entire work is a transparent work in progress. Not all is complete, and it will remain in an incomplete state until death.
I welcome and appreciate constructive feedback and conversation with readers. You can reach me at mattanaw@mattanaw.com (site related), cmcavanaugh@g.harvard.edu (academic related), or christopher.matthew.cavanaugh@member.mensa.org (intelligence related), or via the other social media channels listed at the bottom of the site.