Björn Öste

I live in a startup society outside of Singapore. I built KarmaDrip to supply drinking water in parched lands and founded the Arkhub Institute to find lost civilizations and give archaeologists a 21st century technological toolset.

What else, I like geometry, beauty, shapes, music theory, flamenco guitar, physics, transcendentalism, political theory, memetics, and programming. I also like to go on expeditions to unearth the secrets of the past.

Projects I've Founded

KarmaDrip
Forward-deployed engineering service for water utilities in vulnerable areas
Status: Flowing

Building resilient infrastructure through decentralized water utility systems that give ownership to consumers.

Arkhub Institute
Archaeology 2.0, supporting amateurs and professionals in the field with second brain and custom tooling
Status: Engineering

Revolutionizing archaeological discovery through technology, providing researchers with advanced tools and knowledge management systems.

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Expeditions 1

8°39'20.8"N 82°22'03.2"W

PANAMA COLLECTION

2025

Ethnographic expedition to document the Ngäbe people and their endangered language. Exploring how this isolated indigenous culture preserves pre-Columbian connections through oral traditions, rituals, and linguistic patterns that link them to ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.

Writing

How we found an archaeological site
using satellite data
May 27, 2025
On Göbeklitepe
November 4, 2024
My experience at a campus building startup countries
May 16, 2025
Unified Field Theory of Music
August 20, 2024
European Dynamism
(before it is too late)
August 28, 2024

My Compass

I rejected the school system. I found my own path and searched for my own ontological truths, not the prescribed ones. These are my strongest convictions:

Instincts
Our bodies are instruments. They can be tuned to higher octaves of reality not visible in the material world, improving our instincts and decisions in our career and personal life.
Symmetry "Beauty"
God gave us hands to create. Our purpose is to build Eden. Use nature's designs. Honor the patterns. Extend them...
Scale
Human nature tells us to fight for space, but the great challenge is to create more space. Our default should be to think bigger. The infinite frontier is positive sum.
Words
Ancient Egyptians believed in the power of words—medju neter (language of god)—to influence reality, a core aspect of mind-over-matter. Be impeccable with your word.