Adam Shajnfeld

Adam’s work begins with a paradox: how can laws written for the past govern technologies that anticipate the future? As counsel at Meta, he focuses on artificial intelligence. His fascination lies in shaping frameworks that let innovation advance while keeping human consequences in view. In dealing with unsettled areas of the law that still have more questions than answers, Adam balances the inevitability of change with the agency to shape its course.

As a father of three, Adam seeks to equip his children to meet life’s disorder with resilience, humor, and the confidence to question authority. Their curiosity often reverses the roles, urging him to adopt new tools, rethink old habits, and rediscover the delight of learning.

Adam turns to ancient history and philosophy, especially the texts of the Near East, where wisdom endures not in tales of triumph but in accounts of suffering and survival. History teaches him that survival depends less on triumph than on how we carry ourselves through struggle. Adam finds solace in knowing he stands among generations who have asked life’s same eternal questions