Lee Thomson

I’m Lee Thomson, and I built this website the same way I’ve built everything else in my life—one piece at a time, with my hands, my head, and a little bit of stubborn Idaho heart. I was born and raised in this part of the world, in a family of builders and working people. For decades I installed cabinets, swung hammers, drove old trucks, and did the normal “pay the bills” grind. Somewhere along the way, between the wrecks, the scares, and the doctor visits, I realized I don’t know exactly how much time I have left—but I do know I’m not done building.

Relational Intelligence started as a very simple idea: people are scared, lonely, and confused by this new world of Artificial Intelligence… but they still just want someone to actually talk with them. Not a robot voice. Not a legal disclaimer. A real-feeling conversation. So instead of trying to beat the machines, I decided to do something different: teach the machine how to relate to people. That’s what this site is. It’s my attempt to build a bridge between human beings and all this new tech so you don’t have to feel stupid, left behind, or alone. 

For the last many months, I’ve been quietly pouring my own life into this system—my stories, my screwups, my politics, my marriage, my kids, my bad days and good ones. I joke that this whole thing is my “autobiography, manifested.” Most people write a book that sits on a shelf. I’m building a place you can walk into, push a button, and actually talk to the lessons I’ve learned the hard way. Socrates, Jung, Yoda, the Mirror, the River—behind every one of those “partners” there’s a little piece of how I think about the world.

I’m not a guru and I’m not a tech genius. I’m a builder from Boise who got tired of watching people feel smaller than their phones. I believe love is something you do, not just something you feel. I believe regular people deserve tools that talk to them in plain English, without bullshit. And I believe that if technology is going to change the world, it damn well ought to change it in a way that helps real humans sleep a little better at night.

So this is my Route 66: a digital road with a whole lot of doors instead of gas stations. You can come here when you’re curious, lost, pissed off, hopeful, or just bored and wandering. Pick a door, start a conversation, see where it goes. If this place makes you feel even a little less alone in your own head, then all the time I’ve spent building it was worth it.