I don't have to write this essay. I don't have to think about this topic. Nor do I truly want to. It's depressing and sounds pessimistic. I take comfort in Chamath's relativistic explaining-away of debt-to-GDP ratios. Things may be
&U spent over $180,000 in 2025 and distributed funds to the following incomplete list of individuals. Amounts ranged from $100 to $50,000. More names will be added retroactively and on an ongoing basis as future grants are awarded. Although &U grants are no longer a primary
The AlphaGo documentary brought tears to my eyes, but despite having insider friends in both chess circles and the AI industry, I have yet to hear a good explanation of AlphaZero. This has never bothered me before. Isn't it natural that computers are better calculators than humans? That
in case you didn't know, i've been on a sort of "jesus for capitalism" quest. you can follow the whole thing starting on my previous blog (especially the 10 posts after july 11 2025, my Shuffle-versary). or if you dig hard enough on
i'm observing that recently i've glided into the future. it's been so easeful and fun that i went far far away for a while. even while my body was here, my mind was on another plane. the emissions of my journey have been fumes
The future is here. I'm deeply uncertain what to do about it. I first had a passive inkling AI might be much bigger than chatbots 2 years ago in Alaska. Like buying my first bitcoins in 2013, I just paid a little extra attention when smart people around
We are all products of our environments, but to what extent exactly? A friend told me he's found it more effective to change his surroundings rather than trying to will himself to change from the inside out. In the Free Energy Principle, Professor Karl Friston talks about the
This is an odd thing to learn. It explains why I have the impulse to constantly teach everybody else... because in fact, I want them to teach me! Very few do. I want to learn, and I'm a good listener, but often I don't quite hear
After I testified to the "Congress" of Ecuador (National Assembly), some of the lawmakers came up to me afterwards for selfies. I was flattered. Although this all made sense at the time, today I'd hesitate to preach in another country about their legal system when the
I imagine in a Graceful Future they could all be set free. We'd playfully mingle with puppies on every corner. They receive so much love from their environment that they never learn to bark or exhibit aggression. But today, dogs are essentially "property" of human owners.
Over the last week or two, I've tried to hop on an exercise bike every morning. This new routine fights some inertia since I broke my arm last December. I had totally stopped blogging or exercising, instead electing to be a lazy bum while healing. Immediately after the
You can chase success. Or you can attract success to you. You can push through to a market. Or you can let one pull you in. When I first read Think and Grow Rich in 2019, I compared it with Rich Dad Poor Dad and The Richest Man in Babylon.