an important world view i realized ive been taking for granted that more people need to hear: everything you consume shapes you. every post you scroll. every video you watch. every book you read. every conversation you have. ALL OF IT shapes you. sometimes the impact is clear

there’s a moment in every creative process where the thing you’ve been building in isolation finally meets real humans. and that moment tells you the truth. last week, after an epic 6-week build sprint, i onboarded a dozen people into @lucidvisionapp for the first time. i

I used to think affirmations were woo-woo nonsense. Then someone explained to me that affirmations are simply an opportunity to consciously choose positive self-talk - an antidote to the negative self-talk that can be so pervasive in our own minds. And, over time, the affirmed

7 cities Balaji suggests visiting in order to have an accurate worldview: 1. Dubai 2. Riyadh 3. Bangalore 4. Ho Chi Minh City 5. Singapore 6. Shenzhen 7. Any tier 3 Chinese city

Ashlee Vance 😂 I see no lie… …and even if it's ultimately futile, the best antidote i’ve found to assuage any existential fear or dread i feel is: 1. stay up to date on the latest tools 2. build like a mf & solve problems for people the great 2025 lock-in

created an ios shortcut to show me my newest 50 contacts. useful for fostering new relationships - especially being new in a new city (👋🏽 sf) link to add shortcut: icloud.com/shortcuts/11da…

Here are my Opus 4.5 thoughts after ~2 weeks of use. First some general thoughts, then some practical stuff. --- THE BIG PICTURE --- THE UNLOCK FOR AGENTS It's clear to anyone who's used Opus 4.5 that AI progress isn't slowing down. I'm surprised more people aren't treating

RIP Loom we had a good run.

I've never felt this much behind as a programmer. The profession is being dramatically refactored as the bits contributed by the programmer are increasingly sparse and between. I have a sense that I could be 10X more powerful if I just properly string together what has become

Ro Khanna Chamath Palihapitiya why not just raise income tax rates? because your real intent is not to just “provide healthcare”. you’re masking that you are proposing the creation of, for the first time in the 250 years of this American republic, an organized government seizure of private property from

How to fix your self-image in 1 hour: Close your eyes. Become aware of the sensations in your body. Focus on how it feels to breathe slower. Do this as you slowly relax every muscle in your body. Head to toe. Within five minutes you'll notice a tingling sensation in your palms

My friend Alan VanToai just released his guided meditation and visualization app. Great UX, particularly the AI text and speech services, built-in pacing and pauses and music. Relaxing, personalized meditations! apps.apple.com/kz/app/lucid-v…

.Matthew Berman absolutely cooked 🔥

Bostrom and Kurzweil mapped this out decades ago. There are roughly three phases between here and abundance, and your financial strategy should look completely different in each one. Phase 1 is now through ~2030. AI eats white-collar tasks. Costs drop in specific sectors.

This excites me and haunts me: Today, literally anything and everything is just a prompt (or series of prompts) away. Peter Steinberger 🦞 prompted OpenClaw🦞 to life & changed the world. Each of us has the power to do the same. It’s just a matter of knowing which questions to ask.

Easily my favorite piece on anything OpenClaw/agent related. The role that examining & re-patterning my core beliefs and stories plays in my own growth journey makes this hit insanely hard. Souls > Skills