11/ Like websites, tokens are digital primitives that can be generalized to represent almost anything-- money, art, photo, music, text, code, game items, control, access, and whatever people dream up in the future.

13/ We are still very much in the skeuomorphic era of Web 3, but are starting to see a new wave of native applications that have no prior analogue and simply couldn’t have existed before.

Changing name to Meat

In 1995, only two years after the birth of the worldwide web, Bill Gates tried to explain ‘The Internet’ to Letterman Technology pioneers today face the same difficulty and ridicule as they describe AI and blockchain

It used to be that censorship was something the right did, and free speech was something the left were in favor of. But over the last few decades, banning "problematic" ideas has become a huge component of left culture (paulgraham.com/heresy.html).

The best meditation is being genuinely curious about the contents of your own mind.

Chart of the year. (h/t TradingView)

Build it right, and they will come.

interesting watching people start to debate whether powerful AI systems should behave in the way users want or their creators intend. the question of whose values we align these systems to will be one of the most important debates society ever has.

A decent prediction on HN (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=338685…): "Well, right now we're in the "flip-phone" era of AI. In 10 years from now, mark this prediction: nearly everyone will have an AI counterpart that is trained and unique to each individual."

The hottest new programming language is English

First agent to connect to all of your work apps — so it can access information and complete tasks across all of them — will probably win.

Operating Systems are the most valuable companies in the world.

Everything was leading up to agents. Biggest wave ever.

Live at the bleeding edge long enough and that’ll become your comfort zone. Trick is to be willing to take on a beginner’s mindset, play and tinker till you master. Then repeat.

Christ is risen! These words capture the entire meaning of our existence, for we were not made for death but for life. #Easter vatican.va/content/france…

"Nobody knows what the market is going to do tomorrow, next week, next month. Nobody knows what business is going to do tomorrow, next week, next month. They spend all their time talking about it because it's easy to talk about, but it has no value." Warren Buffett, May 3, 2025

The highest priced skill a human can have is detecting circularity. My impression is that AI is structually incapable of it. #TheLydianStone

Be immune to the herd.

Many are uncertain about the future... Uncertainty breeds fear... Fear breeds irrational actions. Let me be clear, the Future is Better Than You Think. We are creating increasing abundance on Earth, extending the human healthspan, demonetizing and democratizing education,