>Prediction: Human Capital Tax Credit A coming policy trend: taxing companies based on how many humans they keep on board. Fewer humans, higher taxes. More humans, lower taxes. A fiscal firewall against automation-driven labor collapse.

Talk is cheap no more.

Distraction is a subtle form of (self-)censorship.

"What did you get done this week?"

Self-exceptionalism rarely survives direct contact with the exceptional.

The Nvidia of royalty payments.

Emerging corporate insult: "fully automatable"

minimum viable product

Just because smth is hard to get, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s great to have. The reverse also applies.

Attention marveling at Ambition.

It’s not an AI bubble -- it’s an AI pupa.

The Unbearable Lightness of Bing

Fin de siècle finance x.com/CounterplotCo/…

Hype is subject to "hyperinflation" -- yesterday’s wow is today’s meh.

Anti-Pareto When the final ~10% of work unlocks ~90% of the reward. e.g. literature, craftsmanship, film, cuisine, design, etc.

Pitching your newest startup idea to your friends & family.

The World as Will and Vibe

Ask not what your AI can do for you -- ask what you can do for your AI.