Amazon cover story from 1999:

How long until this catches on? Definitely better for the consumer. Always hated that call. niemanlab.org/2021/11/the-en…

I had no idea this site existed, worth checking out & bookmarking. scanofthemonth.com

Web4 will be finally closing our computer and going outside

GM

Learned something new today. Novel concept. Could maybe see Walmart or Amazon doing something similar.

Second order effects of the rise of large language models:

Good read. What comes next? ez.substack.com/p/the-blocked-…

John Hammond Nicholas Griffin John Hammond Here's a quick write-up: medium.com/@bobbyrsec/the…

The entire country 🇺🇸 feels like it’s being powered back up. Do you feel it?

There are whole books on psychology that don't get anywhere near this paragraph from Dostoevsky

Thanksgiving tip: Agree to disagree, but don’t let the gravy train of politics derail dinner. There’s more than one way to carve a turkey—and more than one way to handle family drama.

Payoff space is like wealth—big returns for smart moves, while consistency space is work—steady effort that builds over time. Both are essential, but wealth is easier to enjoy when you’ve put in the work.

Happy Thanksgiving this was crazy

Holy. Shit. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just admitted that Western leaders have been running an “open borders experiment”… "This happened by design, not accident. Immigration policies were reformed deliberately. It has been a failure. They pretended it wasn’t happening.”

Basically impossible to drive at night without wearing sunglasses. These new headlights are blinding. Incredibly dangerous. Insane that this is allowed while so many more minor car design features are prohibited on safety grounds.

“Still, winter is an abstract season: it is low on colors… and big on the imperatives of cold and brief daylight… If this season doesn't necessarily quell your nerves, it still subordinates them to your instincts; beauty at low temperatures is beauty.” - Joseph Brodsky

A thread of accounts I've found most interesting: Rob Miles (in SF) Alec Stapp Tim Urban Sabine Hossenfelder Robin Hanson Amjad Masad Crémieux Blake Scholl 🛫 tylercowen Max Roser Richard Morris Derek Thompson Aaron Levie Ryan Grim Science Is Strategic The Museum of Curiosities