Within groups, selfish individuals win against altruists, but groups of altruists beat groups of selfish individuals. - Edward O. Wilson, Genesis, page 87

“This country has socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor." – Martin Luther King, Jr.

the people that inspire me the most are those that are genuinely open in mind and spirit. they are open to the world and new experiences, and constantly breaking away from a single perspective or a way of living. they are learning, questioning and relentlessly building momentum.

Dr. Nicole LePera True confidence never belittles, insults, or puts itself above anyone. True confidence is just a clear, unquestionable knowing of your worth, perfectly independent of anything inside or outside of you. Even more, it's about seeing this not only in yourself, but in everyone.

The Chinese word for crisis is 危机 which has two Chinese characters meaning 'danger' (危) and 'changing point/opportunity’ (机） Every crisis is a turning point, but may contain the opportunity for change

Another weekly reminder to be kind to folks. The folks around you might be going through a lot emotionally &/or physically. You don’t know what folks are going through on any given day & folks don’t always surface the shit they are dealing with. So please, I ask… just be kind.🙏

The message Jimmy Carter left in Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object from Earth, is breathtaking.

My favorite people exist at the intersection of being brutally realistic about the state of the world, and relentlessly optimistic about where it’s going

Respect and love to women everywhere who have the courage to honor their own needs, and blaze the path who other women to do the same. May we all heal from the illusion that our role is to be “good” or liked, and own our true gifts— even when we’re misunderstood.

Advice I give young people when they ask: "In this age of rapid change, you have to be aggressively independent-minded. You just can't rely on the social hivemind. Your parents' world, where you follow the tried-and-true path, is gone. You have to figure it out for yourself."

"To be a creative person, you need to 'feed' or 'invest' in yourself by exploring uncharted paths that are outside the realm of your past experience. Seek out new dimensions of yourself—especially those that carry a romantic scent." — Steve Jobs

“success comes to the lowly and to the poorly talented, but the special characteristic of a great person is to triumph over the disasters and panics of human life.” i came across this beautiful quote at a cafe in marina del rey and wanted to share with you all :)

There have been a lot of changes in the Gen AI video space recently Here are the reasons why Gen AI visual space is completely different from LLM space and why open source is actually winning (a thread 🧵)

I really admire people who view life and creation as fundamentally good things

— Susan Sontag

Had so much fun hacking with Glavin Wiechert👨‍💻 Nathan Black and genhur.com at AGI House today. We built an AI assistant which can create it's own just-in-time UI and we won 🥇 the hackathon

Introducing Alvea! An adaptive AI assistant creating unique user interfaces personalized to your tasks just in time. Your evolving tool, designed to enhance productivity and user experience 🚀 Won 🥇 AGI House w/ Nathan Black Shawn Simister Gen bit.ly/GitHub-Alvea-AI

Steve Jobs: How to design insanely great products

People will say you’re unqualified. They’ll call what you’re doing inappropriate. That’s when you know you’re on the right track. Paul Graham on building from the margins: