what are the regulatory affordances of protocols? why is the idea of a "crypto state" an oxymoron? how can we harness blockchain's law-resistant properties to build robust crypto institutions? this and more in our new OI essay with Spirit of Toby Shorin and Sam Hart otherinter.net/research/three…

As companies roll back woke policies, they're all going to learn what Brian Armstrong did: that the people who leave when you do this are, on average, exactly the people you'd want to leave.

"AI models that leverage domain knowledge consistently get overtaken by those that leverage compute" lukaspetersson.com/blog/2025/bitt…

Please stop 🤣

A glimmer of hope for France with Dominique de Villepin youtu.be/Qdn1lkcm1YU?si…

Innocent + pardoned = Jesus ?

This half century delegation to private markets to codify basic norms has been a failed experiment on every level, but particularly at the consumer level where evangelists try most vigorously to justify it. Every transaction is a boobytrap. It's a total scam economy.

Occam’s Razor. No act in my lifetime undermined trust more than the gov’t denial / cover up of something so patently obvious to the vast majority of Americans. It woke us all to the sacred value of free speech / debate. We are stronger when all sides are freely heard. 🇺🇸

Most governments don’t want USAID funds flowing into their countries because they understand where much of that money actually ends up. While marketed as support for development, democracy, and human rights, the majority of these funds are funneled into opposition groups, NGOs

If you are young and capable and care about Democracy you should work for DOGE

Congrats Pierre Valade !

I know some of my American, Australian, Canadian friends have been asking for the full Louis Theroux documentary on the settlers. I've shared it before, but here it is again. x.com/theafroaussie/…

"While using AI feels like a superhuman brain augmentation, when I look back on the past couple of years and think about how I explore new thoughts and ideas today, it looks a lot like sedation instead." dcurt.is/thinking by dustin curtis

It's a new dawn: Announcing Sunrise (Sunrise Robotics)

Back to work tomorrow on a new project to stop Trump.