I cannot understand how this is the next mayor of New York 1) flotilla is a publicity stunt 2) contains no medical aid 3) the virtue signaling useful idiots are already on their way home (trying to get their five minutes of fame)

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LLMs make the network effect of the English language 10x deeper

"Pro-Palestinian demonstrators couldn’t give it a rest – not even for 24 hours. They were chanting all the old slogans and ducking all the hard questions. ‘Globalise the intifada,’ they cried – does that mean killing Jews in Manchester?" ✍️Nick Cohen spectator.co.uk/article/why-wo…

Incredible marketing and brand building with anthropic

the bubble never pops when people say it’s a bubble. because then it wouldn’t be a bubble. you need the craziness level to be *extremely* absurd for a bubble to pop. sorry, not there yet.

"people in glass houses shouldn't be throwing rocks"

We got really excited about the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) - co-authored by Stripe and OpenAI - so we ran a quick company hackathon. Today, we’re publishing two tools to help merchants and agents meet ACP requirements faster. For Merchants 🛍️ 1/ Agentic Checkout

"With the launch of ACP (Agentic Commerce Protocol) by OpenAI and Stripe last week, it finally feels real. For the first time, it’s not a concept - it’s live, working, and shaping how commerce will happen between AI agents and merchants." -nekuda See their cool open tools:

These few minutes episodes from naval are incredible for tinkers open.spotify.com/episode/4ctcgw…

One of the key attributes of a system is that you can replace every element in it, and it’s still the same system. That’s why even when every cell in your body has been replaced, you’re still the same person. And that’s why the old saying “you can’t step into the same river

What’s Greta’s next ‘cause’:

Even the biggest “AI bubble” crowd knows that this is a capital allocation timing mismatch in the best case

On this #ColumbusDay, I’m reminded of the courage it takes to venture into the unknown. Centuries after explorers crossed uncharted oceans, our Apollo 11 crew set out across the vastness of space to reach the Moon. Discovery—whether by sea or by rocket—has always defined the

translation for dummies: only way out of global warming is through (i.e. MORE and not less human advancement & technology)

lack of empathy in marketing: too many AI startups are shouting “we’re going to replace all X workers” when their ideal customer profile is literally that worker you don’t have to be Freud to see that no one’s going to buy a tool that publicly aims to get them out of a job

In a world of AI slop everywhere, authenticity is 100x more valuable

The new Agentic Commerce Protocol by Stripe and OpenAI is a massive anti-Amazon pushback 1) Merchant stays in full control (stays MoR) 2) Fully open-source - usable outside ChatGPT The internet swings between centralization and decentralization. This is a big swing back.

Feeling meta Reading the summary of ‘how to read a book’ book

The issue with prediction markets is that they are highly reflexive *and* can be manipulated due to low liquidity for example in elections, people see one candidate with >90% winning. 1) other side gets demotivated to vote 2) more people tend to vote in leading candidate (herd