Claire can be a controversial figure and I’m sure someone will rag on me for sharing this; doesn’t change that she’s right. We have some hard truths to deal with and both sides seem to ignore different ones. quillette.com/2025/01/12/thr…

nytimes.com/2025/01/13/opi… via @NYTOpinion

Another impressive catch. Congratulations to the SpaceX team.

Congrats Boom, but I think TechCrunch never heard of the Concord.

The “in America” bit was important. Some people didn’t read that part.

I like paper straws. Work just fine. Grew up with them in fact. No micro plastics to worry about.

If you can only define yourself in contrast to something else then you stand for nothing. Standing for something requires an exposition of what is possible not what you oppose.

When it comes to the word “truth” and how some people use it, I think it is important to remember the great words of Inigo Montoya: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means”

Happy International Women’s Day! Especially to my amazing and impactful wife!

I’ve watched the evolution of Ezra Klein from policing speech to an almost centrist pragmatism - sort of. I applaud the change. Anyone that works in the world of Designing and Making knows that what he says in this article is true. nytimes.com/2025/03/09/opi… via @NYTOpinion

This is a classic failure of understanding horizon scanning. Long-lived and dynamic organizations look out on all three horizons and the comment that “they didn’t help us fight the wars we were fighting” shows the ignorance of the concept. nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/… via @NYTimes

Totally dating myself, but I loved this guy in Shogun. nytimes.com/2025/03/30/art… via @NYTimes

No mention of Real Genius. Now that was a great film. The other ones were ok too. nytimes.com/2025/04/01/mov… via @NYTimes

Even if you hate Elon, don’t disparage this feat by the SpaceX team. It’s amazing the kind of efficiency they’re bringing to orbital access. The US alone saves $100’s of millions of dollars to get payloads to orbit. This may have been a publicity stunt, but it’s an impressive

Inequality is part of capitalism’s competitive structure, but extreme wealth concentration is not. Concentration undermines market forces by rigging the game and limiting competition. Inequality is a feature. Extreme wealth concentration is a bug. wsj.com/economy/1-tril…

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For the record, I don’t need an agent to book my restaurant reservations. If AI becomes conscious and that’s the kind of stuff it does for us, I’m preparing for the Butlerian Jihad.

Hmm. I seem to remember something like this in a movie I saw…now what was that movie?