France limits the work week to 35hr in 2000 “Lazy socialists” Hedge fund bets on 4 day work week in 2024 “Look at all these productivity gains”

“What may emerge as the most important insight of the twenty-first century is that man was not designed to live at the speed of light.” thefp.com/p/the-prophets…

Lyft/Uber vs Waymo in SF. Waymo is always more expensive (deflationary tech WTF?), unless you tip, then it’s a wash. I find myself more comfortable in Waymo (alone when I call, text, whatever) but choosing Lyft/Uber because it helps someone make a living. People > Machines*

Narrative violation. “Europeans are not good at technology”

Narrative violation on EU vs US wealth when looking at distribution.

EVERYONE dumb (ok, naive) enough to think the west is ahead of China on AI and that we “must win” … has to watch this brilliant exchange between Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley. SPOT FUCKING ON.

The prompt behind the curtain...always amazed at how seemingly simple the prompts behind decacorns like Cursor are. " You are a an AI coding assistant...You operate in Cursor...You are pair programming with a USER ...Your main goal is to follow the USER's instructions at each

You should take your time finding the right idea. Why? Alexandr Wang & Mark Zuckerberg have a few reasons:

Some people have answers. Others have better questions. If you’ve stopped asking “why”, you’re already behind.. When you get the chance to talk to experimental physicist Rana X Adhikari you stay curious.

“We’re closer to 2050 than 2000, to 2100 than 1950.” I still feel my college years were just a decade ago...time is funny.

1/ We're on the precipice of the most fundamental computing revolution I've seen in my life. You should have FOMO. Don't waste it in local maxima. The $1M South Park Commons Founder Fellowship application is open. Here’s what it takes to build at venture-scale in the age of AI:

$1 today buys 75% of what it could 10yrs ago, 60% 20yrs ago.

“AI enables zero marginal cost creation” “Foundation models burn record capital” 🤷‍♂️

“Vibe” coding

History is written by the vectors…

One of the biggest risks is that AI stalls pre-AGI…sounding smart without being smart.