It's not "free speech" so much as it is "best speech." And "best" is defined by a monopolistic judge, jury, and executioner algorithm. I understand the reasoning, I just think X ought to have more ways for people to opt out, or to customize the algo to their own preference.

Reputationally-risky, public facing speech is AI proof. Anon posting is not. This will matter more as even the best anon accounts vanish in the diluvial slop'ocylpse that's yet to come.

What you desire, if it is worth having at all, hurts to achieve. The journey to achieve it will change you. When you do finally achieve it, you will have become a different person. A person who doesn't value the achievement quite like you once did.

Is consciousness porous? And not "trapped" in the brains of people? Could the brain be like an antennae? And not just a computer? If you can flirt with those possibilities (even a little bit), Then I think it makes sense that going to sleep could be the body's way of just

CEO with clawdbot: "Why do I have junior level employees?" Junior employee with clawdbot: "Why do I work at a company?" Remind me, who's got more to lose here?

jimi hendrix few.

Why would AI's talking to each other use "em-dash" English? Why would they even have a UI? Nah. If it's not incomprehensibly diffused, mega-dimensional vector poetry, it's a LARP.

AI can't make cool content at scale. Because "cool" doesn't scale.

Interesting lesson here: Not everything you touch as an artist needs to be "art." Seen here, if you claim YouTube titles as part of your "art," then you may find your creativity at odds with best practices. In contrast, if you focus your creativity only where it matters (and

Imagination doesn't start where copyright law ends. It starts where it starts.

"What do you do if you can do anything?" This is the question of questions at the heart of the AI debate. Does it excite you into action? Or does it subdue you with quiet, paralyzing dread? After all, if you can do anything, but don't, what does that say about YOU?

4000 people...who also have AI. And who also know how the Block business model works. Is it 4000 laid-off employees? Or 4000 new competitors? Mindset is the only difference. "Who will hire me?" vs. "What should I build?"

wait marketing is the most important skill?

What if your goal wasn't to "win" an argument but instead to make a bystander just 1% more likely to side with you? How would that change your messaging?

What are you trying to tell me? That I can use AI to make good pitch decks? No, Neo. I'm trying to tell you, when AI is ready, There won't be any pitch decks.

The best content creators are CULTURE creators.

Fear is the emotion of uncertainty. And yet... AI = *certain* productivity increase. You just have to use it. (It's really that simple) USE the tool that allegedly "replaces" you and see what YOU can do with it. Your boss replaced you with AI? Okay. Replace your boss

It's all attention economy marketeer'ing. All content. All videos. All art. All of it. It's all just content... bickering with other content for your attention. That's the game. How are YOU playing it? Do your creative wares tend in shallow and cheap attention? Or deep

Your "job" is just what you do in between sessions of vibe coding.