Rumor has it Mike Judge actually wrote a billionaire cage match scene for Idiocracy, but they ended up cutting it because it was “too stupid”

3 years of tweeting about EdTech, avg. .75 likes per tweet 1 Xeet about a 1930s Italian coffee implement, 16 likes and a war over oat milk 🤷‍♂️

Sitting here, in a rocking chair, with my son. Me looking at him, him looking at me. Both of us wondering how long his hiccups are going to last.

In case y’all are wondering how parenting a 1-month old is going, I watched Cocaine Bear start to finish last night.

Generalist VCs 90 days after their first EdTech investment, “we’re pivoting to DogTech!”

Would you rather own one million bitcoins you can never spend or own 0% of an AI company you built to a $90B valuation?

One of the things I underestimated about being a dad - how specific development milestones are. This week, he can track my finger with his eyes, but still has no concept of where sound comes from. I would not have guessed these would develop on different timelines!

8 years ago a 24 year-old PE associate wrote an IC memo about adding a “technology layer” to daycare centers. Thanks to his vision, I now get 25 notifications a day (an entertaining roulette of adorable photos and “baby took a 💩”) and he gets $2B. investing.com/news/stock-mar…

A day of meetings in Philly: 2 miles biked (to and from La Colombe), 8 cappuccinos, discussion of cheesesteaks (no purchases) A day of meetings in SF: 9.5 miles biked (many hills), 21,953 steps, a stair workout, a kombucha, a yuzu spritz, and many seltzers

Reached out to someone cold about joining the ETCH job board. Didn’t get a response, but they did add me to their own marketing email list. All I have to say is:

This week's newsletter, powered by a tumbler full of electrolytes! Blame me if it is unhinged, celebrate Seth Odell if it teaches you something you didn't know before. One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is seeing the diverse crowd that Seth spreads the love to 🙂

At what point in the new-parent journey does one get to breathe through their nose again? Asking for a friend…

It turns out taking care of a 1-year old 1:1 is just a long series of saying “phew, that was close!” over and over and over again

“Yeah, my wife and I practice a sort of Montessori-style parenting on the weekends.” (We sit in the corner sipping coffee while our son toddles around crashing into stuff)

Hyper-personalized learning is the future of education and AI is the only way to do it at scale 🤝 Nectir is in over 100 schools across the nation with peer-reviewed research that proves we teach & learn better with ai (gpa went up 20%, motivation to learn up 36%)