Pretty special watching the come-up of Europe’s post-communist states.
Warsaw feels like the city most emblematic of that rise
Hard times really do create strong societies
I like posting because even when nobody likes your stuff, it feels good just to rebel against endless consumption by creating something
You can move to a walkable city. You can walk everywhere. You can live in a constant state of euphoria.
The curse of location freedom, perfectly articulated
"If employees are given a free trip to Paris, they are happy. If you give them a free trip to Hawaii, they are happy. But if you offer them the choice between the two destinations, they are less happy, no matter what they choose." a.co/d/0e2JiUkU
Gut feeling Astra + Grok 4.7 releases in the coming weeks will be quantum leaps.
Like Opus 4.5-level leaps, clear before/after moment
Good proxy for where a country sits on the Third-First World spectrum is how much harassment you get walking out of the airport.
Just knocked out over SF and woke up in Warsaw 🇵🇱
Red-eyes have once again proven their superiority, literal teleportation.
(also great you can fly SFO-WAW nonstop now, just got added this year)
I can’t believe we’re alive during the singularity.
But as is human nature, I bet we’ll get numb to headlines like this, even as they get crazier over time.
ELI5: Moderna made a cancer vaccine that is custom for every person.
Doctors read the DNA of your tumor, find what makes it unique, then make an mRNA shot that teaches your immune system, “Attack cells that look like this.”
They combine it with Keytruda, a drug that helps stop cancer from hiding from your immune system.
It just succeeded in a Phase 3 melanoma trial.
Not a cure for all cancer. But a pretty huge idea if it works for other cancers too.
The scariest part of the doomscrolling epidemic is that there is no end in sight. You have to be so unbelievably intentional to free yourself, and even if you do get there, it’s way too easy to relapse. I just don’t see how a legit solution ever reaches the masses.
The media and drugs you consume are directly upstream of your personality.
"You" are more malleable than you think.
If you believe AI and robotics automates everything and creates super-abundance, then what will still remain scarce in that world?
Good career question to ponder.
It's just late stage capitalism tings.
I think about this Tim Dillon quote all the time:
“America will come apart in one of the funniest ways… We’re a crazy country full of crazy people, and everybody’s just trying to suck the last few dollars out of this bloated pig corpse of an empire before the end.”
