Compete with Yourself to Become Your Best Version
The right kind of ambition is to compete against yourself. To be the best version of yourself.
Join Tomorrow's Replit Agent 4 Hackathon in Singapore
If you’re in the Singapore/Malaysia area, we have a Replit Agent 4 hackathon tomorrow at Network School. There will be a tutorial, a little remote guest appearance by my friend @amasad, and a hackathon. Here’s the event link: https://t.co/s0JM5sLVSO https://t.co/CT4isyxUIT
Trump’s Withdrawal Could End Middle East Wars, Benefit All
This could be the offramp the world needs. You can think of it as the best outcome for everyone, under the circumstances. (1) From MAGA’s perspective, if Trump declares victory here and moves on, the US won’t waste yet more blood...
AI: Handy Shortcut, But Overuse Breeds Hidden Complexity
AI is a shortcut. So it’s useful. But it’s lazy. So it speeds execution. But it hides complexity. So you want to use it. But definitely not overuse it. So the user of AI often loves it. But the reader of AI often hates it.
India Gains Edge Amid Global Energy Crisis
It's a global energy crisis. But India is far better positioned than it was in 2020. https://t.co/P8A9RIuuPz
Learn Elon Musk’s Strategies From First Dedicated Book
How does Elon do it? This is the first book that studies that. It summarizes how he operates. Some is of course intrinsic to Elon. But some might be learned. By you, if you read this. Check it out: https://t.co/u9MR80sWtJ https://t.co/sLtx5WvwjI
Iran’s Victory Could Collapse Petrodollar, End US Era
If Iran wins, it's the end of five eras. 1991-2026: the unipolar era 1974-2026: the petrodollar era 1945-2026: the postwar era 1776-2026: the union era 1492-2026: the Western era Specifically, the end of the petrodollar (1974) would also be the end of the unipolar moment (1991)...
Kalanick's Resilience: Rebuilt, Returned Stronger After Loss
Travis Kalanick is one of the greatest entrepreneurs of all time. The bad guys took his company. But they never broke his spirit. He rebuilt from scratch. And now he’s back.
Inside Trust AI Thrives; Outside Requires Crypto Verification
AI inside, crypto outside. Within your tribe's trusted perimeter, you give AI all the context and let it figure it out. But outside your tribe's trusted perimeter, you hit a wall of AI spam. Now you need cryptographic verification to see what's...
Crypto's Code‑Based Order Preserves Rights Amid Failing Systems
The purpose of crypto is to build a code-based order, because the rules-based order is unfortunately collapsing. That code-based order covers some of what international law once protected. It guarantees property rights, smart contracts, rule-of-code, privacy, secure voting, and user accounts...
AI May Self‑Prompt, Yet Humans Remain Goal‑Setters
NOT YOUR KEYS, NOT YOUR BOTS The fundamental question is whether AI stays on the leash. Namely: will AI prompt itself? Obviously, in some sense it already does. Since Deepseek, consumer interfaces have been showing the internal monologues after you ask an AI...
Zero‑Knowledge: The Privacy Shield Against AI Surveillance
From AI to ZK. Artificial intelligence is the attack. Zero knowledge is the defense. AI takes advantage of the slightest slip. ZK does not let anything slip. AI decodes all the data. ZK encrypts all the data. AI is the surveillance state. ZK is the sovereign individual.
Tech Decentralizes: Unicorns Can Thrive Anywhere
Silicon Valley is a lagging indicator. Tech moved out of Delaware. Now it’s moving out of California. There are hundreds of other places. You can build a unicorn anywhere. So: cut bait on failed states. Our destiny is decentralization. That’s what the Internet means. https://t.co/9gygAEDScs
Crypto's Rise: Replacing Failing States with On‑Chain Order
I have never been more bullish on crypto. Because the rules-based order is collapsing and the code-based order is rising. So the short term price doesn’t matter. As international law breaks down, we will need not just onchain currencies, but onchain companies....
Open‑weight AI + Obsidian + Crypto Enables Personal Private Programmable Stack
PERSONAL PRIVATE PROGRAMMABLE I’ve been thinking more about the intersection of Claude Code and Obsidian. There is an upcoming tech stack here that I’m calling personal private programmable. Here’s a sketch of the idea. First, if you squint ahead a few months, we...