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CEO/Founder of @bravaxyz | Preparing leaders for the Superintelligence era | Author | Ex-Google | Exited Founder | NED | Making high-yield stablecoin investing
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No Battery for You!.
This really feels like a stand-up set. You expect him to at the end say "Thank you guys! My name is Elon Musk and that's my time!" 😂.
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A Chinese company just shattered OpenAI's $18 billion advantage:. They proved you can build ChatGPT-level AI for 100x cheaper. And it's about to trigger the biggest market crash since the dot-com bubble. Here's why the Chinese are keeping this a secret:
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Nvidia just released a $249 computer that will change AI forever. It's called the Jetson Nano - a tiny device that can run AI models locally. This means AI can run without connecting to the cloud. And it's about to spark the biggest tech battle of our time:
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This will create more billionaires than the internet boom:. 2010: $50,000 to send 1kg to space.2024: $100.Soon: $10. But everyone's focused on the wrong thing. The real opportunity isn't in launches - it's in what comes after:
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He predicted the rise of:. • AI.• Remote work.• Digital streaming. Years before they happened. Now, Kevin Kelly says these 5 tech trends will shape the next 100+ years:
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URGENT: Protect your savings now. Banks are desperately launching stablecoins to save themselves. JP Morgan, Citi, and Charles Schwab know what's coming. Here's what you must do before the system collapses:
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"We overestimate technology in the short run, underestimate it in the long run.". Tesla is 100x ahead of every competitor in autonomous driving. Not because of better technology. But because they discovered something in 2016 that no one else saw coming:
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Your doctor hasn't told you this. 90% of your serotonin is produced in your gut, not your brain. Translation? Most mental health issues start in your stomach. Here's how I healed my "second brain" naturally (and how you can too):
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Stablecoins will become the front-end of crypto. Not Bitcoin. Not Ethereum. Just like you don't need to understand HTML to use Instagram. You won't need to understand blockchain to use the future of finance. Here's why this matters:
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This is where Gates' wisdom becomes crystal clear. We got caught up in the hype, imagining overnight transformation. Reality moved slower, but deeper. Now Tesla's autonomous systems are proving safer than human drivers in California and Texas. The future arrived. We just
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Living to 100 is simpler than you think. This guy spent 50 years studying the world's longest-living people. What he discovered destroys everything we're taught about health:
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For the past 5 years, the AI industry has been built on one core assumption:. Building powerful AI requires massive resources. Huge data centers. Thousands of engineers. Billions in funding. That assumption just got shattered:
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Netflix regularly tells managers to fire top talent. Their CEO said "Adequate performance gets a generous severance package". And it's the smartest thing they've ever done, now valued at $300 billion. Here's the story behind the most controversial strategy in the world:
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Tim Ferriss called him "One of the most interesting people in the world". He inspired Zuckerberg and Naval with his eerily accurate predictions of the future. And now he's made another one. Here's the 100-year prophecy that is making everyone in tech pay attention:
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Google just announced a breakthrough in quantum computing. It's called "Willow" - and it's making waves in the tech world. But buried in their announcement was something fascinating:. A discovery that could reshape our understanding of computing itself.
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Remember when the internet was just "cables under the ocean"?. That's space right now. The cost to orbit just crashed 99.8% in 14 years. And just like the internet wasn't about cables. This isn't about rockets:.
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I'm American-born living in Europe. I've studied both Silicon Valley and Northern Europe for the past decade. Everyone's watching China vs America in the AI race. While Northern Europe's approach will ACTUALLY change how you live and work:
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A new AI model has matched their performance at a fraction of the cost. Not just marginally cheaper. We're talking about an order of magnitude reduction in what it takes to build world-class AI. This isn't just disruption - it's an extinction event. China knows this, that's
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After spending Christmas with three generations of my family. I realized we're giving our kids the wrong advice about success. The old rules of mastery don't work anymore. Here's what our children actually need to know about the future:
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The biggest wealth transfer in centuries is right around the corner. $40 trillion will move from Boomers to Millennials & Gen Z. But there's a massive twist that no one's talking about. This transfer is about to get completely hijacked. Here's what's coming:
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The most important financial story of 2025 isn't what you think:. While everyone's distracted by $TRUMP coin's rise. A $207 billion revolution is quietly transforming the global financial system. Here's why this number will be $10 trillion in the next 4 years:
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The Jetson Nano is designed specifically for AI:. It can run AI language models locally - without needing cloud connections. Think of it like a Raspberry Pi specifically optimized for AI applications. This $249 device fundamentally changes how AI will develop:
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Ideas that seemed impossible are becoming real:. • Global internet coverage anywhere on earth.• Space manufacturing.• Asteroid mining.• Space-based solar power. Companies are racing to capture these trillion-dollar opportunities.
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By 2030, you'll experience more change than humanity has in its entire history. It's not just your job at stake—it's how you think, learn, and speak to your family. Here's why this change is happening and what it means for you 🧵
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OpenAI has raised $18 billion. They've built some of the world's most advanced data centers, hired the brightest minds, and spent years perfecting their models. All based on the belief that this was the only way forward. But something just changed everything:
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They said inflation would destroy the economy. But they missed something bigger: When AI combines with robotics, 3D printing, and renewable energy. Production costs will plummet across industries. Here's the fascinating economic shift no one's talking about:
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The entire economic model of the AI industry is built on scarcity:. "Only a few companies can afford to build powerful AI.". That scarcity just vanished. And when artificial scarcity disappears, bubbles pop:.
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Unlike the Cold War space race focused on prestige & military power. Today's space race is about one thing:. Money. And a lot of it. The global space economy will grow from $424B to over $1 TRILLION by 2040. Here's why smart money is flooding into space:
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"Cognifying". AI will be embedded in EVERYTHING. The numbers are staggering: The AI market will explode from $136B to $1.8T by 2030. That's faster growth than the internet in the 90s. And it's already transforming our world:
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The cost reduction is enormous:. 2010: $50,000 per kg.2020: $1,000 per kg.2024: $100 per kg.Future: $10 per kg. This 99.98% cost reduction unlocked an entirely new economy. Space went from government domain to commercial goldmine.
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Your phone is dying. Soon, it'll be useless. Sam Altman and Apple's legendary design expert are secretly creating its replacement. Here's the new mystery device that will change the world:
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Instead of all AI running in centralized data centers. We're moving to "edge computing" - where AI runs directly on devices. Imagine your smart home devices, cars, and phones all running their own AI models. The implications are massive:
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Satya Nadella just unveiled Microsoft's impossible chip:. Built atom by atom over 20 years. It uses a new state of matter that physics textbooks said couldn't exist. Here's how this will shatter modern encryption and blockchain as we know it:
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Space manufacturing is transforming the industry. The microgravity environment in space is perfect for making:. • Crystals.• High-value materials.• Advanced pharmaceuticals. Things that are impossible to make on Earth.
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While others made grand predictions, Tesla was playing a different game. They understood something profound: The path to autonomous driving isn't about bold promises or flashy demos. It's about patience. Data. Millions of cars. Billions of miles.
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Meet Pieter Levels. He's the ultimate AI solopreneur: using artificial intelligence to build and run multiple startups that generate $3.1M/year. All while traveling the world as a digital nomad, proving you don't need a team - AI can replace them all. Here's how he did it:
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The battle lines are clear:. OpenAI/Google want centralized control through cloud-based AI. Nvidia is enabling distributed, democratic AI development at the edge. This isn't just about technology - it's about the future of AI control.
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Take SpaceX's Starlink vs Amazon's Project Kuiper:. Both are launching massive satellite constellations to beam internet everywhere on Earth. Why?. Because whoever controls space internet controls the next generation of global communications.
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Sequoia predicts the AI industry needs $600 billion in revenue to justify current investments. We're at just 10% of that today. This isn't just a gap - it's a chasm between expectation and reality. And now comes the catalyst that brings it all down:
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This breakthrough in efficient AI development proves something stunning:. Most of the massive infrastructure being built right now is unnecessary. Think about the implications:. • Billions in data centers? Overkill.• Massive hardware investments? Wasteful.• Current AI
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Enter SpaceX's revolutionary move:. Reusable rockets. By developing technology to land and reuse their rocket's first stage, SpaceX slashed launch costs by 30%. Traditional rockets were single-use. SpaceX made them reusable. New companies entered the market.
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The best part?. This isn't just about billionaires playing with rockets. The space boom is creating:. • New jobs.• Revolutionary tech.• Industries we can't even imagine yet. And we're just at the beginning.
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First, his track record:. Kelly's been studying tech trends for 40+ years. He was talking about AI, digital currencies, and the metaverse in the 90s. Everyone thought he was crazy. Now his predictions are required reading in Silicon Valley:
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But they made a crucial miscalculation:. The infrastructure far outpaced actual demand. Companies like Webvan built billion-dollar warehouses, assuming everyone would instantly start buying groceries online. They were right about the trend, but catastrophically wrong about
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This man created the most-used website in human history. When I worked at Google, he personally shared a framework that changed the way I think about success forever. It's called The Toothbrush Test. Here's a full breakdown (I can't believe no one's talking about this): 🧵
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Just like the internet in 2000, AI is about to enter its "trough of disillusionment.". Not because the technology doesn't work. But because we've built an entire industry on assumptions that are no longer true. History tells us what happens next:.
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To understand why, we need to look back at the dot-com crash of 2000. History doesn't repeat itself. it rhymes. Companies spent hundreds of billions laying fiber optic cables under oceans. This is remarkably similar to what happened with GPU's in the 2000's. They built enough
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"Flowing". The ownership economy is dying. Fast. In 2023, 1.1B people subscribed to streaming services. By 2028 he predicts a 45% rise. But entertainment is just the beginning. The subscription revolution is coming for everything you own.
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Think about it: Why own a car when you can summon any vehicle you need, instantly?. Why buy furniture when your home automatically swaps pieces based on the season?. The sharing economy will hit $335B by 2025. Old business models are crumbling.
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When reality hit, it was brutal:. • Stock prices collapsed.• Companies went bankrupt.• Trillions in value vanished. Today's AI boom is following the exact same pattern, but the numbers are even more shocking:
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1. Edge Computing Over Cloud:.AI moves from massive data centers to local devices, bringing privacy and speed. 2. Data Quality Over Size:.Better data beats bigger models. 3. Practical Uses Over Demos:.Solving real problems beats impressive parlor tricks. The smart money sees this
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The same transformation is coming to AI. Web4 will emerge from the ashes, built on fundamentally different principles:. • Efficient, affordable AI models.• Decentralized infrastructure.• Natural human interfaces.• Value from data quality, not brute force compute. This.
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The internet you know will die by 2026. 75% of what you do online will be handled by AI agents instead. Your "digital twin" will replace websites and apps completely. Here's how you can prepare for the extinction of websites and apps:
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Meet Dr. Robert Cialdini. For decades, he studied a single question:.What makes humans say "yes"?. His findings transformed marketing forever. And one discovery was so powerful, it generates billions in sales every year. Here's what he found:
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Imagine walking into a hospital where AI has already diagnosed your condition from your vitals. Even your toaster and washing machine will have human level of intelligence. Meanwhile, smart factories are optimizing themselves, and farms are adjusting water levels by the minute.
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The biggest financial revolution isn't mobile banking. It's $173B worth of stablecoins quietly replacing the entire system and driving mass adoption. Just like Amazon did to retail in 1994. Here's what's really happening:
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We're witnessing a pivotal moment in tech history. The AI bubble will burst. But just like the internet after 2000, what comes next will be far more revolutionary than anyone expects.
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We all know AI agents are going to take your job. But nobody really understands how. A shocking truth about human innovation is about to change everything we know about work. Let me explain why the future is brighter than you think:
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February 26th, 2025: A watershed moment. Bank of America's CEO just admitted they have no choice but to launch their own stablecoin. The same bank that called crypto "dangerous" months ago is now desperate to join the revolution. Here's the shocking reason why:
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This country has the world's most advanced digital society. • Startup visa in just 2 weeks.• E-Residency program for digital nomads.• 99% of government services available online. Here's why it's becoming one of the best places to live (it's not where you would expect):
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The transformation is already happening. While we debate if we're ready, Tesla has the technology waiting. Their autonomous systems are ready to deploy. We're not waiting for innovation anymore. We're waiting for our minds to catch up with what's already possible.
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I know because I lived it. In 2016, I got one of the first Tesla Model S cars in the UK. What most people saw was a luxury electric car. What they missed was happening beneath the surface. Every turn. Every brake. Every decision. The car was learning and using data to train
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The banks that mocked crypto are now frantically racing to survive. Why? They just witnessed something terrifying:. Stablecoins processed $33 trillion in transactions last year. That's more than Visa and Mastercard COMBINED. And now the floodgates are about to open:
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Unlike the old space race between two superpowers. The new space race has multiple players:. • SpaceX.• Rocket Lab.• Blue Origin.• Virgin Galactic.• And dozens more. All competing to capture different parts of the trillion-dollar space economy.
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1. Privacy & Security.When AI runs locally, your data stays on your device. No more sending sensitive information to big tech companies. No more questions about how your personal data is being used or stored. But the revolution goes deeper:.
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After the dot-com crash, something fascinating happened:. While the media declared the internet "dead," the real revolution began quietly. Amazon wasn't building unnecessary infrastructure. They were solving real problems for customers:
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The man who can predict the future:. In 2016, stuck in LA traffic, he tweeted: "Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging". Everyone laughed. Today, his "joke" is worth $5.675 billion. Here's why the skeptics were wrong:
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"We shape technology, then technology shapes us.". First, we taught cars to drive themselves. Now those cars will teach us to live differently. Our cities will transform. Our homes will move. Our concept of distance will blur.
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According to Marc Andreessen on Joe Rogan:. When meeting with the Biden administration, they discussed regulating only 2-3 companies for AI development. This mirrors what Sam Bankman-Fried attempted with crypto regulation. But Nvidia just disrupted this power play:
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For context:. Today, most AI runs in massive data centers owned by companies like OpenAI and Google. Every time you use ChatGPT, your query travels to their servers, gets processed, and comes back to you. This centralized model creates a fundamental problem:
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Traditional banking is collapsing under its own weight. Their operating costs are staggering: $149.6B on salaries alone. Meanwhile, crypto platforms are processing transactions at 1/100th of the cost. But this gets even more fascinating:
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Everyone loves the same geniuses like: Einstein, Hawking or Newton. But I found a man who stands heads and shoulders above all. He filed over 300 patents, but sadly his forgotten legacy is a heartbreaking tragedy. 6 times Tesla predicted and invented the future:
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In 30 years, you will have to decide whether you want to remain human as we know it today. The evolution of the internet will redefine our species. Here's how the Internet will transform humanity by 2050:
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Congress just announced groundbreaking stablecoin legislation in Trump's first 100 days. This isn't just another crypto bill. This is the beginning of the greatest financial revolution in modern history. The smart money knows what's coming:
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The winners won't be who you expect. Just like Amazon understood retail better than understood pets. The next AI giants will be built by people who understand real human needs. Three massive shifts are already beginning:.
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I bet my mortgage Tesla will be the world's biggest company by 2026. Every automaker spent 100 years perfecting cars. Tesla spent 10 years proving everything they knew was wrong. Here's their trillion-dollar thinking framework:
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The paradox that's killing us:. We have everything. Yet we're more miserable than ever. One Holocaust survivor discovered why. Here's what he found:
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"Remixing". Something wild is happening in creation. The generative AI market will surge from $10.6B to $208.8B by 2030. Why? Because everything - code, content, products - is becoming raw material for something new.
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Developers are building million-dollar apps from existing code blocks. Musicians are creating hit songs by blending genres in ways never imagined. The next breakthrough won't be entirely new - it'll be a clever remix of what already exists.
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60 years. $126B in personal wealth. $1.16T empire. Warren Buffett defined how Wall Street thinks about money. Now his retirement signals something bigger than a leadership change. Traditional investing is about to transform forever:
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They called me crazy in 2022. When I predicted AI agents would transform the internet. Today, Nvidia's CEO is predicting a $1 trillion AI agent economy. Here's what's really happening (and why it matters):
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In 1976, two electronics giants went to war. Sony's Betamax vs JVC's VHS. Betamax was technically superior in every way. But VHS won because JVC focused on what actually mattered to consumers.
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This is the ultimate irony Gates warned us about. By the time we grasp how transformative autonomous cars will be, they'll already be changing everything about our lives. Cities will rise or fall based on who embraces this first. The technology is waiting for us.
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Edge data is fundamentally different:. It's real-time information from actual device usage and human interactions. Unlike static internet data, it captures context and real-world behavior. This creates a massive power shift in AI development:
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I used to think breaking bad habits was about discipline. Then, I read Charles Duhigg's "The Power of Habit.". He breaks down the 3-step "habit loop" that controls your brain—and how to bypass it. Here's the method to destroy bad habits forever:
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"Interacting". Virtual reality is about to swallow the real world whole. The AR/VR market will explode to $454.73B by 2030. But forget gaming - this technology is revolutionizing how we work, learn, and live.
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Kelly's predictions aren't abstract theories - they're backed by massive market shifts:. • AI growing to $1.8T.• IoT reaching $2.4T.• AR/VR hitting $454B. The question isn't if these changes will happen, it's how you'll position yourself to benefit.
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"You will own nothing and be happy.". This quote sparked outrage across the internet. But here's what most people missed:. The future of ownership isn't about having less. It's about owning what matters:
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It concentrates power in the hands of a few tech giants. These companies control:.• What AI models can and can't do.• Who gets access to the technology.• How much it costs to use.• What happens to your data. OpenAI has been aggressive about maintaining this control.
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Thanks for reading! - you're awesome!. Follow me @thegrahamcooke for more. Like/Repost the quote below if you benefited:.
A Chinese company just shattered OpenAI's $18 billion advantage:. They proved you can build ChatGPT-level AI for 100x cheaper. And it's about to trigger the biggest market crash since the dot-com bubble. Here's why the Chinese are keeping this a secret:
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The wealthy have a secret investment class:. Assets that outperform stocks by 500%. Most people can't access them. But blockchain is about to change that forever. Here's the crazy story of how a $14.5M license plate exposed it all:
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We're witnessing a pivotal moment:. Will AI be controlled by a few powerful companies?. Or will it be distributed among millions of developers and creators?. The revolution begins at the edge.
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The music industry's fatal mistake. They tried controlling how we listen to music. Remember CD players, Walkmans & those clunky portable devices?. What happened next is about to repeat with banks:
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Remember 2016?. The headlines were everywhere. Robo-taxis just around the corner. The end of human drivers. A revolution in transportation. We got it wrong. But here's the fascinating part: We weren't wrong about what would happen. We were only wrong about when.
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Every financial revolution made early adopters FILTHY rich. Google transformed search. Apple transformed computing. Now stablecoins are transforming money—with $220B in circulation and $100B moving daily. Miss this, and you'll miss the biggest wealth shift since the internet:
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I used to think I was free. Then I read Strauss & Howe's "The Fourth Turning". They outline all the dark patterns that repeat through history in 80-year cycles. Right now, we're in the era of opportunity. Here's how to take advantage: 🧵
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We're living in the most individualistic time in human history. And it's killing us. Literally - chronic loneliness is as deadly as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. But there's a deeper story here about human evolution and society's future:
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They said AI would steal human jobs. Instead, it's creating its own economy. A single AI bot just launched a $300M cryptocurrency. And now other AIs are following suit. The future of finance isn't what anyone predicted:
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I hope you've found this thread helpful. Follow me @thegrahamcooke for more. Like/Repost the quote below if you can:.
This will create more billionaires than the internet boom:. 2010: $50,000 to send 1kg to space.2024: $100.Soon: $10. But everyone's focused on the wrong thing. The real opportunity isn't in launches - it's in what comes after:
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The biggest shift in software history is happening:. AI is about to make building software as simple as using Shopify. VCs are abandoning the $650B industry:. Here's why this changes everything:
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The companies building edge devices - not cloud providers - will control this valuable data. That's why the Jetson Nano is so disruptive:. It puts AI development in everyone's hands, not just tech giants. The power moves from centralized clouds to distributed edges.
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