The Startup “Freedom” Illusion Naval liked to say: no tie, no alarm clock, no boss. Freedom.

This is why the relationship between “artificial intelligence” and “natural incompetence” behaves like a contrapositive. Both invert two axes — simulation ↔ reality and intelligence ↔ incompetence — the way logic flips P→Q into ¬Q→¬P.

If “artificial intelligence” only simulates intelligence, it describes the same condition as “natural incompetence”: the absence of real understanding. #AI #Philosophy #Logic #Semantics 👇

Welcome to The Meaning Economy. We’ve spent decades optimizing for attention — clicks, speed, outrage. Now it’s time to optimize for meaning — depth, reflection, understanding. This space is for those building toward that shift — in tech, art, AI, philosophy, and culture. Read

Made it to 150 followers today. Some of them may be actual people! Suggest using a scheduling tool. I like Typefully.

All before a dollar. All in public. Lost some money. Gained clarity and fantastic partners. I’d take that trade every time.

So we ran an invite-only alpha. Users lit up. That’s when it hit us — we didn’t want to just be an API. We’re building a full virtual assistant. Then NVIDIA Inception said yes. Then Google for Startups — at a solid tier thanks to NVIDIA.

Lost $150K when Microsoft Founders shut down. Applied to A16Z Speedrun 4 — got rejected. We’d already filed 10 provisional patents and our early demos beat Scale AI’s multi-challenge by 30 points. Pre-launch. Pre-revenue. I get it.

I get that not everyone cares about this. But two impressions? Didn't expect that :)

The Meaning Economy: From Attention to Agency We didn’t get here by accident. The attention economy bootstrapped the internet when few would pay. Ads funded the network effects that made hyperscalers possible. But incentives harden. When success is measured in minutes captured,

100% heads-down coding today. No distractions. Pure focus. Says every founder... before checking their feed

What if we stopped assuming adults know more than children? Children haven’t yet learned to think in ossified ways — maybe they’re the real brains of the operation. Maybe the great ones — the visionaries, the inventors — are just the stubborn ones who refused to ossify. If we

Thoughts?

This is why the relationship between “artificial intelligence” and “natural incompetence” behaves like a contrapositive. Both invert two axes — simulation ↔ reality and intelligence ↔ incompetence — the way logic flips P→Q into ¬Q→¬P.

If “artificial intelligence” only simulates intelligence, it describes the same condition as “natural incompetence”: the absence of real understanding. #AI #Philosophy #Logic #Semantics 👇

All before a dollar. All in public. Lost some money. Gained clarity and fantastic partners. I’d take that trade every time.

So we ran an invite-only alpha. Users lit up. That’s when it hit us — we didn’t want to just be an API. We’re building a full virtual assistant. Then NVIDIA Inception said yes. Then Google for Startups — at a solid tier thanks to NVIDIA.

Lost $150K when Microsoft Founders shut down. Applied to A16Z Speedrun 4 — got rejected. We’d already filed 10 provisional patents and our early demos beat Scale AI’s multi-challenge by 30 points. Pre-launch. Pre-revenue. I get it.

Pretty sure the 10yo would close their Series A first 🤣

I’ve received some excellent DMs and comments about this post across platforms. A few clarifications: – The systems we’re building at Taijitu AI do learn continuously and adapt in real time. – They are not artificial life, and certainly not conscious — no more “conscious” than a

Can our autodidactic tech finally do what no virtual assistant has — make email processing feel weightless? This is the benchmark that matters.