"Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary ----------- delighted to say I am now blocking twitter everywhere and won't log in for months if not years new job + farcaster fitting timing for this notif

Gotta love this take from 1937: the problem with our modern world is all of these newfangled toilets and umbrellas

make high-conviction bets

Maybe AI really is to white-collar workers what photography was painters: less about obsolescence and more liberation. Most pre-photographic painting isn't "creative" and neither is most knowledge work, at least work that's graded on accuracy, precision, efficiency, etc.

What an honour to be a part of the talented Culture3 team. Getting to interview such diverse artists and creators at the forefront of web3 this year has been a real privilege and a joy. Ofc gracias @leonasskau for being a fantastic editor and generally sound person. Let's go 🚀

Two years ago, we launched Bismarck Brief. Since then, our analysts have written half a million words on the state of technology, the U.S. government, Chinese industry, and the world. Here are the 9 most important things we learned about how the world works in 2023. 🧵THREAD:

two sides of the same coin

It’s an honor to introduce Sublime – a simpler, more communal way to build your second brain.

Today we're launching the 50Y Progress Index, an open source project to quantify and track humanity's advancements. Food, energy, timber, and steel are 80-90% cheaper today than in late 1800s, air travel is 30X cheaper per mile than in 1950, computing is 10 trillion times

Six fundamental beliefs that bias our view of the world: 1. My experience is a reasonable reference. 2. I make correct assessments of the world. 3. I am good. 4. My group is a reasonable reference. 5. My group is good. 6. People's attributes (not context) shape outcomes.

True ownership comes from participation, not technology.

NEW: America is a rich country. Britain is a poor country with one wealthy region. People love to compare the UK to Mississippi, but it’s far more informative to look at UK subnationally, too. London ranks fairly well, the rest of the country does not 👉 https://t.co/xrIzwYGaCI

For your Sunday listening: @culture3xyz’s interview w/ Cl(ai)re - One of the most in-depth and descriptively beautiful discussions on her art style, influences, methods, & a lovely chat about the future implications of ai learning I’ve heard yet 🌸💖 @ClaireSilver12 we adore you!

My friends at Plexus are hiring a Founding Designer If you want to join an empowered, thoughtful, and highly driven, against-the-grain team.. then have a look below 👇

Is it ever better to be original than to be accurate? When?

🌍 Recently I wrote about different ways to change the world. Starting your own project is the rage, but joining a community is an underrated alternative. 🏘️ This story comes from Trawden, the village that broke free, but the lesson matters everywhere 👇 https://t.co/gyjSDbK7lt

skincare that's it. that's the tweet

Had a great conversation with Yoshua Bengio. Both of us agreed that a good step forward for AI risk is to articulate the concrete scenarios where AI can lead to significant harm. More to come, and looking forward to continuing the conversation!

The interplay between technology and culture is underrated. Technology creates a thousand futures, but culture determines which one we take. In response to @ntnsndr, who I like https://t.co/aIQmqOYsk5

8 months ago CZ opened WebSummit Now he's opening a law suit