Lifelong Learner & First Principles Thinker, Disruptive Technology Investor, $TSLA since 2014, #Bitcoin since 2016, Former U.S. Navy Pilot, #OccupyMars
Tulsa, OK
Joined January 2011
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Buying more $SPCX shares.
As an investor, I’m torn between Tesla’s Robotaxi scaling and SpaceX’s compute scaling. I wish they’d just merge already so I don’t waste brain cycles debating which takes off first. I want to own it all under one stock I can accumulate as much of as possible.
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realizing i might be part of the last pre-singularity generation.
it is so surreal to be in this razor-thin slice of time and humanity that gets to experience both extremes.
i’m 37 years old. i grew up with no computer, no internet, no tv. we played under the sodium street lamps. no phones, just library books. i remember memorizing entries in the encyclopedia britannica, then the 56k modem screech. i’ve gotten to witness this whole arc. a genuinely pre-digital childhood, and now whatever this is becoming.
it’s just so bizarre to hold all those memories and contrast them with the current state. now i speak into a slab of silicon and glass and it manifests code like water flowing down a hill. i commune with this alien intelligence on a daily basis. same head, same lifetime.
i increasingly feel like a three-dimensional being looking at this multidimensional, crystallized artifact of intelligence that is increasingly beyond my comprehension. i can interact with the little slice facing me, but have less and less intuition for the shape of the whole thing.
if i was positioning myself in a replay of the lead-up to what might be the most significant event in modern human history, i’m not sure i would choose any other years. old enough to remember what came before. young enough to have a lot of life left inside whatever comes next.
sama was talking about the excitement and the melancholy. a feeling of something ending. Cheeky Pint
it feels like we’re on the precipice of handing over the torch of intelligence to something nonhuman. it’s an extreme viewpoint, but it feels like we’re hurtling uncontrollably towards this singularity.
it doesn’t feel real. it probably won’t be a singular, definable moment, but a slow-motion event of gradual realization, with occasional shockwaves.
to quote a great scholar of our times.
“not enough people are emotionally prepared for if it’s not a bubble”
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In the last four weeks, I learned that my stepsister has stage 4 cancer, my stepmother has a potentially aggressive brain tumor that can't be completely removed, and today, my mother passed away.
I'm not entirely sure how I feel yet. Mostly shock, I think, and an instinct to keep moving forward.
Life doesn't owe us fairness, and reality doesn't make exceptions for anyone.
But there's still plenty to live for, people to love, things to accomplish, and happiness to pursue.
And I have no intention of losing sight of that.
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I wrote a new piece about women’s rights and whether or not I want trans people dead. (Spoiler: I don’t)👇
jkrowling.com/opinions/an-up…
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I’ve spent a few days thinking about the Tesla Roadster reveal and landed somewhere I haven’t seen much discussion. I’m neither a Tesla fanboy nor a Tesla hater. And I couldn’t care less whether what we saw technically qualifies as a flying car. Three takeaways: (1) The risk of that live demonstration going horribly wrong was real. Almost no CEO would willingly expose their company to that kind of public humiliation for a product with so little financial upside. Elon did. (2) That willingness to attempt the seemingly impossible is what makes Tesla special. It’s also arguably Elon’s greatest contribution to America. He’s helped bring back something we’ve lost. The American spirit of chasing big scary ideas that most people think are impossible. That mindset is spreading across a new generation of founders and its long term impact on America’s future could dwarf anything Tesla ever sells. I think this is deeply underappreciated. (3) Can we just acknowledge how insanely cool that moment was? We’ve reached a strange place culturally where even extraordinary feats of human ingenuity immediately become arguments about why they don’t count. Not everything needs to be a debate. Sometimes we should just be able to stand back together and marvel at what humans are capable of. I’ve been both bullish and critical of Tesla’s ambitions over the years. But watching Elon and his team push the boundaries of what’s possible reminds me why I’m glad we have him. Whether the Roadster ever makes Tesla a dollar or impacts $TSLA stock price is almost beside the point. We need more people willing to risk failure in pursuit of things the rest of us think are impossible. Because when they succeed we all win.
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Last year I thought Threads was an existential risk to X.
When Meta puts its full weight behind something -- by injecting the app into Instagram, it’s DEFCON 5:
You have to squeeze out every last drop of growth from all available surfaces to save the app.
However, I started to realize that the opposite was happening:
It was strengthening X.
If you look at any announcement by Zuck, you will see the most rude & toxic comments on the internet.
But when he makes those same announcements on X, people are thrilled about how he’s pushing humanity forward. X is a place where people are excited about the future, so it’s no surprise he and his top lieutenants are using it more than their own app.
Threads — and Bluesky — have effectively quarantined some of the worst people on the internet.
And so I had an epiphany: those apps are X’s anti-abuse systems.
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Everyone since the 1960s, including socialists: “Where are our flying cars? We should have flying cars by now!”
Socialists, the moment someone invents one: “Nobody asked for this! Nobody needs this! Think of the poor! The inventor should give away his fortune!”
They demand a future of abundance while condemning the ambition, innovation, investment, and profit required to create it.
They want the fruits of progress while vilifying those who produce them.
Socialists truly are their own worst enemies, opposing the very means of achieving what they claim to want.
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The thing I’m most grateful to Elon for is bringing back an age of wonder and excitement to humanity. That was jaw-dropping awesome! Screams and mouths wide open in the audience. Nuts.
I hope @itskyleconner is ready for the “bUt cAn iT fLY?” comments on sports car review videos. 😂
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Roadster teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1yKAPwNgg…
