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Eccentric Founders
Despite changing its corporate structure and name to Block, and even though it's been over a decade since I last worked there, I will always think of the company as Square. Those were formative years. For me, Square…
Gawking at the AI Zoo
Recently, Moltbook made the rounds in tech circles for experimenting with agentic AI societies. It's a social network populated by AI agents, built as an experiment to see how autonomous agents interact and what types of unusual behaviors…
Review: New Money
The thesis is right there in the title. New Money: How Payment Became Social Media: Swartz, Lana: 9780300233223: Amazon.com: BooksNew Money: How Payment Became Social Media [Swartz, Lana] on Amazon.com. FREE shipping on qualifying offers. New Money: How…
Decision Precision
We have become very good at measuring things; it's unclear how that affects our ability to make decisions. Take the Lucid Gravity. It's a new car, with a software interface evolved from their first vehicle—the…
The Demise of Tesla's Flagships
Tesla announced they will end production of their Model S and Model X vehicles. The factory lines in Fremont specializing in these cars are to be repurposed for Tesla's forthcoming Optimus robot, though that product is still in…
AI's Bland Writing
Starting around high school, people began asking me to help proofread their writings. Occasionally it'd be a college essay or a publication, but I also helped with simple things like emails or blog posts or real estate listings.…
