im not tired

had a chance to check out the CIA offices today

american dynamism

after walking around DC for the first time, im now more okay with the federal tax rate. the imperial core should be beautiful.

explaining to the happy amish 14 year old that he is in fact a decel

just got rung up by a 15yr old at the amish market. “we take apple pay” okay wow. children are running around playing tag behind the counter. they know nothing of the AI wars. not a single bitcoin between them. completely GPU-less

NUD€S I_N BIO

The Tianzi Mountains in China are quartz sandstone and were formed about 400 million years ago through irregular rising patterns of the earth's crust, and with about 318 million years of erosion these tall and skinny mountains were formed.

all dogs are boys and all cats are girls

life hack: if you use em dashes people think you're a much better writer — it's just that easy

chocolate milk bf, probiotic yogurt gf

The true laser-eyed Fukuyama take in accordance with any 1990s End of History thing is that Russia, China, and even Iran (but not North Korea) all have stock markets.

DECENTRALIZE!

Study the grid. Interesting situation where the more good stuff happens on either side of the grid (renewables on one, electrification of everything on the other), the harder things get for the grid.

Great dive by Ryan McEntush

a16z.com/decentralizing…

election season is going to be insane

even russia and china pretend to have elections

“To be clear, the centralized grid we have today will certainly not disappear – in fact, it also needs to grow in size – but it will be consumed by networks of decentralized assets growing around it.” a16z.com/decentralizing…

It's time to build!

Decentralization means anti-fragility and robustness

[New Post] Our electric grid is struggling.

Load growth, infra costs, operational complexity, and policy are just some of the challenges.

To overcome this, the grid must decentralize. Fortunately, new technologies pave a path forward.

a16z.com/decentralizing…