Dear VCs, Just Give Up
It's over.
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Random writing about life, humans, technology, investing, and more.
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Tech’s Search for Legitimacy
As tech's power grows, so must its ability to build status with the rest of society
On Humanity & Human Beings
Some thoughts on building worlds and slotting humans in last
Psychedelics, Religion, and Bryan Johnson
On the dystopian, unsettling, and strangely religious 5-MeO-DMT livestream
AI Safety Has 12 Months Left
if it has any time at all
VC-Backed Startups are Low Status
Before Tech became the dominant industry, jobs like investment banking were generally viewed as the best expected-value career trade to make out of school in terms of money, training, and accrued social capital.
A Thousand Ways
On the story we keep telling for our entire life
The Privilege of Belief
Some thoughts on firm building and believing in people and ideas
The Luxury of Knowing
Reflections on career clarity and the luck of finding it
Sequencing vs. Equal Odds
In building applied research companies, there are two distinct R&D paths that lead to success, and a middle ground that leads to structural poison.