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A deeper layer of the issue is that virtually all American presidents are idiots compared to Xi, even if they have 20+ IQ points on him, for the simple reason that the whole machine runs on idiotic yapping. Democracy is good. When it's restricted to non-idiots, I guess.
We're in a race. It's not USA vs China but humans and AGIs vs ape power centralization. @deepseek_ai stan #1, 2023–Deep Time «C’est la guerre.» ®1
Conversely, an important way in which China is superior to the US is that Xi is not, in fact, an idiot, whereas Americans have reelected Trump, and since “they” (about half of them) had FREELY signed on to that, they will have to deal with it for 3 more years, tweets be damned
A deeper layer of the issue is that virtually all American presidents are idiots compared to Xi, even if they have 20+ IQ points on him, for the simple reason that the whole machine runs on idiotic yapping. Democracy is good. When it's restricted to non-idiots, I guess.
My journey might look linear from the outside: Columbia, McKinsey, Riot, a16z. A clean résumé arc. It hasn't been. This is a story about a family that lost everything — twice, across two generations — and the son who's still trying to get it back.
It's about why I have a chip on my shoulder, why I work the way I do, and the irrational thing I'm running toward that only makes sense to me. I wrote it around Thanksgiving. It's the most personal thing I've published. I hope it resonates.
My journey might look linear from the outside: Columbia, McKinsey, Riot, a16z. A clean résumé arc. It hasn't been. This is a story about a family that lost everything — twice, across two generations — and the son who's still trying to get it back.
stealth consumer bio | prev founding team @a16z @speedrun | writer of the bird’s nest, https://t.co/3fgQ6avUsx
The agent economy won’t scale on centralized infra alone. Identity, reputation, and verifiable outcomes need credible neutrality, and that’s exactly why on chain standards like ERC-8004 matter.
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