one world government + centralized control of AI = tyranny.

Ford CEO Jim Farley in new interview: "The competitive reality is that the Chinese are the 700-pound gorilla in the EV industry. There's no real competition from Tesla, GM, or Ford with what we've seen from China. It is completely dominating the EV landscape globally and more and

ICYMI: i reported yesterday that nvidia is discussing guaranteeing some of the loans that OpenAI intends to take out to build new data centers the latest sign of how extreme the bubble in AI infrastructure spending is becoming wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-al…

Guidance wasn't in the release. $AAPL stock turned as as soon it hit the market. Apple basically confirming what everyone sees, which is that they've got a winner w iPhone 17. wsj.com/tech/apple-ear…

Roelof led $300m round for Bird and $250m round for 23andMe. Both zeros at this point?

Yup it’s a slugging percentage game and Roelof had an epic run, especially from 2005-2012. Had a good shot at Uber too: I know a guy who brought it to him early… IIRC, Doug credited for NuBank, Jim for WhatsApp, Greg for Airbnb.

My summary of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar's vision for the company she laid out today at WSJ tech conference

SNAP stopgap funding for SF to come from Michael among others.

5/ Commerce with China has benefits other than selling it exports. But its unique status as a "beggar thy neighbor" partner should motivate other nations into forming a trading system without it. There's opportunity here for the U.S. if it knows how to seize it.

Same price in Houston today. - Branded spring water: collect at nearby spring, filter at plant, bottle and truck to store. - Gasoline: Drill down 2 miles, turn sideways and continue another 2-4 miles. Run steel pipe and cement through hole. Punch small holes in pipe. Send

Founder of ADHD treatment startup that govt said became an Adderall "pill mill" was found guilty in federal court today, along with the company's former top doctor. wsj.com/us-news/law/ad…

My book club would love to use the new iOS polls feature. Shame it doesn't work cross-platform.

“There is only one way to make everyone wealthy–and that's AI and robotics. My prediction is that work will be optional." - Elon Musk. In this scenario, though, all wealth accrues to capital, not labor. So absent substantial redistribution, this is not how workers get wealthy.