Though we yearn for clarity, the universe whispers caution. If you listen closely to those who’ve made it, you’ll find what many of them want most is to return to the unknown. Kurt Cobain said he wished he could’ve stayed forever in the moment right before Nirvana got big. Virgil Abloh believed no piece mattered more than having the freedom to make... See more
Fussing with the word level of AI co-authored text feels a bit like pursuing photorealistic art after the invention of the camera. I mean, impressive that you can paint photorealistically, but I’d rather go look at impressionist, cubist art, or watch camera-based media like movies. If I want photorealism I’ll take or commission a... See more
Today’s society is no longer Foucault’s disciplinary world of hospitals, madhouses, prisons, barracks, and factories. It has long been replaced by another regime, namely a society of fitness studios, office towers, banks, airports, shopping malls, and genetic laboratories. Twenty-first-century society is no longer a disciplinary society, but rather... See more
You could theoretically change your life at any moment. Move here, date that person, work on that startup, write that blog, dye your hair, adopt a dog. Should I stay, should I go? I don’t know if this agency is freedom or burden. Perhaps all the best things are both.
So while I could try to handwave away my failure as a CEO (“something something Ukraine war something something inflation”), I won’t do that. Instead I’ll ask the question: was Muse a zero-interest rate phenomenon?