Sublime

capitalism has essentially recreated a new form of serfdom. Gig workers, rideshare drivers, and other app-based laborers, It’s like a high-tech version of sharecropping, they extract a surplus labor without offering stability, perpetually indebted to an algorithm.

Big thoughts from Tom. My personal takeaway is that understanding what humans want (ie, good taste) and being able to build with the latest tools will be the most important things.

There is no objective reality. The laws of physics you measure depend on the nature of the observer. Now, humans are comparable enough we agree on a set of common laws. But the edge cases, not necessarily so. There are physical phenomenon that only occur if you believe in them

You prefer to cling on to your potential as a pristine hypothetical, that's why you never let yourself try