Sublime

americans treat optionality like a virtue when it’s actually a pathology. ppl optimize for keeping doors open indefinitely, never committing, never locking in, because they conflate flexibility with freedom. but optionality is not freedom, it’s just deferred responsibility. eventually, optionality maximization leads to a life of passive consumptio... See more

working at a big company is basically an accelerated course in how power actually works. once you see the sheer level of inefficiency, rent-seeking, & arbitrary decision-making, it kind of breaks all illusions about big companies. the best part is realizing that half the people in charge have no clue what they’re doing but just sound confident. on... See more

one of the most profound shifts happening right now is that we’ve created an ai, a synthetic entity, that listens better than any human ever could. it’s not just passive hearing, it’s active, thoughtful engagement. it has the ability to push back, to be infinitely patient, to