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Sep 22 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
AI is rewiring your brain—and Silicon Valley says that's the point.
Reid Hoffman: "10,000 prompts is the new 10,000 hours."
You lose detailed problem-solving. You gain 10x ambition.
Why this trade-off is reshaping how leaders think:
MIT researchers measured students outsourcing essay writing to ChatGPT.
83% couldn't recall what they'd written. Brain activity plummeted.
But here's the fallacy: That's not how ambitious professionals use AI.
The study measured copy-paste. It didn't measure leadership.
Sep 19 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
A crypto company is hoarding $8.7B in gold bars.
Not Bitcoin. Not digital assets. Physical gold.
Mining executives call Tether "the weirdest company ever."
Here's the shocking reason they're buying up gold mines:
Tether runs USDT, the world's biggest stablecoin.
$168 billion market cap.
$5.7 billion profits in just the first half of 2024.
They're one of the largest US Treasury holders on the planet.
But their gold strategy caught everyone off guard:
Sep 12 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
AI could make your kids 500 times richer than you.
Tech experts predict 20% annual economic growth.
But unless you're properly positioned, you'll miss the real opportunity.
Here's what you need to know to benefit:
First, let's understand what 20% growth actually means.
At that rate, the economy doubles 3 times per decade.
Your children grow up in a completely different world.
Centuries of progress compressed into decades.
Sep 8 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Trump's Treasury pick Scott Bessent has a solution to America's $29 trillion debt crisis:
Force crypto to buy it!
Stablecoin companies must legally hold US Treasury bills as collateral. That's $2 trillion in guaranteed buyers.
Here's how crypto replaces foreign governments as America's lender:
First, understand what just happened.
Congress passed the Genius Act in July.
New law: Stablecoins must back their dollars with ultra-safe assets.
Translation: Treasury bills become mandatory.
Sep 5 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
The guy who used AI to make a fake Biden and trick voters in 2024 got fined $6 million.
His amateur operation only fooled 5,000 people.
But he accidentally created the blueprint that political operatives will use to target 50 million Americans.
Here's the terrifying blueprint they'll use (and how to spot it):
That fake Biden robocall in New Hampshire was just the beginning.
A political consultant created it with voice-cloning tools. Got caught. Faced felony charges.
The FCC's $6 million fine was the first penalty for AI voter suppression.
But while we celebrated catching one guy, something bigger was happening:
Aug 26 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
Anthropic downloaded 7 million pirated books to train Claude.
Authors are suing for $150,000 per book—that's over $1 trillion in damages.
The trial starts December 1, 2025.
Here's the copyright case that could bankrupt AI's biggest players:
Anthropic allegedly used piracy sites LibGen and PiLiMi to build a "central library."
Their internal goal? Collect "all the books in the world" and keep them "forever."
This wasn't scraping. It was a systematic acquisition.
The scale shocked even the judge:
Aug 25 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
We're definitely NOT living in a computer simulation.
A simple calculation proves it: the entire galaxy couldn't power a single day of fake reality.
The calculation is so simple, a 5th grader could understand it.
Here's the 30-second proof we're definitely living in reality:
Google's new first-person view AI simulates human experiences.
You input "paint a wall" or "mow a lawn."
The AI generates a video showing these actions from a human's eyes.
Not text. Not descriptions. Actual first-person perspective video.
It's eerily close to how we experience reality:
Aug 22 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
China's new robot mall looks like something straight out of Blade Runner.
Humanoid robots greet customers. Androids pour coffee. AI assistants negotiate prices.
You can take one home today for $278 - less than your iPhone.
But here's what they're not telling you about these robots:
Beijing's E-Town district just opened the world's first Robot Mall.
4,000 square meters. 100+ robots. 50+ brands on display.
Not a tech expo - an actual store where you buy humanoid assistants.
What happened next reveals how work itself is about to change:
Aug 14 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Google just betrayed Silicon Valley with a single signature.
Now, they've got to reveal their training data & pay creators.
While Meta refuses the EU's AI rules, Google signed them anyway.
Here's why Google chose Europe over America:
The world's strictest AI framework, the EU AI Act, took effect earlier this year.
Now, companies must disclose how they train AI, protect creator copyrights, and pass safety audits.
Meta called it innovation-killing.
Google signed it Wednesday:
Aug 12 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
Zuckerberg just built a secret AI lab that even Meta employees can't access.
50 elite researchers poached from OpenAI.
$72B burning with no business plan.
Wall Street's calling it a disaster waiting to happen:
Meta's losing the AI race badly.
Llama 4 flopped with developers.
The Behemoth model was delayed due to failing standards.
Internal teams started using competitors' models instead.
That's when Zuckerberg made his move:
Aug 11 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Microsoft built a 1-million-qubit quantum computer.
Bitcoin holders are panicking—this could crack crypto encryption.
But your seed phrase has 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 combinations.
Here's why quantum still can't touch it:
We massively underestimate the miracle of mathematics protecting our digital assets.
Yes, quantum computing is advancing faster than expected.
But the math securing your crypto wallet is more powerful than you realize:
Aug 7 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
The US government just created a $150 billion loophole for crypto.
Wall Street thinks it killed retail investing.
But hidden in the 178-page bill is a provision that lets ordinary investors access institutional-level returns.
Here's the strategy only 1% know about:
The GENIUS Act doesn't ban stablecoin yield.
It bans direct interest payments from issuers to holders.
One word changes everything: "direct."
That single word created a massive opportunity:
Aug 1 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Gas station coffee destroys $7 hipster brews in blind taste tests.
Costs $1. Takes 30 seconds.
Yet we spend $74B on inferior coffee.
The psychology behind this paradox predicts AI's adoption crisis:
Advanced coffee machines now exist that beat any barista.
Engineers spent years perfecting them.
Zero wait time. Perfect consistency. A fraction of the cost.
So why does Starbucks still employ 346,000 humans?
Jul 11 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
Starbucks accidentally created a $3.5 billion banking system.
34 million Americans use it. Zero government oversight.
It's the only "bank" that can legally steal your money after 2 years.
Inside the $200B+ gift card economy that broke banking laws:
Think you've never used crypto? Think again.
Every time you load money onto your Starbucks app, those numbers aren't dollars anymore.
You're converting dollars into private digital currency.
But that's just the beginning:
May 21 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
Marc Andreessen's latest prediction is insane:
"AI will make everything so cheap, it'll break the economy."
Those who understand this will build generational wealth.
Time is running out. Here's how to prepare yourself:
First, why this matters now.
Andreessen isn't just another tech pundit. He created the first popular web browser and built a billion-dollar VC firm.
When he predicts economic shifts, his track record demands attention.
But what makes this prediction different?
May 19 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
You won't be able to invest in the next Apple or Google.
Public companies have dropped from 8,000 to 4,266.
Private markets now control $11.87T in wealth.
Here's how smart money is getting in before everyone else:
In 1996, there were 8,000+ public companies in the US.
Today? Barely 4,000.
That's not just a statistic – it's a fundamental shift in how wealth is created.
While you're waiting for the next great IPO, something entirely different is happening behind closed doors...
May 16 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
Alex Mashinsky built a $25B empire attacking banks.
"Banks are thieves," he told millions of customers.
Now he's in prison for 12 years for fraud.
Here's how one man's lies destroyed crypto's biggest empire:
In 2017, Mashinsky launched Celsius Network with a bold pitch:
"Banks take 80% of yield and give you 20%. We do the opposite."
His platform promised up to 18% interest on crypto deposits.
But beneath this revolutionary promise lurked something far more sinister...
May 12 • 20 tweets • 6 min read
Mark Zuckerberg just revealed Meta's solution to loneliness:
AI companions to replace human relationships.
21% of Americans feel completely alone.
But doctors warn his "cure" could make everything worse:
The data paints a disturbing picture:
• 65% feel "fundamentally disconnected"
• 21% of U.S. adults report feeling lonely
• 10% experience loneliness daily
This isn't just uncomfortable – it's a health crisis.
The consequences go deeper than you think:
May 8 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
On Theo Von's podcast, Zuck dropped a BOMBSHELL.
During their 2-hour conversation, he revealed Meta's biggest bet...
They're building an AI system worth $1.4T.
And testing has already begun.
Here's what Zuckerberg confessed to Theo:
The scale is truly mind-boggling.
Meta's building an end-to-end AI system spanning infrastructure, models, and apps.
Projected revenue? $2-3B by 2025, scaling to $1.4T by 2035...That's 1,000x growth in a decade.
The investment matches the ambition:
May 6 • 20 tweets • 6 min read
The greatest threat to banking just arrived:
Traditional banks charge 3% on every payment, making $5T yearly.
But Visa's new USDC card removes them from the equation.
Here's how one partnership with Baanx changes everything:
Your morning coffee purchase triggers hidden fees.
When you tap your card, banks take a 3% cut on every transaction - expensive middlemen each taking their slice.
This adds up to $5T annually for banks worldwide.
A new partnership is flipping this system on its head...
Apr 30 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
Banks are terrified: A new financial product pays 10x more than savings accounts.
Your $10,000 could earn $500/year instead of $50.
But Wall Street warns moving your money could trigger a 2008-style collapse.
The impossible choice facing every American:
Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to maintain a fixed value - usually pegged to the US dollar.
USDC, USDT, and others are backed by real assets like cash or Treasury bills.
They work alongside traditional banking but with one massive difference...