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@bgurley @dylan522p @patrick_oshag Wow - I hadn't thought of it in those terms before, but what @dylan552p says totally makes sense as a likely outcome. The massive disruption AI will cause to society in the next few years will be like a tidal wave hitting, and the emotional response for 95% will likely be fear.

I think everyone in marketing/PR at an AI company (& especially at large model companies) should watch this short piece of advice from @dylan522p w/ @patrick_oshag. Just a few minutes. Crisp and to the point. youtube.com/watch?v=LF3aUI…

@WilliamShatner Good, thanks, Bill! Hope yours was good as well!

How was everyone’s day?

@NoContextBrits The people are very nice, decent. The British seem to hold a certain standard for restraint, modesty that's very appealing these days when others often seems overly self-absorbed and hyper extroverted. And - they had Winston Churchill, who was essential for winning WW II.

Say something nice about the UK.

@bisping Team run - what a cool guy.

Just touched down in London down. Great weather. Saturday will be nice for the team run. I’ll post exact details tomorrow. Lots of people into it.

@bisping Oh, that's a good one.

Decision made. He’s never seen Pulp Fiction, he’s almost 16 so it’s time!

@bisping Haha! Actually, that sounds like good advice. Cheers!

Sounds like you need to have a drink and relax.

@ATRightMovies Casablanca

What is your favourite black and white movie?

@EricTopol Thank you for posting this link

"We should be skeptical of any people who sell themselves as singularly capable of giving health advice on the internet and should always follow the money and connections where they lead." gift link nytimes.com/2026/02/07/opi…

@sebastian_gero @EricTopol @PeterAttiaMD I think @EricTopol position is that it's b.s. to push longevity supplements specifically, when there is no evidence any of them actually work. He, Attia, is just cashing in on the current longevity wave. Topol's position has been pretty consistent on anyone doing this.

@EricTopol @PeterAttiaMD Damn shots fired. Selling supplements isn't that big of a deal, what's your real beef w Attia?

The following email is what I sent my team last night. I sent a similar version to my patients, also. *** You’ve put your trust, your credibility, and your hard work into what we have built together, and I take that responsibility seriously. You deserve a complete and honest account of what did and did not happen. I apologize that I did not get this out sooner, but I want to be thorough. The purpose of the DOJ releasing these documents is clear: to identify individuals who participated in criminal activity, enabled it, or witnessed it. I am not in any of those categories, and there is no evidence to the contrary. To be clear: 1. I was not involved in any criminal activity. 2. My interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with his sexual abuse or exploitation of anyone. 3. I was never on his plane, never on his island, and never present at any sex parties. That said, I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me. I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it. *** I want to start by directly addressing the email thread that I’ve been asked about the most. In June 2015, I sent Epstein an email with the subject line “Got a fresh shipment.” The email contained a photograph of bottles of metformin, a medication I had just received from the pharmacy for my own use. The subject line referred to the picture of the bottles of medication. He replied with the words “me too” and attached a photograph of an adult woman. I responded with crude, tasteless banter. Reading that exchange now is very embarrassing, and I will not defend it. I’m ashamed of myself for everything about this. At the time, I understood this exchange as juvenile, not a reference to anything dark or harmful. At that point in my career, I had little exposure to prominent people, and that level of access was novel to me. Everything about him seemed excessive and exclusive, including the fact that he lived in the largest home in all of Manhattan, owned a Boeing 727, and hosted parties with the most powerful and prominent leaders in business and politics. I treated that access as something to be quiet about rather than discussed freely with others. One line in that exchange, about his life being outrageous and me not being able to tell anyone, is being interpreted as awareness of wrongdoing. That is not how I meant it at all. What I was referring to, poorly and flippantly, was the discretion commanded by those social and professional circles–the idea that you don’t talk about who you meet, the dinners you attend and the power and influence of the people in those settings. What I wrote in that email reads terribly, and I own that. *** I met Epstein in 2014 through a prominent female healthcare leader while I was raising funds for scientific research. At that time, he was widely known in academic and philanthropic circles as a funder of science and moved openly among credible institutions and public figures. Between summer 2014 and spring 2019, I met with him on approximately seven or eight occasions at his New York City home, regarding research studies and to meet others he introduced me to. I never visited his island or ranch, and I never flew on any of his planes. When I was at his home, it was either meeting with him directly, meeting with small groups of scientists, doctors, or business leaders, and once at a dinner in 2015 with a number of guests including prominent heads of state. In retrospect, the presence and credibility of such venerable people in different orbits led me to make assumptions about him that clouded my judgment in ways it shouldn’t have. I was not his doctor, though several times I answered general medical questions and recommended other providers to him. Shortly after we met, I asked him directly about his 2008 conviction. He characterized it as prostitution-related charges. In 2018, I came to learn this was grossly minimized (more on this below). I was incredibly naïve to believe him. I mistook his social acceptance in the eyes of the credible people I saw him with for acceptability, and that was a serious error in my judgment. To be clear, I never witnessed illegal behavior and never saw anyone who appeared underage in his presence. *** In November 2018 I read the Miami Herald investigative article. I was repulsed by what I learned. Nauseated. It marked a clear and irreversible line between what I knew before and what I understood afterward. At that point, I told him directly he needed to accept responsibility for what he did. Hoping to provide the victims from the Herald piece with support, I contacted a residential trauma facility to understand what funding comprehensive care for many victims would require. (Those communications were between me and the facility and were therefore not part of the document release.) I spoke with him and shared that information and insisted that he fund their care, beginning with residential treatment and followed by lifelong therapy. In hindsight, even attempting to facilitate accountability was a mistake and once again reflected just how naïve I was at the time. Once the full scope of his actions was clear, disengagement should have been the only appropriate response. My intent does not change that, and I regret not drawing that boundary immediately. *** Nothing in this letter is meant to minimize the harm suffered by the young women Epstein abused. Their trauma is permanent. I am not asking for a pass from you. I am not asking anyone to ignore the emails or pretend they aren’t ugly. They simply are. The man I am today, roughly ten years later, would not write them and would not associate with Epstein at all. Whatever growth I’ve had over the past decade does not erase the emails I wrote then. I recognize that my actions and words have consequences for the people I care deeply about, including all of you. I regret the cost this has placed on you, and I take responsibility for it. I won’t ask anyone to defend me or explain this on my behalf. If you have questions or concerns, I’ll address them directly with you, my team.

@bindureddy Any way to schedule this so that the age of abundance happens on or before I lose my white-collar job? I'm assuming not, but just wanted to check to see if it'd be possible.

Road to Utopia 2026 - 2028 - AI automates white white-collar 2027 - 2030 - Robots automate blue-collar work 2028 - 2032 - AI starts making scientific breakthroughs 2032 - AI cracks the problems of infinite energy The beginning of the age of abundance!

@bisping That looks REALLY tasty!

Well the one I’m drinking right now (which is no where near a pint) cost $15 insane! Tastes good though.

@bindureddy Hi Bindu! :)

Each passing day, I am becoming terrified that there are really very few humans on X I need my monthly reassurance that biological intelligence is still present Say hello or wave 👋, if you are human?

@VoicesofWW2 He's got the reputation of being a bit of a lightweight. That he got to his position in life strictly through birth, and without merit. Not a great man. Now Churchill, that's a great man.

Great Britain doesn’t produce many great men like Louis Mountbatten these days. Fuck the IRA

@bgurley @CapitolistPig Wow - totally impressive!

@CapitolistPig Fair. It wasn’t. Used live bait. We caught many. 🤠

Only counts if it’s on a fly rod

@bindureddy If there is an AI bubble, and it does some day burst, we're likely looking at depression-level impact to the economy.

The AI bubble is real… The more it doesn’t burst, the bigger it gets - this means, the crash when it comes will be huge Far better for it to fizzle out slowly The longer OpenAI and Anthropic wait to go public, the better

@Jesii_ca_M The age of the woman? Probably around 40.

At what age?

@theamelia__ Prejudice

@bisping Don't mean to be a hater, but think at this point in Tony's life probably best to avoid anymore really hard blows to the head. He's still a relatively young guy with a lot of years ahead of him. Wanna live those the best you can, imo.

Ok Tony Ferguson walking out to box again. I know nothing about his opponent. What you think?

@ATRightMovies No. It’s not a horror movie. It’s much more than that.

Do you agree?

@WilliamShatner Not too bad, Bill. Thanks for asking. Hope yours was good too.

How was everyone’s Sunday?