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It was 2 years ago today that we launched Venice. So much has changed since then, but not the principles on which we're building it. The separation of mind and state remain just as important. "Search the world’s information, have rich conversations, analyze documents, create interesting images and art of any style at the push of a button. Various AI services offer these things, so what makes Venice unique? • Venice doesn’t spy on you • Venice doesn’t censor the AI In other words, Venice is private, and Venice is permissionless." moneyandstate.com/blog/the-separ…

An obituary I never wanted to write.

The desire to alter consciousness has been proposed as a "fourth drive" — alongside hunger, thirst, and sex. Every class of animal does it. Insects, birds, mammals, fish. We scheduled a biological instinct as a felony.

A pleasant read for your holidays, about the experience of receiving the opposite of a terminal diagnosis. People born with CF the same year as me (1992) lived to a median age of 31. Now the median age of death is over 65.

Riga art nouveau > Barcelona ostentation

Like all of you, I am mourning Charlie Kirk. He stood up for his beliefs and died for them at 31, wearing a T‑shirt that read "Freedom." At 31, my life was taken from me for standing up for what I believed in. And Charlie helped me get it back. He never took credit for it but he played a BIG role in my freedom in many ways. Last year alone, when President Trump won the election, he asked Charlie what was the #1 thing he could do for him and Charlie replied: "Free Ross." And in the days leading to my release, Charlie advocated for a full pardon. He did this and more without expectations of me. I wish there was something I could do to help Charlie get his life back. But there isn't, and I'm heartbroken. Charlie, I will always be grateful to you. Thank you for all you did for me and for our country. I pray for you and your beautiful family. Rest in peace.

Happened to be in Georgia (the country) last fall just days before the contentious parliamentary elections that sparked the protests which continue to this day. Wrote about my brief time in this captivating country for Reason's recent travel issue 🇬🇪

every time I’m about to input anything into ChatGPT, I remember Sam Altman exists and use Venice instead

wow it has been one whole year since @bopanc 's great piece about Nord Stream pipeline and now wondering why there wasn't more general chatter about the WAR DOLPHINS?!

Dave Scott performed one of the most legendary experiments: the Galilean 'hammer & feather' held on the Moon, 54 years ago Today

Britain is healing.

I’ll never miss an opportunity to post this video of a Cuban man getting emotional the first time he goes to a Costco, because it’s so hard for him to wrap his head around the sheer abundance. Arguing this is somehow a negative for society is crazy.

@LevineJonathan we need you back from the swamp

Whenever I’m in NYC I see 10 obvious quality of life improvements but then I remember there are no laws here

The zero-sum trap: the more people believe that wealth, status, and well-being are zero-sum, the more they back policies that make the world zero-sum. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

Felix Baumgardner has sadly passed away in a tragic paragliding accident at the age of just 56. He achieved immortality with this jump from the edge of space. I'll never forget watching this live and being transfixed. Incredible. Life is fragile. RIP legend 🇦🇹

this guy spent 21 years building a miniature version of nyc consisting of almost a million buildings, the full model is 50 feet long and 30 feet wide, and he first announced it on tiktok like this:

I wrote this about how to read and why. Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative. Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world. substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/open-…

nostalgia is the enemy of progress

right after he told ‘em TM was BS all along