Marshall Smith 👨🏼‍💻

@Z06Z07 @AdamBLiv It’s like we can all see the tsunami of capital coming for MSTR… getting closer… closer… BOOM

I'm looking forward to the simultaneous $STRC and $SATA ATM watch parties. @AdamBLiv

Where is @hillery_dan in this group???

@levie Services as Software is the business model

If you read this and don’t understand why it’s happening it’s an opportunity to reset your understanding of how the real world works. The real world will need a ton of help actually getting agents going in the enterprise. Companies have legacy tech stacks they need to modernize, data in tons of fragmented tools, knowledge that isn’t captured or digitized, and change management needed to actually utilize agents effectively. And they have to do all this while still running their business day-to-day, unlike startups. This is why there is so much opportunity for companies (software or services) to actually deploy agents in specific domains and workflows. This remains a big opportunity for both existing services providers but also tons of new startups as well. Every new technology wave produces a new era of consulting firms that can deliver on that technology. It’s also why the FDE model is going to be alive and well for a long time because companies will want to have their vendor actually help drive the change management and implementation for their new workflows. The people aren’t going away. Far from it.

@chamath @BitcoinAIGuy IREN and CIFR

The game theory in AI has shifted. Having a leading foundational model is important but increasingly it is the zoning approved, powered land that is the gating bottleneck. Add turnkey access to silicon and it’s checkmate. If you have that, you have immense negotiating leverage right now. As data centers get voted down, this leverage will only increase. Elon just proved it with Cursor. Now imagine the deals that OpenAI and Anthropic will have to do in the next few years? The Amazon-Anthropic deal was an appetizer. If you are a sharp on the other side who owns the right assets… 🤤

@drantbradley Man, you are going for it!

Boomer home owners to young adult home buyers; as well as those who got COVID era mortgage interest rates…😂

I respect that it’s a moral decision for you. You can frame the decision in such a way. The issue I am focused on is the blanket statements that come out around this topic in particular from Christian homeschoolers. They *can* demonstrate a lack of understanding, empathy for the poor. Jesus spends an and the scriptures spend a lot of time dignifying the outcast and downtrodden. Christians should be engaged in serving and helping them. At minimum not saying their decisions are sinful when many people don’t have other options…

@MarshallCSmith The problem with that is if I have a significant moral stance, it may end up intertwined either way. Moral stance will inform the preference and belief of what is good or effective

The “homeschooling is the only way” mentality lacks a connection to the lives of most Americans. The philosophy makes sense in a bubble, an upper middle class Christian bubble. Get outside that bubble into urban cities, single parent households and households at or below the poverty line and it all breaks down. Christian parents are right to consider what are the best options for their family, homeschooling may be it. However, we need to leave the “moral” superiority of homeschooling behind. It’s not helpful.

@hollandBobbieR Developing resilient children who can engage with people from various backgrounds is a worthy goal.

Homeschooling is just one option and I’m for whatever is going to have the best outcome for your child. I’ve taught in public and private schools and there are pros and cons to both. With homeschooling I fear what it will be like for them as adults in the work place when their boss does not care about what their interests are. When you cater to a child their whole life around their own interests that has to be a recipe for disaster.

@JosephGran53660 There are people in this thread suggesting all other choices are sinful…

@MarshallCSmith I don't think anyone who favors homeschooling realistically thinks its a viable alternative for the entire nation. I think its more a comparison to show that the public education system as it is, is broken, and that teachers aren't necessary to educate kids.

@krombein Example A.

@MarshallCSmith If you’re a Christian, it’s a sin to put your children in govt school.

@sethlfowler Please do. My commentary is the moral/sin implications of another choice. Stay focused on the positive benefits of the system you advocate for and the moral implication of other choices out…

@MarshallCSmith Just because a system is broken, doesn't mean you justify the brokenness within it. Believing homeschool as an ideal isn't uppityness, it's just showcasing why something is better. Why not give an example of functionality and what "could be" to people?

@MatthewTanous I respect their decision and sacrifices it entails.

@MarshallCSmith Almost all the homeschooling families at my church are financially struggling. They still make it work.

@College_hooops Parents are primarily responsible for teaching their children morality, values etc… Public school in a pluralistic society will certainly mean a mix of values, morals and religious systems.

@MarshallCSmith Can someone hold your view and also be against teaching morality to students? What if some of that morality overlaps with views of religious people?

@pastorryank @drantbradley Yes. I agree! There is a big difference between this is what is best for our family … and … Christian’s who don’t choose homeschooling are sinning and morally questionable.

@MarshallCSmith @drantbradley My children were homeschooled. And in various ways. They are now in public schools. We need choice ans variety in education. Not a one size fits all. Government/public schools are NOT evil. Homeschooling is NOT evil. Private schools are NOT evil. Education is complex.

@kg_veteran I’ve encountered many homeschool parents who argue Christians who send their children to public schools have made an immoral and perhaps sinful choice.

@MarshallCSmith This seems like a straw man argument. I'd like to see an example of someone arguing that it is "the only way." I'm sure lots of people would argue that it is the best way to educate your children. Sort of like saying two married parents is the best way to raise your children.

@dangainor I am a big fan of school choice.

@MarshallCSmith This is why school choices essential. If parents have the ability to opt out and go to another school out of the public school system, they will do so.

@genxbaptist Are you morally superior to a Christian single mom who sends her children to public school while she works?

@MarshallCSmith It is morally superior. Also, we homeschooled all four of our children on a single income of an enlisted airman. Nowhere near upper middle class.

@_Leila And I quote “Christian parents are right to consider what are the best options for their family, homeschooling may be it.”

@MarshallCSmith “Don’t encourage people to take responsibility for their precious children” is a hell of a take

@KurtSupeCPA How do you use AI to improve your services?

A new client comes in. Pulls out a 22 page retirement plan. Tabs. Charts. Projections out to age 90. Looked more polished than some plans I've seen from professionals. I asked who put it together. "ChatGPT. Took me about two hours." I read it carefully. The Roth conversion strategy ignored his pension income entirely. The Social Security claiming recommendation would cost him roughly $190,000 in lifetime benefits. The withdrawal sequencing would trigger IRMAA surcharges every single year. The RMD projections used the wrong life expectancy factors. Every section looked exactly right. Every section had something materially wrong. He'd been making decisions based on it for seven months. He wasn't reckless. He wasn't cheap. He was a 64 year old man trying to do the right thing with the tools available to him. The most dangerous financial advice isn't obviously bad. It's confident, well formatted, completely personalized to your situation. And wrong in ways you have no way of knowing. Not financial, tax, or legal advice. Results are not guaranteed and individual circumstances vary. All scenarios are hypothetical composites for educational purposes only and do not represent any specific client or outcome.

The “homeschooling is the only way” mentality lacks a connection to the lives of most Americans. The philosophy makes sense in a bubble, an upper middle class Christian bubble. Get outside that bubble into urban cities, single parent households and households at or below the poverty line and it all breaks down. Christian parents are right to consider what are the best options for their family, homeschooling may be it. However, we need to leave the “moral” superiority of homeschooling behind. It’s not helpful.

To The “Everyone Should Homeschool” Crowd, you live in a bubble. ~Yours Truly, Reality. “According to the National Literacy Institute, 21% of U.S. adults are illiterate, while 54% have a literacy comprehension below a sixth-grade level.”