pranay

you could probably dig up a bunch of 2017 whitepapers and build them into unicorns now lots of that shit was moonshots that were 10 years too early

This was the most profound experience of my life. I am stunned beyond comprehension. This molecule is without peer. The 27mg dose opened up what felt like pure consciousness and intelligence. A majestic reveal of existence itself. In all its incomprehensible glory and majesty. It is impossible to explain with words. Whatever you imagine, multiply it by 1,000 and then add infinite width and depth and dimensions. But entrance was not granted without prerequisite. Existence demanded that I submit. That I say yes; without attachment and without condition. Yes to existence; yes to the dissolution of self; yes to release control; yes, to all. My ego registered the ask and panicked. It wanted control. It was desperate for control. It pleaded to escape from the torrent of light and essence that threatened to rip my sanity into chards. The urge to eject was overwhelming. Terror thundered throughout my mind and body. It took everything within me to release. I overcame and was treated with bliss that defies imagination. A euphoria colored with perfect harmony of all things. An orchestra of essence washed over me and swept me up in dance. It was home. The highest aspiration of intelligent life. For some reason, stored and tucked away as the ultimate prize. A single concept emerged in omnipresence: we cannot grok the preciousness of our existence. Yet it is everything we’ve ever wanted and more. The state we long for without knowing it exists. This caused me great pain and heartache. A swell of loyalty and devotion emerged inside me, pledging allegiance to existence. To become a warrior and caretaker of life on earth. To protect at any cost the candle of consciousness that has miraculously emerged in this part of the galaxy. What awaits will wipe all your tears, soothe all your sorrows, and infinitely exceed your wants.

The politics around data centres is going to get really gnarly in the coming 24 months & almost no one in tech has a positive populist story on their benefit. ‘Oh wow increase my energy bill AND take my job? Can they also ruin my view?’ ‘But progress’ is not winning messaging.

The Minnesota Starvation Experiment was the first major controlled experiment regarding calorie restriction in humans. Calorie restriction without malnutrition is one of the few shown non-genetic methods of extending lifespan in all species studied, such as yeast, flies, worms, rodents, and monkeys (PMID: 3958810) It's also yielded the longest non-genetic life extension - 65% longer life in male mice (PMID: 3958810) The Minnesota experiment is quite different from calorie restriction without malnutrition, but it's one of the few long-term calorie restriction experiments in humans

I'm increasingly convinced this country is heading toward some sort of societal collapse.

The deceit here is that it is not the paying of yield on a balance per se that necessitates bank-like regulations, but rather the lending out or rehypothecation of the dollars that make up the underlying balance. The GENIUS Act explicitly forbids stablecoin issuers from doing the latter. Stablecoins ≠ Deposits.

2018/19 all over again, this time with many primitives and a lot of traction unlike then. 2018/19 were historic return vintages in crypto. Same aura. Consensus opinions (and investments) will fall flat. Take a note of this.

Morning satellite imagery shows the "swirling eye" of powerful "bomb cyclone" off the US East Coast ... New Jersey. Functionally a hurricane Pressure around 972 mb ... maximum winds sustained 75 mph, gusts to 90 mph.

Funding update 2/16-2/23.

U.S. counties by decade in which their population peaked

guy in 1400s: "We won. No printing press. And they have to give us some wheat."

if you don’t understand why a coherent theology of progress matters, it’s because in the absence of one events like this will escalate until data centers are routinely bombed by 2027-8 you need to communicate why you shouldn’t be jailed for your work, those are the stakes

🚨: Scientists mapped 1 mm³ of a human brain ─ less than a grain of rice ─ and a microscopic cosmos appeared.

I think a lot of founders who could otherwise be great are failing due to a lack of oversight / discipline. There are so many startups out there funded by top VCs that are just kind of…messing around. No focus, wasting money, shipping slowly. I think it would be great for everyone involved to bring back a more hardcore investor relationship that is constantly pushing the founder in the right direction.