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Don’t make me tap the sign

Harry Kane is simply unreal!

Since EVs became a thing and effectively democratised engine differentiation, every carmaker has been defaulting to ‘autoslop’ and using flashing lights to distract you from the fact that every random carmaker can replicate 70% of the old luxury experience. It’s fine margins now.

The more I use AI the more I suspect the supposed intelligence of the bright minds being psy-opd by it. You either have to be so used to sycophancy that you don’t notice it, or you enjoy it enough to be easily swayed by it. By default, any objectivity it shows is a random roll.

Where there are many comparable ‘tech oligarchs’, I can think of few who apply their obsession holistically to other life areas. He’s the only who seems to meaningfully care about being a wife-guy, fitness guy, style guy (to whatever level of success) simultaneously.

I’ll keep repeating that arguably the biggest signal about Zuckerberg is his willingness to hire tutors – he hires stylists, martial arts trainers, etc. He cares deeply about self-improvement and applies this relentlessly to Facebook and its businesses.

This is going to print money. ‘Never bet against Zuck’ is still a winning long-term strategy.

This is how you should think about your time:

6 months ago I bought a 24tb hard drive for £500 and thought it was overpriced. Today the EXACT same drive is selling for £900. The impact of data centres and home servers on the general computing economy isn’t sustainable. And no signs of supply increasing (for consumers).

How to sharpen your ideas - @wes_kao via @itstheknowledge 🎙️

Learning from bad leadership examples - @dklineii via @itstheknowledge 🎙️

Kindness is underrated as an edge. You get more deals by being the kind of person people want to do deals with. You get the benefit of the doubt by being someone people don't want to doubt. It's easier to win when people want you to win.

Don’t listen to the zeitgeist, trends, and popular folk with nice things - the real game is undisposed disposable income

Pitch: Takeshi’s castle but for startup founders. Prize is seed funding. A cross between American Ninja Warrior and QI / University Challenge Who wants to fund making this a reality?

The UK seems to be a place where everyone is overly worried about shariah law, and not worried enough about the government’s jihad against wealth and free speech. If you think you’re poor just know your government wants you poorer.

Genuine question - Where is Labour Friends of Potholes? Labour Friends of Wage growth? Labour Friends of Startups and Productive Engineering? Why don’t any of these people actually seem to care about the betterment of human lives? It’s all boys and girls clubs for their interest

How to level up as a leader - @dklineii via @itstheknowledge 🎙️

Very solid. Arguably saying more than RL. All interesting collections this year though. YSL also, though under-discussed.