Auspicious

Interests: intentional community, self-improvement, futurism, making FL a new intellectual hub
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[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

Apparently I joined X two years ago - while I think the site has improved since then, I'm taking a break. Going forward, you can connect with me on my Substack.
#MyXAnniversary

[The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI) @theA4LI]

On June 8th, A4LI and a strong representation of academic and biotechnology leaders in longevity will join CA Senator Josh Becker (@SenJoshBecker) as he presents Senate Resolution 104.

SR 104 advocates for a fundamental shift in how California approaches public health and fiscal planning regarding the state's aging population. The resolution encourages state health and aging departments to integrate geroscience into public health programming while fostering collaboration among academia, health plans, and biotechnology firms to pilot innovative longevity medicines and gerotherapeutics.

This is an incredible milestone for California, the leading state for investment, talent, and innovation in the longevity science field!

Resolution Text: https://t.co/4C4H2MxY2z

#CA #Healthspan #LongevityScience #A4LI

[Lukas Ziegler @lukas_m_ziegler]

🧵 Farming robots are no longer experimental.

They're deployed, profitable, and reshaping agriculture.

In orchards, vineyards, vegetable fields, and beyond, they're tackling labor shortages, precision spraying, and chemical reduction at scale.

This is how robotics is quietly becoming the backbone of next-gen agriculture [Save this thread for later 📌]

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

@fairnose @akarlin Reporting for duty🫡

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

@ns "Day in the life" videos are always cool - would love to see more of these!

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

I'm long-term bullish on smartglasses, but this is a good reality check wrt the current level of tech

[Wu Xu @xuwu]

I usually don’t comment on glasses like this, because the hype is pretty obvious. But since I’m seeing a lot of people get excited about it, here’s a quick reality check on AI smart glasses. This demo is far from what’s actually possible today in three ways.

1.Compute
The video shows near MR-level real-time understanding, 3D overlays, and almost zero latency from command to response. Smart glasses don’t have that kind of on-device compute today. It’s not as simple as saying powered by Snapdragon. Glasses are limited by battery and thermals. And pushing everything to your phone doesn’t solve it either. Constant high-bandwidth data transfer also drains power fast. In practice, glasses can only do lightweight compute.

2.Display
Don’t expect the promo look. Don’t believe the FOV is anywhere near what the video shows. With waveguides or any current optics, the real experience is usually a smaller image area, limited brightness, and less vivid color and contrast, especially outdoors. And the seamless MR effect where virtual content stays perfectly aligned with real objects also needs strong scene understanding and real-time rendering, which the glasses can’t do on device.

3.Product definition
68g doesn’t sound heavy, but for most people it’s not truly all-day wearable. So if you’re selling memory features based on wearing it all day and recording all the time, PMF is hard to justify.

Hope this helps set a realistic baseline for what AI smart glasses can do today. Don’t let an exaggerated demo video set your expectations.

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

@t1Maverick Agreed. This is also why X is still king, despite countless people trying to create alternatives to it for the past ten+ years

Additionally, San Francisco seems to be fixing its worst problems, so Silicon Valley might just remain on top

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

@statto There's a good chance we'll get the first anti-aging drug for dogs this year, though - Loyal's LOY-002. They projected they'll get FDA approval for it this year.

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

Interesting to hear that Andrew Huberman has multiple phones for multiple purposes. So a "social media phone", presumably a family contact phone, etc.

Could this be a good wellness strategy that more people will adopt going forward?

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

@waitbutwhy Sorry for the unsolicited advice but if you get a lockbox that has no key out function for your phone you’ll get all that done and more. My social media phone is in that box 23 hours a day. I don’t have social media on my other phone or on my computer. Happy new year!

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

@lukas_m_ziegler Obvious AI video. Look, it even hallucinated the Eiffel Tower in the background!

(Just kidding 😄)

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

Very cool!

[Free Cities Foundation @freecitiesfound]

The Free Cities Meetup London is back, kicking off 2026 with a special event hosted by @Prosperahn: the world’s best-known Free City.

Join us to hear from Próspera’s Head of Growth @_Lonis_ on how governance is being rebuilt from scratch, and exciting plans for the year ahead in Roatán.

🗓️ 19:00–21:00, Jan 9
📍Islington, London
🥙 Wraps & drinks provided

RSVP here:
https://t.co/U7DmDfXeen

[Brett Adcock @adcock_brett]

4 predictions in 2026:

1. Humanoid robots will perform unsupervised, multi-day tasks in homes they’ve never seen before - driven entirely by neural networks. These tasks will span long time horizons, going straight from pixels to torques

2. Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are fully piloted, built conforming to FAA standards and will start demonstrating end-to-end validation missions in cities

3. Daily AI usage will shift: people will move beyond text chatbots to highly multimodal systems. Voice agents with persistent memory will become common - which will push AI closer to the synthetic human intelligence we’ve imagined in sci-fi

4. Over the past 10 years, school shootings have increased roughly 10x. In 2026, the first full scanning system capable of detecting weapons from a 20-foot standoff will be built and beta-tested in a K–12 school

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Agency > Intelligence

I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency?

Grok explanation is ~close:

“Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path.

People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next.

It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

Still not using X much, but might as well celebrate this when I can.

Should have some new Substack posts out soon! Stay tuned!

#MyXAnniversary

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

@Xenoimpulse @akarlin IMO it would be the opposite. Short timelines would lead to quick abundance, whereas long timelines would lead to jagged progress and mass layoffs but with still years to go before a truly post-scarcity economy.

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

@peterwildeford As someone currently studying law, I am also very curious about this and interested in discussing it.

[Próspera @ProsperaGlobal]

Introduction to the Próspera Arbitration Center (PAC)

Rule of law is the foundation of the Industrial Revolution, economic growth, and long-term prosperity

On Wednesday, we're hosting PAC CEO Mr Macias and arbitrator Martin Klapper for an in-depth session on arbitration 👇

[Auspicious @AuspiciousNotes]

@ProsperaGlobal As someone studying law, it's very exciting to consider how law could be applied to charter cities and Special Economic Zones!

I'll have to make it down for an event at the PAC sometime

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Traffic in Miami is a nightmare, but one real-estate tycoon has a plan: flying taxis that take commuters around South Florida for $200.

🔗: https://t.co/yittegz4hh

[Archer @flyarcher]

Our planned Miami air taxi network aims to connect South Florida's major cities, including Miami, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and Fort Lauderdale, with safe, low-noise electric air taxi flights, dramatically reducing travel times compared to traditional ground transportation.

Headlined by notable partnership with Related Ross and Dragon Global’s Magic City Innovation District and featuring flagship locations Hard Rock Stadium and Apogee Golf Club, the network also plans to offer efficient travel options between the region’s three major international airports: Miami International Airport (MIA), Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), as well as several strategic general aviation airports in the area, streamlining travel throughout the region.

[Archer @flyarcher]

Readying for our future flights in the 305.