John Kent

Likes credit card roulette, pub trivia, sunglasses, singing outlaw love songs, record players, coffee, and small gestures. Go Big Red.

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

@jordanschneider conversation with Jeff Alstott reminded me his project is bigger than China + tech + AI + policy. He's building a cadre of experts, like we had for Russia in the Cold War. He cares about the next generation, is generous with advice, and is doing something about it. For anyone in college or grad school now, please read https://t.co/8ffLXyPy8m

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

@Iron_Man_Actual EX SUPRA is incredible. Project Forge and hypersonic logistics was my favorite part. Where is this masked man? If he's buried in some stultifying NCR defense industrial bullshit job I would be sad. Also great on @jordanschneider Second Breakfast.

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

Current work status. Needle threading. Chewing broken glass. Smiling.

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

James Cameron’s Aliens + his New Yorker profile = double feature. Obvious choice for DARPA Director. Exoskeletons to augment movement, remote monitoring of soldier vitals, unmanned systems for LIDAR scanning. Cameron’s fever dreams were SBIR eligible.

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

Be mindful that recommending @CJHandmer content should feel vaguely subversive and saying his name out loud hazards inadvertently conjuring the angry Holy Ghost of Hyman G. Rickover. Recommend appearances on @patio11 and @stratechery. The Salton Sea scheme is my favorite.

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

I’ve been asked to elaborate by one of the three people who read my posts. The full experience is best achieved by listening at 1.3 speed and well into about 6 hours of deep track appearances on increasingly esoteric podcasts.

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

My wife can always tell if I’ve been listening to too many @CJHandmer podcasts. I start jabbering about Los Angeles squandering its industrial patrimony and the need to eminent domain-max. She kindly requests any prospective terraforming begin in the backyard.

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

@CJHandmer History rhymes? Sputnik was a catalyst in the first space age. Does this motivate focus and will?

[Casey Handmer @CJHandmer]

Eric said it, now we can all say it. China is very close to taking the lightcone.

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

Now this is a simple military evaluation report I can get behind.

The rated officer is Omar Bradley.

His rater is George Patton.

His senior rater is Dwight Eisenhower.

There is beauty in simplicity, isn’t there?

My my… how we have complicated things.

@stuartscheller

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

Software code = instructions to a machine to do things, or not. Laws/policies = instructions to people to do things, or not. Both can be hacked for fun or profit. The best see opportunity where most see restriction.

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

Ask people what they do for work. No jargon or self-aggrandizement. Highly specific details and descriptions of actions routinely and personally executed. Not what the company does. Not team contributions. Individual exertions stripped bare of artifice. It’s like confession.

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

I’d much prefer LinkedIn profiles conform to this structure.

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

Nike lost its way because it sacrificed authenticity for inclusivity. The brand identity was never about participation trophies. It was aspirational.

[Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire]

@levie ❤️

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

@BenedictEvans maybe the UI is all the content & apps you consume while no longer having to drive

[Andy Neiman @LAPDNeiman]

Report of shooting at LAX proven to be LOUD NOISES only No Shots Fired No Injuries investigation continues to locate source

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

Check out Cornell Giving Day. Help spread the word. https://t.co/ouDseIirDn #cornellgivingday

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

@bumble_app is the bee's knees. Have you tried it yet? #downloadbumble

[John Kent @CPTZer0]

@mtirwin Inspired by your example, I joined @WABADC. Huge fan of cycling as a mode of conveyance. I vote early (& often) with my wallet.