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[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

SLEEPING STEAKS
Such a great life at TBR. Eat, sleep and play then repeat!

They have great hearing too. Quietly opened the door for a second pic and they sat upright!

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

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BYE FOR NOW FROM #ISCWest2024
Another incredible day of meetings, conversations and connecting with friends and colleagues.

Texas bound.

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

CONNECTING AGAIN
Numerous great catch ups and meetings at #ISCWest2024.

Food and hosting at the executive club was fantastic as usual.

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

WALLFLOWERS CONCERT AT #ISCWEST2024
First 3 rows is good. Note to self: bring earplugs next time LOL.

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

OUT AND ABOUT
Some great interactions with friends and industry colleagues at #ISCWest2024 yesterday.

Here’s to the opening of the tradeshow and another busy day!

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

TIME TO PARTY
#SIA Market Leaders Reception at #ISC West

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

#SIA Advance, Annual Membership Meeting underway to kick off the 2024 #ISC West convention.

Great connecting with so many colleagues and friends again.

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

HOLIDAY GIVING
Friends & Colleagues from Asis Austin chapter met last night to celebrate the season & donate gifts & cash to the Brown Santa organization.

The boxed toys will soon be on their way to several thousand families in the Austin area.

Thanks everyone & Happy Holidays.

[Christian Dean @christiandean_]

In the Elon Musk biography, Isaacson tells of a poker game where Musk went all-in every time until he won.

It's an analogy for how Musk - in Peter Thiel's words - "understands something about risk that everybody else doesn't", and how he's able to create companies that seemed impossible to everyone else.

I think the thing that Musk understands about risk that everybody else doesn't is what David Deutsch calls The Principal of Optimism.

P.O.O: Anything which is not prohibited by the laws of physics is possible given sufficient knowledge.

Musk has often referred to the laws of physics being the only constraint, like here:
https://t.co/nOcUA1swhf

Why is this interesting?

Personally, I think the Principal of Optimism is one of the most significant discoveries in Philosophy made this century.

Anytime you face a difficult problem, you can ask:
"Do the laws of physics say solving this problem is impossible?"

If the answer is no, then you know that there's only one thing in between you and the solution: knowledge.

And thanks to Karl Popper in the 20th century, we know the only way to create knowledge is through trial and error.

Conjecture and refutation.
Guess and check, and guess again.

You see this philosophy in action at SpaceX.

They got through 3 or 4 rockets before landing their first Falcon in 2015.

Trial and error.

And we all watched recently as they launched and blew up the biggest rocket to ever leave the Earth, yet calling it a "success" for simply detaching Starship from the booster.

Guess and check, and guess again.

And so in this way, even the most seemingly outlandish problems like landing (or catching) rockets falling from space become tractable issues to be solved by a small dedicated team.

While all the greatest entrepreneurs are singular individuals, on a deeper level, they all share a common trait: they don't take anyone's word for it. The only constraint they impose on themselves is that imposed on them by the laws of physics.

They're all guided by the same principal.
The Principal of Optimism.

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

Extraordinary times at OpenAI & MSFT

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI's new leadership team and working with them. And we’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI's new leadership team and working with them. And we’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

#GSX TOPICS?
- How to clean up BLOATED ACCESS after the pandemic and great resignation?
- What's a SECURITY WEARABLE is and what can it do?
- Is SELF SERVICE & AUTOMATION possible without rip & replace of the access control?
- What is ACCESS CHAOS?

#RightCrowd booth 4048

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

ASIS GSX FRIENDS
Hat - check, Boots - check, Belt - check
Hunger and thirst - at the ready.

See all y’all at Texas Night 6PM Sunday, and safe travels to Atlanta! 🤠

#asisinternational #GSX #texasnight2022 #asis #gsx2022

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

GSX BOUND?

Friends & Colleagues: What's on your GSX visit list? Some of mine:
#RightCrowd booth #4048:

- THE STRAYING VISITOR
- TAME ACCESS CHAOS
- AUTOMATING SECURITY PROCESSES

Johnson Controls Security Innovation Team, room #A404-405
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

[RightCrowd @RightCr0wd]

You're invited! Play Tame the Chaos and solve a new puzzle every hour at GSX. The first to arrive at RightCrowd booth (4048) with each answer will win a $100 AMEX gift card! Text CHAOS to 877-299-0277 to enroll today. Learn more here: https://t.co/3j0NVsTCxv

#gsx2022

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

Great quote! Governance, resilience and compliance are huge things for industry to understand and enable, now that over 50% of Corp. Daya is in the cloud.

[Genetec Inc. @genetec]

Over 96% of organizations have adopted some form of #cloud technology, but many have yet to put in place the necessary policies and procedures to protect sensitive data from cyber threats.

Find out how cloud services can help you boost cyber resilience: https://t.co/ZA3WI6u40R

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

SAFE TRAVELS FOLKS
We’ve had a great time reconnecting at #ISCWest together. Wishing you safe travels back home, and looking forward to seeing all y’all again soon.

#ISCWest2021

[Shayne Bates @ShayneBates]

A nice pause today to relax over a refreshment to exchange new stories with old friends and industry colleagues at the executive club. #ISCWest2021 #ISCWest