August Allen

[August Allen @augustallen]

@claudeai What about more fine-grained sharing permissions?

[Charles Curran @charliebcurran]

I used AI to explain SpaceX to my girlfriend, with fruit.

[August Allen @augustallen]

@SawyerMerritt @SpaceX 1 out of 600 on @RobinhoodApp. I probably should have used Fidelity.

[August Allen @augustallen]

at some points airbags get so good you don't need seat belts anymore

[Tesla @Tesla]

Tesla Vision allows us to deploy airbags up to 70 milliseconds earlier if your Tesla detects an unavoidable collision

This can be the difference between serious injury & walking away from a crash

[August Allen @augustallen]

@SawyerMerritt @Tesla @grok what is the 2,500 autonomous vehicle cap?

[August Allen @augustallen]

@Ronalfa @AndrewE_Dunn @NOETIK_ai @GSK @endpts Congrats Ron, great news!!!

[August Allen @augustallen]

@Ronalfa @NOETIK_ai @X 🔥🔥🔥

[August Allen @augustallen]

I wrestled with this book more than any other I read this year. Its core argument is to abandon growth as a goal. The doughnut invites us to live within limits, and I respect that deeply. But it revealed a core value to me: growth and innovation are essential to who we are. Growth is one of humanity’s most powerful tools for solving problems and unlocking what is possible.

If sustainability were our only goal, we would have stayed hunters and gatherers. I am grateful we did not, because innovation has created so much beauty. It sent us to the moon, enabled us to fly, and deepened our understanding of the universe. For those who fear the unknown, the greater risk is doing nothing. A species that stops exploring will meet the same fate as the dinosaurs. Humanity’s gift is not restraint. It is creation.

If that is true, our ecological ceiling cannot be fixed. We can raise it through innovation and the right incentives: developing sustainable energy, capturing carbon at scale, and exploring beyond our planet. The doughnut’s moral insight remains right: meet everyone’s needs and protect the living world. But our destiny is larger. We are here to expand what life can be and to do it responsibly.

[August Allen @augustallen]

I read Doughnut Economics earlier this year and I appreciate how deeply it made me think about my own values. I love the principle but disagree with a permanent ceiling on growth. Growth is how we create beauty and how we survive. 🧵

[August Allen @augustallen]

The doughnut models an economy that meets everyone’s needs without breaking the planet. The inner ring is the social foundation of food, health, education, and equality. The outer ring is the ecological ceiling of climate, oceans, and biodiversity. The space between them is the safe and just space for humanity. The seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist invite us to see the economy as embedded in society and nature, to design for balance and regeneration, and to pursue growth with intention rather than addiction.

[August Allen @augustallen]

@ronalfa @viswacolluru @lifeschemistry Thanks @ronalfa!

[August Allen @augustallen]

@PalmerLuckey Is it good?

[August Allen @augustallen]

@larsmoravy Qi2 charging so our phones stop overheating.

[August Allen @augustallen]

@wolfejosh 💯

[August Allen @augustallen]

@karpathy Try Arc from @browsercompany. I replaced Chrome a few months ago and haven’t looked back.

[August Allen @augustallen]

We need better thunderbolt networking, Apple machine learning support, and then general support for training on Apple Silicon. Clustered Mac Studios could provide a reasonable alternative to NVIDIA in the future. 🚀

[NetworkChuck @NetworkChuck]

I clustered 5 Mac studios together... can they handle Llama 3.1 405B?

Check out the full video ---> https://t.co/IM8mYheVwc

@exolabs

[August Allen @augustallen]

We live in the greatest era of all time. New space. 🔥🔥🔥

[Jason Carman @jasonjoyride]

I'm extremely excited to share Story Co's first Frontier Film:

NEW SPACE

[August Allen @augustallen]

@ronalfa 💯

[August Allen @augustallen]

5- Embrace the joy of being wrong.

Every time you’re wrong, you learn something new. Shift your focus from proving yourself to improving yourself. Celebrate those moments!

[August Allen @augustallen]

Just finished reading Think Again by @AdamMGrant.

Highly recommend. It's a masterclass on embracing flexibility in our beliefs. My top five takeaways. 🧵

[August Allen @augustallen]

4 - Don’t get stuck on Mount Stupid.

The Dunning-Kruger effect shows that a little knowledge can create a lot of overconfidence. Stay curious, stay humble, and keep climbing toward real understanding.