Michael Dragich

Think'r. Do'r. Write'r. Rong'r. Pun'r. Quoght'r. Music'r. Tesla'r. Shopify'r. Apostrophe Abuse'r.

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

The worst thing someone you love can do is . . . nothing #apathetictear

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

The truth lies in our hearts

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@stevenmarkryan 1. Walking paradox
2. Tesl'r, Writ'r, Music'r, Shopify'r
3. Mostly reading Muskateer happenings, but it might be fun to write more, monetize when possible, find a freaky bi-girl atheist musician into Waits and Musk and philanthropy as much as I am.

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

What happens when 3 girl friends have an equal affinity for the Beastie Boys, "So What’cha Want" video + Avril Lavigne's writing and aesthetic? IDK, you tell me, Kid Sistr🤘 https://t.co/65V86oZVaB

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

Jesse has so many perfect tens that he's hundreds of tunes ahead of wherever you think he will end. This is another one of those.

Landmines in my mind called memories
I gotta watch I don't get blown to smithereens
Don't you know what I mean

Know we do

https://t.co/HXxbPZk28B

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@SeanShaa @Not_the_Bee @elonmusk New always erodes old. As with all the examples listed and encapsulated in the first line I wrote, most lives will improve. i.e. It'll be net positive, with a benign AI outcome; in a malignant one, humanity is entirely wiped out. Here's to hoping it's a good digital god🤞

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

As the sun sets on my 50th spin around that star of ours, my thoughts turn towards connecting whatever dots are left in the second half of life's uncharted consternation constellations. Weighing whether or not positive thoughts are just misread delusions or foolish full stomach predictions, I can't help but close the day with a single mantra, "Stay hungry. Stay foolish."

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

Abundance will both improve most lives and cause new problems. Some simple examples :

1. Stores : Grocery stores enable alcoholism and obesity. Should we get rid of them?

2. Phones : The device I'm typing this on causes dopamine addiction and erodes relationships. Should we outlaw it?

3. Cars : Vehicles kill one m,1,000,000,n humans worldwide every year. Should we ban them?

AI, guns, drugs, social media, movies, bars, planes, schools, computers and a million other things are both good and bad for us all.

As Clapton said, "It's in the way that you use it."

Abundance is this times a million.

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@elonmusk @mark_k @xai Also, for OCD + Token impaired, give an option to stop it at a certain number. Infinite scroll on steroids is like feeling compelled to count all pieces in a tiled mosaic before moving past it. Brain hijacked, then promptly melts into a sticky "this is what my day is now" mess.

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

You're quite welcome, Joanna! When a tune turns to tears, I feel motivated to at least share it into the void, aspirationally reach out to the creator, and humbly accept the reminder that continuing to create (even if no one hears or sees my little sandbox abominable monsters) is still important for my own sake.

Elliott Smith does indeed share the same spells you can cast. Twilight made me immediately stop what I was doing, and replace my motions with crying.

In a world that is both eternally shrinking and expanding, where all of us are somehow both more and horribly less connected; it's a pleasant surprise to read your reply. Thank you for making a moment to make my month. Take good care and do please keep writing and singing and recording and sharing and living.

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

Maladious Monday moving tune to Tuesday mourning something to look forward to . . . my love. Joanna Sternberg will stab your soul and sing into the empty whole until your heart heels.
https://t.co/vgL7XOyCaf

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@shivon Several :
1) Dialogue with imaginary characters (Think Mode)
2) Infant talking out loud monologue (Comfort Mode)
3) Explanatory problem reciting (Code Duck Mode)

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@elonmusk @damienslash Ditto for god

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

When will @grok recite posts & articles with 1 click (while browsing or screen off)? Just a lil' 🔈 icon, similar to what https://t.co/qYf2WQChYb does. I ignore many (most?) articles & long posts, because I can't just press a button to listen. @nikitabier @elonmusk

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@elonmusk @grok says not true = https://t.co/tgGgu2evDG

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

82. 26th day of the 1st month in 2026. Sunny Florida at 82 ℉ ☀️ is a nice contrast to the snow storm that hit the MItten (-3 ☃️) this weekend. Reminds me when my father & his friends would call home for a "weather check" when in Florida. Today he would have been 82 🎂

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@shai_wininger @Tesla This seems amazing! I drive pretty much 100% on FSD. Only take over for lane preference and parking. Super disappointed it's not available in the Mitten yet though (Michigan). Any ETA for MI? I would switch immediately. Renewal is up in April.

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@elonmusk This makes me 42 kinds of sad :(

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@elonmusk @JeremyCordite I love that her initials are "CAR" 🚗

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@farzyness To address the Elephant in the Grok, so to speak, Grok Imagine kinda blew with the same prompt here. Do better @grok

To be fair, they both suck, in an epic, cinematic suck kinda way, but the Veo one made me laugh :)

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

@farzyness I have no idea why, but I really love that you're fighting this like a Spartan in 300

[Michael Dragich @dragich]

MyView
How @grok + @xai Could Leap 🐸 YouTube

Catalyst for posting this feature suggestion, is the Elon interview here, which could have been fantastic, but the interruptions, and talking over each other made it almost unbearable, and it lasted pretty much the entire 3 hours.

At one point, Elon casually mentioned under his breath "IDK, maybe I should work on longevity", all the while Peter talked over him. You would think that would be one subject he would want to dive deeper with Musk on. I dig Peter's optimism and view of abundance, but most of his interviews are a lot like this. Where talks over the guest, and even his Moonshot Mates. It feels chaotic and anxiety inducing to listen. There is so much important content, and it all just sort of crashes into itself into one big pile of "WTF was that?".

Peter, you love space, please give your guests more.

That said, I was happy to see everyone, especially Elon, seem to enjoy the conversation with lots of smiles and laughs.

Technology should be able to fix this. An improved video platform that supports multiple video and audio streams controlled by AI and directed by the user, seems like one possible approach.

Obviously, none of this matters until X is on par with YouTube video experience (many more miles to go there, just to get to a tie, please start with "History"), but when that is accomplished, I think they should do the following.

Enable multiple and separate video and audio uploads for users/watchers to leverage Grok to edit conversation focus while listening.

VIEWS

1. Single : Select one video camera or voice to view and hear, even while others are talking.

2. Group : Show all participants in various split-screen (side-by-side; grid, PIP, etc)

3. Focus : Reduce audio volume of everyone not selected, and mute (or reduce volume) of interruptions, repeated / stuttered words (especially when a person increases speed and volume to try and "hold space" for what they're saying and not let others respond"

This would also have an interesting second-order effect for both advertising and watch time. People would be more likely clip/remix/comment on other's videos, if they could hyper-isolated specific moments with their own focal points. Videos that would otherwise be watched once (of the moment, news type stuff), might be revisited several times and increase watch time. Analytics could then give an automatic passive feedback loop to creators so they could improve.

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Just wanted to scream this into the void, so I can look back in ten years after someone (hopefully X) implements this, and have a hearty "I told you so!" receipt to point to. Me and future me are gonna be so right.

Thank you for your attention to this stuperidly annoying matter. 🫠

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

Join my conversation with @elonmusk on AGI timelines, energy, robots, and why abundance is the most likely outcome for humanity's future, alongside my Moonshot Mate @DavidBlundin!

(00:00) - Navigating the Future of AI and Robotics
(04:54) - The Promise of Abundance and Optimism
(10:02) - Energy: The Key to a Sustainable Future
(15:00) - The Role of Education in a Changing World
(41:07) - Health, Longevity, and the Future of Humanity
(50:51) - AI's Impact on Labor and Employment
(55:05) - Universal High Income: A New Economic Paradigm
(57:58) - Navigating the Singularity and AI's Acceleration
(01:02:30) - The Role of AI in Healthcare and Surgery
(01:08:22) - Ethics and AI: Programming Values into Machines
(01:14:18) - The Future of Space Exploration and AI's Role
(01:33:30) - The Chip Shortage Crisis
(01:42:46) - Simulation Theory and Consciousness
(01:48:18) - The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
(01:58:28) - The Future of Robotics and AI Integration