Three things I’m underwriting hardest in 2026:
-AI applied to industrial throughput.
-autonomous defense + space robotics
-clinical-stage biotech where AI compresses trial timelines. Everything else feels crowded
Created manga with students on iPad in Kyoto, visited the team at Apple Umeda, and tried takoyaki before taking in a Hanshin Tigers baseball game in Osaka!
Arigato gozaimasu for the hospitality, Japan!
@SeanMcCarthyCom State-owned enterprises were effectively privatized in 1974 after being run with close to zero accountability when maintained by the gov’t dumbass
@BrattyGarii@brian_armstrong Consumers generally don’t care about decentralization, cc processing speed is already instant, and most consumers already have their money in checking accounts so it’s more convenient. We need something to incent the average consumer to a significant degree above the status quo