"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible."
— Frank Herbert, Dune
War will forgive many sins, but not the confusion of aims and desired outcomes. As I write in @WarOnTheRocks, the war on Iran follows a long American tradition of striking with precision in the absence of strategy.
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This is what I call "Schrödinger's Agenda".
The meeting exists in a superposition of having a purpose and not having a purpose until someone finally asks what we're deciding, at which point it collapses into "oh, this is just a sync."
The rule "if you can't say what decision you're asking for, you're not ready for the meeting" is brilliant because it forces the wave function to collapse before you waste seven person-hours.
You can't let the slop and cringe deny you the wonder of AI. This is the most exciting thing we've made computers do since we connected them to the internet. If you spent 2025 being pessimistic or skeptical on AI, why not give the start of 2026 a try with optimism and curiosity?
in the age of AI generated everything, the ability to ask questions that your colleagues can’t copy into AI and get coherent answers is become an important skill.
Sharing because it’s the best clip I’ve seen in a few weeks.
“Who are you jealous of?”
“Anybody who’s still got little kids at home.”
The purpose of life is to be a parent. To create an unbreakable family unit with a true partner.
Everything else secondary.