Mark McDowell

Investor, inquirer, optimistic futurist

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@imcryptobot The only hope IMO is for Silvio to return and play a more active role.

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@mustafasuleyman @demishassabis Easy to pick at this - as early commenters have done - but we need to start somewhere. Inaction will lead to the worst possible outcomes. If you have a shred of optimism for the future, try to be constructive and creative about this.

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@chamath These guys were truly All In

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@DavidSacks @elonmusk should commit making Grok the world’s leading open source AI model. Colossus and orbital data centers can power and monetize the long, long tail of enterprises and individuals who resent the centralized control plane approach of Anthropic and OpenAI.

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@NateSilver538 … a candidate

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@VitalikButerin @0xdasha Idea: merge with / acquire Algorand

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@gralston Giving it a spin now. Here’s my vibe coding experiment… infinite Tik Tak Toe (coded by Grok). https://t.co/Jriai6cC2R

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

One of my first posts (almost 17 years ago) - and still we don’t have payments on X. Hey @elonmusk have a look at @Algorand, the ideal L1 blockchain to finally make this happen.

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

who's thinking about twitter payments as an alternative to cash or premium text messaging?

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

My resolution for 2026: recommend “How To Know a Person” by @nytdavidbrooks to everyone I meet. This is a deeply insightful book about the “moral act of listening” - both for individuals and groups. My one question for Mr Brooks … there are so many demands on our attention, how do we decide who to listen to “loudly”?

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@WallStreetMav @elonmusk Thought experiment: how would the right react to the assassination of Mamdani?

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@ccatalini Thank you - insightful, convincing, and a bit depressing. I thought Stripe might consider an “overlooked” existing Layer 1 like Algorand. That would address many of your concerns, I believe. It has established decent decentralization and is already hosting stable coins.

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

This paper explores the idea that human consciousness is a projection of a higher-dimensional “hyperhuman” reality—bridging insights from philosophy, quantum physics, neuroscience, and world religions:
https://t.co/YrgSwsRwEW
#Consciousness #QuantumPhysics #Spirituality

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@NTmoney Shirt on today?

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@AlgoFoundation Did anyone ever think FIFA really cared about decentralization? Quite the opposite - this is about centralized command and control.

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

I've been in venture capital for more than 20 years. So much heartache could be prevented if founders had these conversations. https://t.co/Lcn1wLYFhz

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@TheHillpaul Isaac Asimov said the greatest pun of all time came from farmer who named his farm "Focus Ranch" because that's where "the sons raise meat"

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

At Real Ventures, our portfolio companies are hiring! There are over 400 jobs in sales, marketing, engineering here: https://t.co/JKjoEMLOXz

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@billyjoel Winston-Salem is not serving you well. Hundreds or thousands will be late tonight due to horrendous traffic. Highway traffic is being diverted onto neighborhood streets with 4 left turns to reach parking. Look at Google Maps traffic and you'll see miles of backup.

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

I'll never come back to BB&T Field. Traffic and parking are a nightmare. #WinstonSalem has done nothing to prepare. Sorry #BillyJoel please don't come back here.

[Mark McDowell @outermark]

@AdamDraper Adam - I head up crypto for Real Ventures in Montreal and Toronto. We might be able to help ... Feel free to make an intro.