We're buying 100+ acres of land and developing it into an innovation district for entrepreneurs to live and work.
It will be in New Hampshire and it's called Freedom Village.
We're unveiling our plans for the first time at Freedom Summit Aug 20-21 where we will gather builders across science, energy, startups, AI, housing and community.
Join us to live free and build the future in New Hampshire.
Comment BUILD and I'll DM you the link. @jhitchco
Ray Kurzweil has been predicting this moment for 30 years, and we're at the cusp of it: AGI by 2029, followed by a singularity in the 2040s where machine–human hybrids trigger a post‑human intelligence explosion.
-- Robotics finally crosses the real-world barrier in 2026–27
-- 1000× intelligence jump by 2045, driven by human–AI integration
-- Longevity escape velocity by ~2032
-- Biology becomes computable
Walter Isaacson asks Peter Thiel what humans can uniquely do in the AI era.
Thiel: "We're very relational… these relational dimensions will become more important."
When knowledge is worth $0, the only career skills that matter:
- networking / social calibration
- persuasion (sales)
- curiosity (harnessing AI)
- taste (curation)
- storytelling
- grit
- golfing with clients (or equivalent)
We'll get so sick of a fake world that we'll go back to doing business like it's the 1800s. A handshake at the local saloon.
Funny story: I’ve always been a bit of a prepper since I’m from the woods of Maine, but in the first week of February 2020, I sent an email out to all my newsletter subscribers (I had a blog about small space living) telling them about this thing called Covid and how I know this sounds crazy but we might be locked down for TWO ENTIRE WEEKS!!!
I got like 100 people replying calling me crazy and sending me memes of tinfoil hats 🤣
I already had a box of N 95 masks from a couple years prior because we lived in San Francisco during the big forest fires.
I was living in Hell’s kitchen, NYC and one month later when the lockdowns hit, I did NOt need to go to the store 😆
This is my favorite message to get: people bringing their community together with very little work with @getdnnr.
The attendees love it. The restaurants love it. The creators make money. We make some money. It's just perfect.
One back pack with most items used when we go camping:
- duct tape
- crank charge radio
- head lamps
- matches
- first aid kit
- hefty work gloves
- small axe
- rope
- eye protection
- n96 masks
- paper maps
- agreed meeting point
- charging banks
- cash
Pantry/closet
- water
- toilet paper
- electrolytes
- hand grinder for coffee (chemex)
- manual can opener
- cast iron pan
- camp stove with butane burner
- shelf stable but enjoyable foods like tinned fish, olives, roasted peppers, beans, crackers, peanut butter
Biggest lesson from covid was EGGS
Other things I have: fire extinguisher, blankets, keep gas tank above 1/4 tank
I’m sure I’m forgetting stuff
I probably said it was fun and maybe I'll meet some cool people.
Find the thing that's fun for you but looks like work for everyone else. Keep doing it consistently for years on end. The outcome will surprise you.
I feel like being shortsighted really was the winning strategy of the last 20 years.
I always loved working with energy based models when I was doing more pure ML work. TBH, the opportunity to use them was pretty rare for me.
One of the most interesting things about them is how much optimality they are actually able to find in a high dimensional space.
Life is exceedingly high dimensional, and has only gotten moreso in the last 10 years.
My partner @raechellambert, when she started hosting @ALLIN_meetups around the world, I was like: "dude, why are you doing this, it's exhausting". Her verbal answer I do not remember, but her actions were clear and correct.
Get out there and just do stuff. Doesn't really matter what. Do it, and then modify, recursive.