Messi (38) & Ronaldo (41) are breaking records in their 6th World Cup ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Tom Brady won his 7th Super Bowl ring at 43 & Tiger Woods is still on tour at 50
you donโt stop working because youโre old, you get old because you stop working
Space X's valuation is 112 times the revenue the company made in 2025 of $18 billion.
20% of it's income comes from government & defence contracts. 80% comes from it's 10 million Starlink subscribers.
South Africa generated $418 billion in 2025... multiplied by 112 is $46.8 trillion.
Space X's valuation - like most other American tech companies - is very similar to a ponzi scheme.
The irony isnโt lost on meโฆ makes a shit ton of money to help a few friends make money. Gets rewarded to make more money for friends and the cycle continues while the rest of us peasants fight it out for scraps.
Really interesting to see the AI convo has reached SA in the music space. At the end of the day, the people decide whatโs good and not. Focus on your craft, with or without it. The music will speak for itself.
This is never going to happen. The effort wouldnโt make sense. The models are 10 times better than they were 2 yrs ago.
They might make examples of a few artists however the flood gates are uncontrollable.
Compare it to FL studio trying to crack down on cracked software. By the time they have one sorted 100 others are available.
How much luck did the real instrument players have when vstโs came in? They fought a loosing battle for the longest time. How many live instruments do you have in your music? AI is an advanced Fl studio or VsT.
We also know that thereโs more money in the touring than the music itself so if an artist can get a song to go viral of those platforms what happens then? You donโt book the guy because his big song is AI.
The labels are scrambling because no one knows whatโs going to happen.
A human still has to prompt it. Itโs like being in studio with a whole band. Some guys are going to improvise and others youโre going to tell them exactly what and how to play something. Human learning vs. Machine learning.
Kirtsenbosch concerts getting called out and not doing anything about the Kiffness on their lineup is a perfect representation of how Cape Town handles its business