Dan McCown

[Pat Sajak @patsajak]

Update on life…

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

Voyager 1 is 24 billion kilometers from Earth.

It communicates with us using a 23-watt transmitter.
Less than a refrigerator light bulb.

The signal takes 22 hours to reach us, traveling at the speed of light.

By the time it arrives, it's 20 billion times weaker than the power of a digital watch battery.

NASA's Deep Space Network picks it up using 70-meter dish antennas cooled to near absolute zero to reduce electronic noise.

The engineering required to hear a 23-watt signal from 24 billion km away is arguably more impressive than the spacecraft itself.

Launched 1977.
Still transmitting.
Still being heard.

We built something that works perfectly, 47 years later, in conditions no one has ever tested in.

That's what engineering for the long term looks like.

[Casper @CasperOnChain]

Tony Robbins says AI is going to cause violence in the streets if society doesn't get ready

"There are certain things this technology is leading us towards. It's going to lead us to a great deal of violence because people are going to be displaced"

"This is going to be a global event across multiple areas. Not just Uber drivers and truck drivers. If we don't get our act together and have a plan, there's going to be violence for some period of time"

"There's that grief period of loss that people go through when something jars them that much. And some people don't return from that grief"

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Jeff Bezos reveals why compromise is one of the worst ways to resolve a disagreement

"An example of a really bad way of coming to agreement is compromise. If I say the ceiling is 11 feet and you say 12 feet, we say let's call it 11 and a half. That's compromise"

"The advantage of compromise is it's low energy. But it doesn't lead to truth"

"Another really bad resolution mechanism is who's more stubborn. Two executives disagree, they have a war of attrition, and whichever one gets exhausted first capitulates. You haven't arrived at truth, and this is very demoralizing"

"Escalation is better than a war of attrition. Escalate to your boss and say, we can't agree, we like each other, we're respectful, but we strongly disagree, we need you to make a decision"

"Exhausting the other person is not truth seeking. Compromise is not truth seeking"

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The legendary BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) blooper where Michael J. Fox suddenly slips into character as a Mexican cholo and ad-libs, “No homeboy for her tonight, man,” remains one of the funniest outtakes from the film. The cast and crew completely lose it.

[Lloyd Legalist @LloydLegalist]

Livin’ in a Van Gogh down by the river!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

True

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

The chances of a deer taking you out at a crosswalk are slim. But never zero.

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Jeff Bezos reveals the question he asks himself to make every big decision in his life

"I told my boss I'm going to go do this crazy thing and start a company selling books online. He said, let's go on a walk, and we went on a two-hour walk in Central Park"

"He said this actually sounds like a really good idea, but it sounds like it would be a better idea for somebody who didn't already have a good job. He convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision"

"I knew the one thing I might regret is not ever having tried. And I knew that would haunt me every day"

"If you can project yourself out to age 80 and think, what will I think at that time, it gets you away from some of the daily pieces of confusion"

"I knew that when I was 80 I was not going to regret having tried this. I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that. But the one thing I might regret is not ever having tried"

"I left this Wall Street firm in the middle of the year. When you do that, you walk away from your annual bonus, and that's the kind of thing that in the short term can confuse you"

"But if you think about the long term, you can really make good life decisions that you won't regret later"

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

😂

[Albert Mohler @albertmohler]

It is for the cause of our unity in the truth that I intend to bring a motion to the Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando to amend the Constitution of the Southern Baptist Convention: “that the messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in June 2026 amend the Constitution of the SBC to add an enumerated 6th item, under Article 3, Paragraph 1, defining composition… (1/7)

[Joe Rogan Recaps @JoeRoganRecaps]

New: Joe Rogan leaves NASA astrophysicist Michelle Thaller completely stuck after asking her a deep question about the reality of time:

ROGAN: “The weirdest thing that I’ve ever heard anybody say is that all time exists currently.”

THALLER: “That’s Albert Einstein.”

ROGAN: “When we measure time what exactly are we measuring? When we create a clock that runs 24 hours per day what is it measuring?”

THALLER: “That’s a deep question. That question caused everything in physics to fall apart.”

ROGAN: “I still don’t understand what we’re measuring.”

THALLER: “I don’t think I have an answer for you. I don’t think anybody does.”

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

Top Gun turns 40, so does its scrappy “underdog” alternative, Iron Eagle.
A logic-defying premise that somehow totally works thanks to killer aerial photography, a wildly charismatic Louis Gossett Jr., and a cracking soundtrack. Totally forgot he played music in the cockpit 🤣

[Teddy - PolyBackTest.com @Bitcoin_Teddy]

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature:

“Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.”

The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.

[Brian Sauvé @Brian_Sauve]

We’re going to win, at least in part because we have a sense of humor, don’t take ourselves too seriously, and know how to laugh at ourselves.

Libs are unfunny, overserious, and constantly feigning outrage and falling on their fainting couches disingenuously.

Don’t fall for it.

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just told a story that should terrify every AI company on Earth.

His son Saxon is autistic.

Saxon couldn’t understand why the family went to restaurants.

You can get the same food delivered.

You can call your friends over.

You can eat better at home for half the price.

So why go?

Musk: “He had an epiphany and said, ‘Oh, the reason people go to restaurants is to hang out with strangers.’”

A kid who takes the world literally just decoded something the rest of us never thought to question.

We like being around people we’ll never know.

Look at what we already built.

Delivery apps so you never wait in line.

Remote work so you never share an office.

Self-checkout so you never talk to a cashier.

Every innovation of the last 20 years was a bet against human proximity.

Every one paid off.

Until it didn’t.

Loneliness is now a public health emergency.

Depression has doubled since the smartphone.

The average American has fewer close friends than any generation in history.

We didn’t remove friction.

We removed the thing friction was hiding.

Now look at what’s coming.

AI agents that handle your emails.

AI companions that replace your conversations.

AI assistants that make every human interaction optional.

Same playbook. Same bet.

Except this time we’re not engineering out strangers.

We’re engineering out humans entirely.

The coffee shop where nobody knows your name.

The subway where no one speaks.

The restaurant where you’ll never see that couple again.

Those aren’t failed connections.

They’re the background radiation of belonging.

We don’t just need people who know us.

We need to exist in rooms full of people who don’t.

That’s what a kid understood at a dinner table that billion-dollar companies still can’t grasp in a boardroom.

We spent 20 years building a world you never have to show up to.

AI is about to finish the job.

And nothing it builds will ever replicate sitting in a room full of strangers and not feeling alone.

[Brian Sauvé @Brian_Sauve]

We have an envy problem.

Rather than rejoicing when our brothers succeed, we often go full crab barrel, trying to yank them back down.

Rejoice when your brother kills it in his business, buys his family that nice house, gets that raise, provides an excellent service, etc.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Incentives drive outcomes