I always wonder if we can create inexpensive brain scans so that we can design personalized music for people's brains, brain activity is going to be very possible to reverse engineer in the future, i think its possible that future generations will see "emotions" as barbaric, already with the rise of technology and AI, we're seeing such an increase of people understanding their own mind, at the same time many people will be left behind-- in SF they talk about a permanent second class, there will be founders and users of founder products

network effects make companies more powerful. I’m always thinking about how to introduce them in places people wouldn’t expect. It’s a kind of challenges that feel like a massage to my brain.

Something peripheral to the main product becomes the main product. The history of startups is full of these.

We’re taught that if we’re not growing, we’re falling behind. Careers must advance, businesses must expand, and anything that levels off starts to look irrelevant. Something can stop expanding without losing its value, like Latin. When cells grow uncontrollably, we call it cancer. It’s cancerous to crave constant growth without considering its cost (unless its reasoning tokens). It’s cancerous to confuse bigger numbers with better lives. It’s cancerous to call stability stagnation. Economists recognize that stability allows people to plan, and sometimes a plateau is an achievement in itself. And sometimes progress moves backward. In forests adapted to fire, burning away accumulated vegetation can create the conditions for renewal. There is less standing afterward, yet the ecosystem can become healthier.