Artificial Intelligence
AI & Grandmother Effect: Will It Amplify or Reverse It
Post-menopausal longevity evolved to feed grandchildren. AI now wants that same job — will it make grandmothers super-powered or obsolete?
Personal
Countries With Low Fertility Rates Need Better Maternal Leave, Not Bribe People to Go on Dates or Get Married
South Korea tried paying people to date. It did not work. The fertility math shows why the fix is cheaper childbearing, not forced matchmaking.
Technology
Those Who Overcommunicate Over Text Might Use LLM Chatbots Better
You've been told your whole life to stop overexplaining. "Just say yes/no." "You CC'd 20 people on every update." "You're sending 5 follow-up messages before waiting for reply." In the human world, that's annoying.
Personal
Sun is Running Out of Hydrogen and World Will Be Inhabitable. So We Should Work With AI To Transfer Knowledge To Future Generations
The Sun has burned half its fuel. Earth has ∼1 billion habitable years left, not 5 billion. Knowledge rots faster than stars die. If we start archiving with AI now, it compounds for the people who will need it after us.
Artificial Intelligence
Dead Artist Effect & AI: Would it still exist?
When an artist dies, prices spike because supply becomes finite. When their estate can license an AI to make infinite new songs and hologram tours, does scarcity die too?
Personal
Engineering a Better Society: The Geopolitics of Genetic Selection
We assume in vitro fertilization is just a medical procedure to help struggling couples start a family. The reality is that embryo selection is quickly becoming the ultimate geopolitical weapon for engineering a superior macroeconomic workforce.
Personal
Moonshots Podcast with Peter Diamandis
What is Moonshots Podcast? Your complete 2026 guide to Peter Diamandis's weekly show with Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, and Alexander Wissner-Gross. 250+ episodes, best guests, where to listen, and Moonshots LIVE.
Personal
Incentives, Incentives, Incentives
We spend hours trying to decode the complex psychological reasons behind bad corporate decisions. The reality is that if you want to understand why any system operates a certain way you just have to follow the underlying reward structure.
Economy & Markets
How Parental Capital Engineers Unfair Advantage (The Financial Launchpad)
We assume entrepreneurs succeed purely through sheer grit and innate brilliance. The empirical reality is that parental financial support acts as a hidden insurance policy that completely rewires a child's capacity to take asymmetric risks.
Personal
Why Giving Books Is the Ultimate Social Signal
We assume gifting a physical book is an outdated tradition in the modern digital era. The smartest operators realize it is actually the highest signal method of transferring a mental operating system to someone you deeply respect.
Economy & Markets
How Stock Volatility Destroys Employee Morale (The Equity Trap)
We assume restricted stock units perfectly align employees with long term shareholder value. The empirical reality is that short term market volatility turns equity compensation into a structural retention nightmare.
Effective Executive
Naval Ravikant: Silicon Valley's Modern-Day Philosopher
We assume modern philosophy is restricted to dusty academics writing unreadable textbooks. Naval Ravikant proves the most profound wisdom of our era is actually being delivered through podcast interviews and startup equity.