Future

2026
• 23 AprClaude was dumbified on March 4 exactly when we noticed 𝕏
• 28 FebI ran Claude Code on the server in bypass mode and outran my todo list 𝕏
• 20 JanEurope's 28th regime could create a Delaware for startups 𝕏
• 15 JanThe era of fake e-girl influencers has started 𝕏
2025
• 17 DecI bought over $1M in Google because Sergey returned and they're winning AI 𝕏
• 13 DecI got 100+ mbps plane internet on Qatar Airways with Starlink 𝕏
• 13 DecChinese EVs are beating German cars with better software and innovation 𝕏
• 27 NovBeijing uses robot arms at toll booths 𝕏
• 17 NovOnly the US and China have actual substantial startup activity now 𝕏
• 22 JunI made a trailer for the future of humanity (e/acc) 𝕏
• 11 MayVisiting OpenAI's office in San Francisco and seeing the city's improvements 𝕏
• 10 AprEurope wants to reduce its anti-AI act and GDPR to compete in AI 𝕏
• 28 MarBeing an entrepreneur now has more job security than a job 𝕏
• 29 JanWe need a federal union of Europe to compete with US and China 𝕏
2024
• 22 DecA tractor is a great parallel to AI because it helps people do their work easier and faster 𝕏
• 18 DecSelf driving cars react 150x faster than a human driver 𝕏
• 9 DecBoth a16z and YC's request for startups for 2025 just came out 𝕏
• 24 NovEurope's end game might be to become like Japan a cheap tourist destination 𝕏
• 1 NovWhat is happening to Google now is pretty much textbook of what happened to Xerox PARC, but worse 𝕏
• 1 NovSundar Pichai fumbled Google's AI head start and it'll be studied for decades 𝕏
• 31 OctRent an empty office space and invent the future 𝕏
• 6 OctMacron warns EU has only 2 or 3 years before total US and China dominance 𝕏
• 22 SepFireside chat with Balaji Srinivasan at Network State Conference 2024
• 16 SepThierry Breton resigns after EU AI Act and DSA criticism 𝕏
• 5 SepBali broke ground on a subway that will connect the entire island 𝕏
• 6 AugEurope's governments made energy expensive on purpose to stop you from using it 𝕏
• 13 JulThierry Breton represents 100+ year old European dinosaur companies as EU tech policy director 𝕏
• 10 JulAll Airbus models made in the last 25 years have zero fatal crashes 𝕏
• 4 JulJapan is not futuristic it's a fossil stuck in 1990 unlike China Korea and Vietnam 𝕏
2023
• 22 DecAI generated images are 10,000x cheaper than any human could charge 𝕏
• 10 DecOpen source LLMs reaching GPT-4 levels way earlier than we thought is the most exciting thing now to me 𝕏
• 6 DecNobody will build apps on Gemini because Google always shuts things down 𝕏
• 21 NovTrying self hosting alpaca a finetuned llama model after OpenAI drama 𝕏
• 24 AugOffice trends cycle every 7 years from cubicles to open offices and back 𝕏
• 18 MarTwo types of people now 𝕏
• 6 FebGoogle AI launches are all press releases without functioning products 𝕏
• 16 JanMy new AI model is great 𝕏
2022
• 19 DecI proved people now have AI bots using ChatGPT to reply to tweets 𝕏
• 10 DecThe real opportunity in AI for most people is building a front end around it 𝕏
• 18 SepThis House Does Not Exist
• 19 AugNon-alcohol socializing will be a big industry as people drink less alcohol now and in the future 𝕏
• 31 JulEdgy opinions that will be mainstream within 10 years 𝕏
• 10 MayBuilding Remotely Podcast: Relocation of remote workers
• 25 JanA corner office in 2002 vs 2022 𝕏
2021
• 15 DecIf you have $100,000 in savings you're losing $2,000 per month from inflation 𝕏
• 23 NovWeb4 will be finally closing our computer and going outside 𝕏
• 6 SepChinese companies are silently ending US tech dominance 𝕏
• 20 JulYou only need 26 customers paying you $99/mo to make an average U.S. income 𝕏
• 25 MarThe next frontier after remote work is async
• 14 FebInflation Chart: the stock market adjusted for the US-dollar money supply
2020
• 20 DecNo one should ever work
• 19 DecThis is the most exciting time in history to start a company online 𝕏
• 12 NovThe future of remote work: how the greatest human migration in history will happen in the next ten years
• 5 NovBuilding Remotely Podcast: Will millions of remote workers become location independent in 2021?
2019
• 16 OctLorn - The Slow Blade ✕ Hong Kong
• 8 SepIn the future writing actual code will be like using a pro DSLR camera, and no code will be like using a smartphone camera
• 7 SepIn the future writing code will be like using a pro dslr and no code like a smartphone camera 𝕏
• 18 AugEurope is very risky when monetary policy is almost out of gas, political fragmentation and missing the technology revolution 𝕏
2018
• 27 JulBarriers of entry to building a startup have never been so low 𝕏
• 14 JulThe first trillion dollar company is Norway's oil fund 𝕏
• 27 MayWent to a robot hotel with self check-in and no humans 𝕏
• 1 AprPeople forget how much advantage you have in 2018 as an indie business 𝕏
2017
• 26 DecChina overtakes US as biggest economy in 2032 while Europe suffers 𝕏
• 22 OctHow to 3d scan any object with just your phone's camera
• 21 SepIKEA’s ARKit app is 🔥🔥🔥 𝕏
• 24 JulFacebook and Google are building their own cities: the inevitable future of private tech worker towns
• 8 JunIt's about time for a digital work permit for remote workers
• 16 AprWhat we can learn from Stormzy about transparency
• 23 MarRemote work is now the #1 thing people want when looking for a new job 𝕏
• 10 FebMost coworking spaces don't make money; here's how they can adapt to survive the future
• 11 JanA society of total automation in which the need to work is replaced with a nomadic life of creative play
2016
• 29 OctHow to fix flying
• 5 OctWhat I would do if I was 18 now
• 26 JunMy third time in a float tank and practicing visualizing the future
• 7 MayBasic income will be one of the greatest things to happen to people 𝕏
• 19 FebMy first time floating in a sensory deprivation tank ☺️
• 2 FebI'm Learning 3d 🎮
2015
• 25 OctThere will be 1 billion digital nomads by 2035
• 17 OctPunk died the moment we learnt that the world WAS in fact getting better, not worse
• 14 OctVaporwave is the only music that fits the feeling futuristic Asian mega cities give me
• 1 SepWhy global roaming data solutions don't make any sense
• 6 AprCalling people "expat" or "nomad" is just as irrelevant as calling internet users "netizens"
• 28 MarMakers have become the invisible hand
• 7 MarHow technology is shaping our future: billions of self-employed makers and a few mega corporations
• 22 JanWe are the orcas at Sea World
2014
• 1 DecThe total chaos that the dawn of the 21st century has become
• 27 OctThe ideal place to start a startup is not necessarily in Silicon Valley
• 2 AprHow Automation Left Us Feeling Empty
• 4 JanAll Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
2013
• 22 NovWhy I want to live in Singapore
• 19 OctRemote working is the future
• 24 SepYou're just a piece of a heartless shitty machine that makes money
• 16 SepAutomation Will Free Us From the Endless Consumption/Production Cycle We're In
• 16 SepNational Borders Have Become Irrelevant
• 4 SepA Culture of Distraction is Not The Problem
• 16 JulThis is what "acting professionally" results in
• 24 JunWith jobs gone, will robot owners pay people's income?
• 21 FebBlack Mirror is the best TV series I have seen in years
• 3 JanIn the 21st century, Maria Montessori shows to be more relevant than ever
2012
• 18 OctThe death of the corporate drone
• 13 OctThe West's unemployment problem is permanent
• 16 JunMusic genres are dead