Feb 6, 2024
Quick note — a bit on San Francisco this morning, as the city clearly intersects with tech, and I believe its fate matters a great deal to both the industry and country.
While the following dispatch is distinct, the themes I'm about to discuss are plainly, dangerously apparent in every one of our cities. High-level, the nation's intellectual D Team captured the entire critical infrastructure on top of which America lives. All founts of traditional power are corrupt beyond saving, but the "tech elites," a pejorative popular among the sort of people who are actually in power, represent a new kind of leader, and through them I do see a new kind of hope. The following constitutes a path forward.
-Solana
the real chokepoint in the ai race is power, and elon is betting he can generate power in space faster than our glacial bureaucracy will allow down here on earth
this week, two leading betting platforms upped the ante in their blood feud by surprising broke new yorkers with free groceries. how did we get here?
I spoke with 21 billionaires about california’s unprecedented asset seizure ballot proposition. here: their plans to leave, their efforts to fight back, and the future of tech in california