A venture capital bloodbath is coming and most investors are unaware Agents will replace about 90% of what associates and principals currently do: • deal sourcing via network analysis • due diligence through

Once that is resolved, CaaS becomes the logical approach

More than 50 companies were funded; the portfolio returned over 2x DPI and delivered a mid‑teens IRR. The main problem was the operational burden and cost of creating and managing the blockers and legal

In the mid 2010s an experiment called Capital as a Service (CaaS) processed company data through a set of rules to produce automated investment decisions.

An ultra‑millionaire tax could raise over $6 trillion across the next decade without increasing taxes for 99.85% of households That revenue could fund universal child care, free community college, expanded

Until closed-loop accountability and independent auditing exist for government programs, even supporters should admit this is mostly theater—pouring good money into bad fixes that can do more harm than

In practice this can win support from people grifting from the leaky bucket or from idealists who want to tithe, yet still fail to address underlying problems

The choice of "could pay for" rather than "will pay for" is crucial to grasp Those programs are worthwhile, but there is no guarantee tax revenues can be routed directly to them or

A great-grandmother had none of those products. She had all of the essentials.

Meat was cheap. Marketers are now selling the idea that it shouldn't be eaten. The 20th century removed access to many of the things the body needs to function. The 21st century is selling it back, one

Animal fat was cheap. Marketers sold seed oils, then supplements to replace nutrients found in animal fat. Tallow was cheap. Marketers sold a seventeen-step skincare routine and a clinical trial claiming

Cold water was free. Marketers sold a £3,000 plunge barrel and a podcast episode about it. Silence was free. Marketers sold a meditation app with a premium tier.

Walking was free. Marketers sold treadmills, fitness trackers, and £180 trainers. Fasting was free. Marketers sold meal-replacement shakes and the anxiety that skipping breakfast wrecks metabolism.

Sunlight was free. Marketers sold SPF 50 and a vitamin D deficiency. Sleep was free. Marketers sold an app, a pill, and a wearable that insists sleep was bad.

Exactly

LLMs can produce persuasive positions when prompted but are highly capable of arguing in almost any direction, making them useful for testing ideas and forming independent opinions—just request multiple

The LLM dismantled the original argument and made the opposite position seem true lol

A blog post was drafted An LLM was used to refine the argument over four hours, producing a very convincing result For fun, the LLM was then asked to argue the opposite

An app that pulls today's top headlines, runs an iterative argument/counterargument loop on each, summarizes both sides, and delivers both summaries so readers can weigh both perspectives and form their

The emphasis should be on policy and substance