Dear Dario,
You preached AI ethics from your personal blog while selling Anthropic's independence to Amazon. Now your 'Constitutional AI' sits on Bezos's property, paying rent."
Business Models
17 posts
Silicon Valley Is Building a $600 Billion Casino With Chips That Expire in Three Years
W43 - Tech giants are spending $600 billion to generate $40 billion in revenue—lighting $15 on fire for every $1 earned. The only innovation? Building the first bubble where the infrastructure rots faster than the business models that justify it.
The Art of Productive Theft: Steve Jobs' Real Genius
W22 - Ever wondered if Steve Jobs' greatest innovation was... stealing? From his "borrowed" mouse to the iPhone's inspiration, discover how the maestro of tech didn't create—he curated. His genius wasn't invention, but the art of productive theft. 🍎
Get Real! You're 20 Years Late and the Problem is 200 Times Worse
W19 - While government fumbles with 20-year-old ID programs, tech billionaires deploy iris scanners in malls across America. This isn't coincidence—it's a calculated power grab for the ultimate prize: control of your digital existence itself.
Capital Disrupted—The AI Native Shift Across Industries
W14 — What once required fifty engineers, twenty million dollars, and three years can now be accomplished by five people, two million dollars, and six months. This isn't hyperbole—it's the mathematics of disruption unleashed by AI native businesses across every sector of the economy.
Consuming Connections—How Corporations Colonized Our Third Place
W13 - Remember when Starbucks was your 'third place'? Their recent 'buy something or leave' policy finally exposed what many suspected: the emperor never had clothes. From Instagram museums to food halls, we're now surrounded by spectacular substitutes for authentic community.
Economic Uncharted Territory—Moving Beyond Obsolete Maps
W11 - Capitalism isn't dying—it's metamorphosizing. But into what? This manifesto unveils the blind spots in our economic vision, challenging us to see beyond markets and states to the emerging landscapes of post-scarcity, network coordination, and biomimetic systems.
Not Just Another Essay About DeepSeek—The Ransomware Edition
W05 - 2024: Silicon Valley unleashes AI ransomware on a global scale. Your creativity is the target. The ransom? Your future. Pay to protect your own ideas, or watch AI replicate them endlessly. Welcome to the digital protection racket, where innovation comes at a price.
The Great Marketing Delusion: Rethinking Business Psychology in the Age of Perception
W46 - Forget spreadsheets! Businesses keep botching human psychology—the gap's so wide you could park a train in it! Think: billion-dollar companies, all math, no matter. Explore how understanding perception trumps cost-cutting. Spoiler: it's a masterpiece of cognitive misfires!
Gravity Batteries: Harnessing the Power of Weight as a Renewable Energy Storage
W26 - Forget lithium dreams and nuclear schemes. The next energy revolution is yanking us back to basics, courtesy of gravity. Picture Godzilla-sized concrete blocks dancing a glacial ballet, transforming abandoned mines into clean energy cocoons. We're literally dropping the mic on climate change.
Yes, Chef! The Startup Chef's Gourmet Guide to TAM, SAM, and SOM
W21 - Hungry for startup success? Dive into our culinary-themed guide to TAM, SAM, and SOM. From global pantries to local menus, we'll spice up your market analysis. Warning: May cause cravings for both data and gourmet ice cream. Bon appétit, entrepreneurs!
Constraint as a Catalyst: Unlocking Lego's Innovation Through Limitation
W13 - Explore how Lego's brush with bankruptcy ignited a creative revolution, turning constraints into innovation and redefining success through strategic licensing—a tale that challenges the very notion of limitation. Creativity from constraints!
The Great Hollywood Heist: Streaming's Struggle to Generate Cash Flow
An in-depth look at the challenges faced by the entertainment industry in the era of streaming, and the potential solutions that could revitalize its financial landscape
The 5 Whys Guys? Toyota’s Ingeniously Persistent Curiosity
In Pursuit of Perfection 🔮 Toyota, the automotive titan renowned for its fervent commitment to quality and the relentless pursuit of improvement, owes an enormous part of its success to a profoundly powerful yet deceptively straightforward protocol: the “5 Whys.” Journey along as we inquire into the richly textured historical tapestry...
Amazon’s AI Adventures: The Potential Consequences for Financial Creditors in the FTX Market
Splash in the AI Pool 🔮 Amazon is known for defying the status quo, evidenced by its recent alliance with leading AI research firm, Anthropic. This echo-inducing leap into artificial intelligence could have significant implications for the financial sector, most notably for FTX creditors, who are lenders within the Financial Technology...
Apple's Resilience in an Unpredictable Market
Is Apple Losing Their Grip? 🔮 Apple, a longtime tech giant, has had an impact on the stock market. This changed in 2022, however, when revenue, profits, and free cash flow all declined, leaving investors concerned about the company's future. With a recession looming, investors wonder if Apple can...
The Art of Confidence
The smoothest con man that ever lived. That’s what they say about Victor Lustig pictured above. His claim to fame is that he sold the Eiffel Tower, twice. Yup, that happened. He became fluent in multiple languages, harnessed his ocean liner and started printing money, literally.