The willful and deliberate destruction of the tech industry by communists is a national security risk.
@naval
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Founder equity taxation obligations at $2B valuations
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If you own 50% of a company that raised at $2B, you have to cough up $50M in cash whether or not you’re liquid. You can defer, but first, surrender all liquid assets, pay over five years, and if your company fails, too bad. You’re on the hook for life with undischargeable debt.
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Property Seizure and Economic Redistribution: Policy Implications
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If a rogue union in California seizes 8% from paper billionaires for its pet project, everyone with a just cause will run a vote to seize private property. Seize homes for homeless, companies for workers, savings for spenders. Once the goose is bit, don’t be last to the feast.
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AI Renders Learning Custom Tools Obsolete
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There’s no point in learning custom tools, workflows, or languages anymore.
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Seizing Production Means: AI Ingenuity Versus Economic Control
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You can’t “seize the means of production” when the means of production are human ingenuity and hard work. All you can do is stamp them out.
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Wealth Redistribution Critics Fear Universal Destitution Outcomes
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In the limit, they won’t be happy until every company is a food bank, every house a homeless shelter, and every human equally destitute.
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Continuous Learning: The Only Sustainable Competitive Advantage
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Continuous learning is the only defensible moat.
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AI Cannot Learn Specific Knowledge Without Verifiable Answers
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Specific knowledge doesn’t have verifiably correct answers – so it’s not something AI can be trained for, either.
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Simple Systems Scaled Up: Understanding AI Architecture
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In every working complex system, you see something simple scaled up, and AI is no different.