Archive - Balancing Act

Care requires conflict

Why consensus kills great products

Jun 12 •

Generated Worlds

When every pixel is yours

Jun 9 •

May 2025

Letter to CS Grads of 2025

Just keep knocking

May 29 •

Memory Changes Everything

When understanding compounds over time

May 27 •

Don't do it for X

Success isn't measured in views

May 22 •

The Missing Loop in AI

Why great AI products learn by watching, not asking

May 19 •

Make the complex disappear

May 12 •

On deferred gratification

The quietest driver of high agency isn't ambition or adversity

May 6 •

The Conductor's Era

When everyone can build, direction becomes the edge

May 1 •

April 2025

From spreading ideas to transforming them

Apr 29 •

Stop solving champagne problems

The false progress trap killing startups

Apr 26 •

Trust is the only moat

Access will beat intelligence

Apr 21 •

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