Kelsey Hightower

I remember watching Star Wars as a kid and asking myself, who would voluntarily join the dark side? I understood Darth Vader's motivation, but not the stormtrooper's.

What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

I can only imagine the bailout package they are drawing up for themselves.

As the saying goes, privatize the profits, and socialize the losses.

I haven't been posting because I'm literally lost for words.

I've got only one resolution. Stay focused.

Social security is a set of trust funds with a balance of about $2.7 trillion as of December 2024. We are the source of these funds. It belongs to us. These funds should be protected so we can protect each other. www.ssa.gov/oact/progdat...

Twitter became overrun with hate, and while I believe in free speech, I'm not looking to attend a Klan rally.

Most of what we call "tech" is about getting the right information into a database and trying to prevent the wrong person from reading or updating it.

Angertainment is a great way to describe the emotional experience most social media platforms are optimizing for.

Reason number 223.06 on why not to privatize social security.

I've done an unusual number of mentoring calls this week, and one thing I'd like to remind everyone is, you are enough, and you can't forget how far you've come. You're most likely in the best position you've ever been in to build on top of everything you've done until this point.

A rising tide lifts all boats, which is great for those who have one.

Now that DeepSeek is having an impact on the US stock market, I expect a huge negative press cycle designed to discredit their advancement is on the way.

Bluesky is proof that cryptocurrency isn't a core tenant of decentralization. The team demonstrated extreme levels of pragmatism by leveraging new and existing technologies to produce something people actually use.

We've reduced intelligence to what people can do with computers, which is fueling the current hype cycle.

Today I'm turning 30 years old for the 15th time in a row.

No matter what DeepSeek cost, the important part is, they could afford to give it away.

This is the "stock prices can be manipulated" part.

Bots and trolls are two of the worst things to happen to the internet. Complete waste of time.

When I hear people talk about deregulation, what I'm really hearing them say is: "any limitation on harming people is a limitation on profits".

Don't look up.

Buried in the tax bill: "no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act."