In the past, a big tech company might buy a struggling startup just to get its engineers (an acqui-hire). This claims we might see the rise of "acqui-data" or "acqui-environment" deal. The value is in the intellectual property of the code itself, which can be used to generate synthetic training data indefinitely.

Just subscribed to your posts :)

Technological progress rarely eliminates scarcity. I'm skeptical unless you can figure out abundance in energy and land.

mind blown

Ironically -- this video claims that cryptographically verifying who you are is the way we get censorship....

"For instance, a creator could auction and own a simple handle like (@artist or John@artist) on Spaces, then use it across Nostr clients for posting, zapping, or collaborating. Lowering the entry barrier and fostering a more welcoming attitude toward newcomers." - Great idea

lol good answer

A good follow-up to this post: #1408496 (https://aleximas.substack.com/p/the-cyborg-era-what-ai-means-for)

This is a good point. Lots of communities fall into this category. The unemployed, retired folks, kids of celebrities, house wives etc.

yea 80/20 - most trust funders I know are unhappy. Another parallel might be the kids of celebrities.

Another interesting behavior of trust fund kids is that they fiercely try to maintain and guard status (status seeking monkeys). In a post-scarcity world -- status becomes all the things you alluded to: leadership, charisma, charm, etc.