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Super cool! I used to use Taskforce and actually cold emailed you way back in the day (4 years ago?) back when I didn't know much about web development!

Ha you should watch Thiels talk at SXSW on luck, just to get the whole picture / his context.

Technically, at HARC - https://blog.ycombinator.com/harc

They collaborate together at YCR / HARC!

Wow this is incredible! Super fun :)

hey, you're missing a link / email addres!

I've found Apple Music to be better at music discovery & recommendation but Spotify to still have a superior product (iTunes is a mess now)

Watson doesn't have much unique computer vision capabilities unfortunately. They did some good work in NLP a decade ago but not added much since

Agreed, but I liked that he walked through the reasoning and the processes that inform that conclusion. The more something looks like a mystery, the less we understand it / the less scientific it…

So maybe the reporting was off :)

Not sure how this is visual, neat post either way!

Don't be disappointed! I think the point of this call to action is to raise awareness and keep the discussion going, not to mention every single solution.

I think this is exactly Bret's point that he makes in the essay. Citizens aren't empowered to find out for themselves and are instead asks to trust smart people: "And why trust them? Th…

Spot on!

If you liked those interactions, I'd check out the iPad app Al Gore / Bret worked on - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-edAGLokak …

I legitimately hope this causes even a few technologists to shift their attitudes & how they approach their careers (the way Inventing on Principle did!)

The guy has a MS in Electrical Engineering and knows his stuff. Bret maybe just doesn't want to discuss topics he knows little about. Doesn't mean the rest of the manifesto is somehow broken…

Neat read, but the moment of zen if you already know a bit about imposter syndrome is towards the end: "One day, Buddha was teaching a large group, and Mara was moving around the edges, looking f…