“We won’t experience one hundred years of technological advance in the twenty-first century; we will witness on the order of twenty thousand years of progress.”
— Ray Kurzweil
(2001 essay. The Law of Accelerating Returns)
this 2025 Employee Financial Wellness Report by Payroll Integrations reveals severe financial strain across generations
Key Findings: 38% of employees have tapped retirement accounts for emergencies, with Gen Z (46%) & Gen X/Boomers (41%) leading; one in three plan to withdraw funds next year, indicating ongoing financial insecurity
no bueno
I asked Perplexity to use this historical chart to predict Bitcoin’s price from 2026 to 2030.
It applied a logarithmic regression model to the historical data (2012–2025) & says it extrapolated forward, reflecting the accelerating growth patterns seen in prior cycles 🤔🤯
America’s national debt has exploded from $37 trillion today
to a projected $150 trillion in 30yrs.
a dangerous unsustainable path that threatens our children’s future
when you try to be everything to everyone, you end up being nothing special to anyone
excellence is not about doing everything, it’s about doing a few things brilliantly
with an IQ of now 140+,
generative AI is taking over entry-level jobs…. memorization knowledge matters less, real-time learning now matters more
this may be a tough period for people in their 20s –30s & those 50+