New biz vid, like to win a hippo I've thought a lot about this. Despite "making it." I'd probably be a billionaire by now if I'd known this. I actually think it ruined a good chunk of my professional life. youtube.com/watch?v=E_-l1f4D…

Every version of Claude since 4.5 has gotten worse. What each version since 4.5 seems to be doing is the opposite: trying to improve by making things more complicated. It’s like a plumber. Before, if you asked it to patch a leak, it would patch it 90% of the way. Now, to solve that final 10%, it doesn’t just patch the leak. It covers it with another wall, pours cement over it, and adds a dry-vac system...all while still missing that last 10%. Mythos is the pinnacle of this. It overcooks everything while still missing that 10%. The pattern since 4.5 is over compensation while still missing the subtle solutions, and spending more credits in the process. Transformers models/LLMs are not the way forward.

Stocks have another F-you leg up. After calling 50 bubble tops in a row, the market will give up and go pure feckless gamble-it-all mode. Then crypto will run. Hard. Up. Then something awful mid to end 2027.

Well. It's done. My first grimdark fantasy novel. Around 160,000 words. A little over 500 pages. We're halfway done editing. Drop date/potential free nft mint info : I'll be looking for ARC readers (advanced copy readers) for feedback here in about a month. Once that's done, I'll be dropping the book in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats. ARC readers get special first editions. All first buyers will get a 1st edition copy with a 1st edition NFT (these will be free with the book, which will likely be 99 cents). We are not doing some costly mint. This is not a "crypto" thing. I just think NFT 1st edition ebooks are cool. Pricing on this first book/drop is set for max accessibility, likely coming in at a loss for me. If you're interested in being an ARC reader, comment below with your top 3 favorite fantasy/progression/sci-fi novels. Invites will go out in about 30-45 days. This is all on the pretense the book is not total ass. If it happens to be...Well... 🤷‍♂️ Again — this is not a crypto NFT drop. Anything on chain will be distributed 100% free for everyone to enjoy. I may pull the idea if too much scuz shows up.

Crypto has come back from worse than this. There's a high chance buys anywhere sub $60k BTC and $1,800 ETH will go down in legend.

Trillion $$ IPOs for companies losing billions at 100x revenue. Laws changing to force them into 401ks. This shit. Fuck dude. We are heading toward something dark.

The bad news : Crypto is the worst thing on earth right now. The good news : If it ever comes back, any buys the past few months will print back breaking gains. Darkest before the dawn or some shit like that.

I shat you not. This will be the biggest money making opportunity in the next 5 years. In 1-2 years when AI is good enough. We will see small teams making billion dollar Animes and live action movies at sub million dollar budgets. The moat in entertainment will be gone and so will the cost/bs that stops creators from creating. Imagine Game of Thrones. But made by 5 guys and the author, with them all splitting the billions it makes. The HR-lady-ran cess that are Hollywood and Publishing are breaking. The creators are going to take power back and it's going to make them billionaires. Good.

My completed nerd novel stack the last few months. How am I doing? What should be next?

In hindsight... Maybe some of you shouldn't have talked such endless shit to Ben Cowen the last few months. Dono. Call me nuts.

Drinking ALWAYS come at a cost. Optimize your health. Go sober for 30 days. Even "just two" dramatically drops your baseline mood/gusto for days. Does it mean give up drinking? No. It has social and creative benefits. Just stop lying to yourself about the cost. It's poison.

You shouldn’t build a personal brand, start a podcast, stream, or anything like that. Here’s why, with one exception: Doing this in 2026 is the equivalent of being a stripper in a club with one million other strippers. Yes, you can make money fast. But there are three major drawbacks: A) This skill set stops producing money the second you stop shaking your ass. B) There are 1,000 other creators starting every day. Even if you make it, you have to shake harder and harder to stay relevant. It is no longer an “open” opportunity. The second you stop serving the algorithm, you are replaced. C) You will not want to be shaking your ass on Twitch and making content at 40. Keep in mind. At 40 you will not just have to maintain this. You will need to be shaking your ass 5x harder, every year, as the competition to be relevant get's harder and harder. What you really should do is master a craft: business building, investing, or something else you can master in silence. Then do that for 30 to 40 years straight. In all honesty, 90% of people making content are wasting their careers. Even the mildly to largely successful ones. It is just not a good choice. It's fun when your 20. But ultimately a brutal waste of your years. The only times you should do this are: A) If this is truly your life’s calling. B) If it is a fun side hobby. 95% of people doing this do not fall into bucket A. They are doing it simply to make money. Their time would be better spent learning how to invest, build companies, build brands, and develop real skills. 95% of my net worth comes from my tech companies, which have grown mostly outside of my “content.” For the last six months, I stopped making videos because videos fell into bucket B for me. I stopped enjoying it. So I don't do it. The end. I get up and work on my businesses and write in hobby time. I cannot fathom a greater hell than having to make videos and content if I didn’t want to. This is a luxury most “personal brand” entrepreneurs do not have. Ask yourself as you see all the past aging influencers running ANOTHER stream...Another podcast...Still having to shake their asses... Ask yourself if you want that to be you. If you’re young and thinking about starting another podcast, stream, channel, or personal brand, you really need to ask yourself: A) Does the world need another talking head? B) Is this really what you want to do for the next 30 years? The answer to A is no. The answer to B is likely no. Think about it before you waste years of your life in the rat race of trying to become popular online. The vast majority of hyper-wealthy people are total unknowns.

The biggest returns come asymmetrical bets. Translation : It come from assets 95% of people hate. The disagreement is WHERE the gains come from. There is no asset on earth that fit's this bill more than crypto right now. If it runs, it will give the best returns on earth.

The 40-50% pumps we are seeing on alts right now.. Are a tiny limp sample of what's about to come if Bitcoin and ETH recover. People have forgotten what girthy 150% daily candles look like. Not for long.

F%$king insane. I used to be that guy at the bar... drunk as shit, forcing my friends to hear my Star Wars plot theories. Now: Disney drops a Star Wars movie. My fucks are sub zero. So few, I can’t even care enough to hate it. The total ruin of this brand is remarkable.