Partner at @fiftyyears investing in deep tech and a flourishing future. Former AI founder ($250M raised, acq by Alphabet). Host of thisisprogress.substack.com
Joined April 2008
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May 14
We can't stop AI, we can't control it, so we must become it.
ted.com/talks/d_scott_phoeni…
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May 26
The Enhanced Games poses a question: where’s the line between human and artificial?
I sat down with co-founder @C_Angermayer hours before a swimming world record was broken. We get into psychadelics, AI, and where the human body is heading.
Tomorrow on Progress.
May 25
A $1,000,000 WORLD RECORD SWIM!
Kristian Gkolomeev wins the Men’s 50m Freestyle in 20.81s and takes home $1,000,000 bonus $250,000 first place prize and reclaims his 50M Freestyle world record.
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May 27
Full episode is available right now: x.com/fuelfive/status/205967…
May 27
"We were always a very poor imitation of a machine."
Progress ep05 is live with @C_Angermayer, founder of atai Life Sciences and co-founder of @enhanced_games.
We discuss why fear is the real risk of the next decade, why post-capitalism looks like a Roman Republic with robots, and why the Enhanced Games might be the Woodstock of bodily sovereignty.
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May 27
"We were always a very poor imitation of a machine."
Progress ep05 is live with @C_Angermayer, founder of atai Life Sciences and co-founder of @enhanced_games.
We discuss why fear is the real risk of the next decade, why post-capitalism looks like a Roman Republic with robots, and why the Enhanced Games might be the Woodstock of bodily sovereignty.
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Also on:
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/thisis…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2RFRua…
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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May 22
People spend 8 hrs every night motionless and hallucinating, consume dead plants and animals while their bodies slowly decay, and get addicted to sugar and phones.
@brian_armstrong asks what an upgrade might look like.
May 21
"You have to be willing to be vilified to build anything interesting in the world."
Progress ep04 is live with @brian_armstrong, cofounder and CEO of @coinbase.
We discuss why becoming AI might actually feel great, why the most unimpeachably good charity still got hit pieces, and why delaying progress kills people too.
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May 21
"You have to be willing to be vilified to build anything interesting in the world."
Progress ep04 is live with @brian_armstrong, cofounder and CEO of @coinbase.
We discuss why becoming AI might actually feel great, why the most unimpeachably good charity still got hit pieces, and why delaying progress kills people too.
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May 21
Watch the full episode:
YouTube: youtu.be/_Li43_E0APg
Substack: thisisprogress.substack.com/…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4VH…
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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May 20
Three of the biggest categories @fiftyyears backs founders in
May 20
Humanity is building three things right now:
> energy
> intelligence
> life
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May 20
Better title: I want Silicon Valley to put a chip in my brain.
Otherwise great article!
May 15
I wrote about the growing fight over who controls the data in your brain — and how that's dovetailing with broader conversations about what it means to be human: politico.com/news/magazine/2…
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May 16
A lot of strong feelings in the comments section.
The arrival of AI might be a rocky experience for civilization, and the fear and anger about going through a big change makes sense.
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While your laptop is closed, AI is already getting better at your job, says tech entrepreneur D. Scott Phoenix (@fuelfive).
Here’s why he says that rather than competing with AI, humans need to merge with it instead: t.ted.com/m2xQG0P
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May 14
It's live!
x.com/fuelfive/status/205496…
May 14
We can't stop AI, we can't control it, so we must become it.
ted.com/talks/d_scott_phoeni…
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May 7
"I live for the day where the scientists have to apologize to the hippies"
Steve Huffman, founder and CEO of @reddit, on why the more ancient the wisdom, the more right an idea might be.
He points to The Tao of Physics - the 70s book arguing modern physics and Eastern mysticism are converging on the same picture: interconnection, cycles, wholeness
May 5
Will Reddit be the last human stronghold?
Progress ep03 is live with Steve Huffman, founder and CEO of @Reddit
We discuss why the future looks a lot like the past, why death might actually be good design, and why scientists may one day have to apologize to the hippies.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Steve's weirdest idea: we should all die and be forgotten
04:37 Scientists owe the hippies an apology
05:35 Einstein sounds like a Buddhist monk
08:04 Reddit as an empathy machine
09:23 What Facebook got right, then abandoned
10:30 Cities are the only organism that scales superlinearly
12:25 Diagnosing inefficient institutions
13:35 Institutions need to die too
17:07 The policy mistake behind housing, college debt, and healthcare
18:21 America's doctor cap vs. Asia's approach
20:43 Fatherhood and the long view
22:12 Will Steve's kids have jobs?
23:38 Steve's case for Universal Basic Income
27:23 Saying please and thank you to ChatGPT
29:00 Vibe-coding a home automation bridge in two days
30:22 Scott's guilt about jailbreaking Claude
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May 5
Will Reddit be the last human stronghold?
Progress ep03 is live with Steve Huffman, founder and CEO of @Reddit
We discuss why the future looks a lot like the past, why death might actually be good design, and why scientists may one day have to apologize to the hippies.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Steve's weirdest idea: we should all die and be forgotten
04:37 Scientists owe the hippies an apology
05:35 Einstein sounds like a Buddhist monk
08:04 Reddit as an empathy machine
09:23 What Facebook got right, then abandoned
10:30 Cities are the only organism that scales superlinearly
12:25 Diagnosing inefficient institutions
13:35 Institutions need to die too
17:07 The policy mistake behind housing, college debt, and healthcare
18:21 America's doctor cap vs. Asia's approach
20:43 Fatherhood and the long view
22:12 Will Steve's kids have jobs?
23:38 Steve's case for Universal Basic Income
27:23 Saying please and thank you to ChatGPT
29:00 Vibe-coding a home automation bridge in two days
30:22 Scott's guilt about jailbreaking Claude
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