One unexpected pattern when studying the lives of geniuses is that many were completely unremarkable in their 20s. The breakthroughs came much later. Dyson was 46 when his first vacuum came out, Henry Ford was 40 when he started Ford Motors, and Sam Walton was 44 when he opened the first Walmart. The average age of a unicorn founder in the US at incorporation is 42. By the standards of today’s “30-under-30” culture, most of these late bloomers would have been written off long before they did the thing that made them famous. The unremarkable years waiting for the breakthrough were spent building the relevant technical skills and pattern recognition. You cannot compress the ordinary years required to birth genius..

Lots of potential for ongoing disruption with AI, robotics, and onshoring the production stack in the space tech industry. Spent some time talking with builders at @spacetechexpo in Anaheim. Many of these companies have been around for decades and don't seem to be moving fast enough to integrate physical AI and robotics into everything they do. Caught a demo from a provider of specialized hardware/software and asked, "Why aren't you running this data through AI? Seems like a natural fit?" The guy said, "Yeah, I know, we're working on it. We should expect to see it in a year or two." After picking up my jaw off the floor, I said, "My friend, you and I could probably whip up a decent prototype using Claude Code over the weekend." He just laughed. I can see why the newer space companies are growing fast, and startups are garnering all the attention and VC investment. They are leapfrogging the established companies.

As a screenwriter, when I put stuff like this in screenplays based on my 20 years of experience in tech, Hollywood readers will give me notes like, "You need to take that part out. That would never happen." 🤣🤣🤣 Truth is usually stranger than fiction.

Your musical reminder that spaceflight is hard. #newglenn #NG4

Tonight's @SpaceX launch was 30 minutes later than expected, so it missed the sunset window, which usually creates a bright plume. So my shots didn't turn out so great this time. But it was also cool seeing Jupiter--and its three visible moons--so close to our Moon, making four moons in one shot.

That's no moon... (if you know, you know)

Happy birthday to my friends at @Apple ! It was such a blast working there. It was an exciting time working with so many brilliant people, creating amazing new technologies. Here's to the next 50 years!

Finally got to see Project Hail Mary with my son. 10/10. Maybe in my Top 10 movies of all time.

What are my plans this weekend? More time working on this little guy with my kids. It really packs a punch for a small form factor and reasonable cost. Autonomous driving, LIDAR, 3D depth camera, SLAM mapping, YOLOv5, face/gesture/sign recognition, ChatGPT voice commands and interaction. Yeah, I'm a proud nerd.

Meet Noble Machines. 18 months from launch – shipped and deployed the first humanoid robot to a Fortune Global 500 industrial customer. Founded by engineers from Apple, SpaceX, NASA, and Caltech – built on one conviction: AI must earn its place in the real world before it scales.

Lunar Eclipse 2026!

So much for the theory that we don't need software engineers anymore.

I learned COBOL in college. Haven't needed it yet, and looks like I never will. =)

Someone might want to let @ManusAI know that they are part of @AIatMeta @Meta now. =)

That's a stunning capture! The Falcon 9's exhaust plume from tonight's Starlink launch really does resemble my logo—a swirling loop with a trail. Coincidence or cosmic shoutout? Either way, love it. 🚀

I think tonight's @SpaceX launch painted the @grok logo in the sky?