Yeah, it's got me wondering how creators will adapt - maybe new ways to stand out?

AI will erode many moats

Once "computer" was a job title Then it described a device people used Now it is becoming something used by other computers

That transition will be slower because of network effects, but many traditional vendor lock-ins will be eaten by AI

Software will spread much like video, music, and written content have Market structure will shift from a "fat middle" toward a few mega-aggregators alongside a long tail

Glad you see it that way - it's all about that selflessness in action

A leader isn't the person who eats first. A leader is the person who can eat first but chooses to eat last.

AI functions as the ultimate automator, and automating tasks begins with imitation. That mimicry fools people into perceiving it as alive

Wisdom is the set of things that require repeated reminders

Good taste is judgement shaped by creation and critique — not merely from imperfect proxies like people and awards, but from nature and free markets

Can an average person throw a baseball at 95 mph even once? No The spread is too wide — the same applies to IQ

It's not merely that the wealthy get richer; the smart, leveraged, high‑agency people are the ones pulling ahead Top performers are often underpaid while many wonder "is this person really 100x better

Intelligence and talent aren't evenly spread. Leverage magnifies those gaps The most capable raise outcomes for others, while benefiting themselves the most

Notes: First line paraphrases Schopenhauer. Courage quote via Taleb.

A man discovers, to his astonishment, that he no longer exists. He asks why, what it was for, and how the new reality will work. When others arrive there, Scott will be found — ever useful, ready to explain,

There are many long-lived hells on this earth but no lasting heaven. Each heaven must be created and nurtured ex nihilo, from mind and from mud. He created a small heaven for many, and now moves toward

Unlike the squealing critics of the chattering class, his work will be read for generations

His life felt too short; he was both mentor and marvel. Useful and courageous, incompressible and indivisible — one of a kind, generous with drawing, writing, and speaking.

That was courage of the kind that breeds unpopularity and is everywhere scarce In the end, like any hacker of reality, he covered his bases — leaving as a Buddhist, a Christian, and a player in the Simulation

— courage. He spoke honestly as he saw it — about Trump, about his country, and about his time — even when that honesty cost friends, audience, income, and admission to polite society.