Ben Averbook

College is broken. How do we fix it? Here is my conversation with Dr. David Ruth, Dean of STEM at the University of Austin (@uaustinorg). Founded by key figures including @bariweiss, @nfergus, & @JTLonsdale, UATX aims to cultivate intellectual independence and the fearless…

I fundementally disagree with the opinion that "ai writing will never be as good as great human writing" within 3 years, 95 % of everything you read will be AI-generated...and you’ll prefer it.

Am i the only one who is incredibly opposed to wearing an orwellian surveillance device 24/7? i feel like that shouldn't be a hot take.

what if you just turned the university model upside down? meaning instead of 9 months of "learning" (better said "being taught") and an internship over the summer... you just worked in the field for 9 months and then do the "learning" part for 3 months? I feel like this could…

we live in the era of infinite opportunity. however infinite opportunity is only valuable if you can say no to 99% of it.

My biggest fear is waking up in 2035 knowing I didn’t take advantage of the most consequential decade in human history.

I've been thinking a lot about AI first companies. There seem to be a lot of people selling AI told old industries like law firms. But I think there should be more focus on building the actual AI law firm. Both seems more lucrative and more fun.

In 3 hours today I built an n8n flow that takes a voice note and repurposes it into 5 tweets, 1 viral LinkedIn post, 1 blog post, 1 YT video, and 1 IG reel. Whats crazy is I trained it on my own style, tone, and voice so it legit sounds like me. This AI thing could be cool.

I think young people doing traditional (finance, law, consulting) internships this summer are going to face huge sunk opportunity cost.

Can someone please explain to me what actually happens when a country goes bankrupt? I understand how and why it happens, but what are the actually first, second, and third order consequences?

The most consequential decade in all of human history

Given the option to live through any one decade in all of human history… I think it’s pretty undeniable that you’d pick the current one.

The changing of the geopolitical world order + building a god like intelligence = The most consequential decade in all of human history.

for young ambitious people, the question of "what should I work on" is the single hardest question to answer

Jason just visited Singapore and Network School, and we did a new podcast together. Coming soon!

Don’t be surprised when young people start a movement away from short form and towards books. Overall bearish on short form

almost every big name in tech has outwardly expressed their disapproval of the higher education system for decades (Thiel, Andreessen, Balaji, etc)... but still nothing has changed. is higher ed too big to fail or whats going on?

Need more books. What single book would you recommend to your 20 y/o self?