Murshak
@distantpathos
Agentic governance @lawgiverAI. Sacred interfaces @cyberdruidism. Host of Hacking State. In search of exploits
Hacking State 55 - @aneilbaboo: Why AI Can't Be Conscious - The "hard" phenomenology of consciousness - Limits of radical materialism - Why brains aren't like classical computers - Computational intractability of consciousness - AI Civil Rights issue - Austin leading mind tech
Regulatory capture is the inevitable result of having regulatory agencies.
NEW: President Donald J. Trump just signed an executive order to restore order to American cities and remove vagrants from our streets. Here is the text of the order: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it…
80% openness among Gen Z for marrying AI. I’m thinking they’re cooked chat
The claim holds: Data from IFS and SIPP shows divorce rates for first marriages have declined since the 1980s peak, now at ~20-30% after 20 years for 2010s couples vs. 40-50% for 1970s. This ties to marriage skewing upper-middle class, where stability is higher (Brookings,…
Women are hottest at the airport, when they’re tired and slightly disheveled, wearing clothes without an inkling of performance. Strangers locking eyes who will never meet and never see each other again. It’s intoxicating.
This is a great idea. If anyone is interested, let's talk
"The modern university—especially the Ivy League—is a machine built to erase the memory of the old world, not preserve it." Taking back the Ivy League starts with ambitious young men with vision. @lucca_ruggieri explains in his debut piece. americanmind.org/salvo/brotherh…
i wake up. something’s wrong with the clock on the wall. the numbers are jumbled. my hands aren’t right. i tell my wife. she responds: “that’s not just an observation—it’s a powerful insight.” i scream.
What’s Operation Chokepoint?
Hi @michaeljknowles. By way of follow-up, we can confirm that the restrictions placed on your account were not taken unilaterally by Stripe, but were the result of a legally binding order that was issued to us. Our support team previously reached out to X regarding this matter.…
X but Y Beat beat beat ———————— A isn’t B, it’s Z Beat beat beat Every content marketer isn’t going to be replaced by AI because humans will grow increasingly immune to algorithmic rhetoric (one would hope)
It’s crazy to think that for the last two decades Silicon Valley and The Bay remained neutral-to-hostile to one of the most popular and trusted institutions in the United States.
"Science" is now the third highest supported institution in the US, after small business and the military. Higher ed is fifth.
A daily reading habit is one of the best things you can do to ward off cognitive decline due to social media and AI use. Meditation also helps with focus. Since these tools are practical or even necessary for many, it’s important to develop countervailing routines.
Making the X API cost a bajillion dollars does not seem to have reduced spam at all. I used to occasionally get spam DMs and now every single day my message requests get re-flooded with spammers and crypto scams. What’s going on?
Overzealous AI regulations can be combatted with effective exposure. We now have technology that can outstrip lumbering legislators. With the right tools, we will incisively dissect these burdensome laws, and bring growth and innovation back to the heart of Europe.
Recent EU regulations in the digital sector. 640 pages. Good luck complying with it.
Art nouveau home of journalist Alphonse Lenoir, inspired by Hellenistic designs and illustrated with scenes from Homer, Monaco
Austin would be impossible without air conditioning alexmurshak.com/p/the-lee-kuan…
Anyway, I’ll keep building and writing and speaking until I make it or die trying. I never really saw the point in forgoing uncapped leverage.
Everyone still has to build a business. You can be as loud as you want, but if it’s all bark and no bite, you’ll wash out soon enough. Lower barriers to building with tighter early stage markets means everything is more competitive. The incentives for faking it by making lots…
Everyone still has to build a business. You can be as loud as you want, but if it’s all bark and no bite, you’ll wash out soon enough. Lower barriers to building with tighter early stage markets means everything is more competitive. The incentives for faking it by making lots…
Founders are getting smoked. Not by smarter people. But by louder ones. In 2025, visibility beats ability.
If men don’t have families they often don’t grow up. It’s hard to articulate exactly how, but something about their way of moving through the world remains immature and scattered. You can take this as a normative statement, if you wish, but it is an incontrovertible observation.