Tag: technology

A better measure of economy

Argues GDP and income are poor measures of prosperity and proposes median personally owned, liquidatable wealth as a better indicator of how ordinary people actually live.

Cloud AI is the worst

Argues that per-use metering destroys AI’s value by making users ration their own curiosity and experimentation, and calls for fixed-cost hardware and cheap, owned compute instead of cloud pay-per-use.

The ideal dating app

Proposes a dating app that automates matching and scheduling so users spend minimal time in-app and get guaranteed real-world dates, paid for through a subscription that only succeeds when dates are delivered.

Why Europeans will not have an easy life

The author argues European regulators unjustly block driver-assist features like Tesla FSD, claiming road safety comes from good infrastructure and driver responsibility, not bureaucratic permission, leaving Europeans less free than poorer countries.