Dustin Moskovitz
@moskov.goodventures.org
Co-founder at Asana and Good Ventures (a funding partner of Coefficient Giving).
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Re the hacking sequences I think Pantheon treats this well, with artistic license . Or the matrix.
Ie people punch each other and the audience infers
Ie people punch each other and the audience infers
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Re the hacking sequences I think Pantheon treats this well, with artistic license . Or the matrix.
Ie people punch each other and the audience infers
Ie people punch each other and the audience infers
I’m excited about Neuromancer coming out at this particular moment in time. www.reddit.com/r/SciFiNews/...
I did not feel this way until pretty recently, but my expectation of the near future matches this one most closely. (vs something more like Culture series or Star Trek previously)
I did not feel this way until pretty recently, but my expectation of the near future matches this one most closely. (vs something more like Culture series or Star Trek previously)
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December 31, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I’m excited about Neuromancer coming out at this particular moment in time. www.reddit.com/r/SciFiNews/...
I did not feel this way until pretty recently, but my expectation of the near future matches this one most closely. (vs something more like Culture series or Star Trek previously)
I did not feel this way until pretty recently, but my expectation of the near future matches this one most closely. (vs something more like Culture series or Star Trek previously)
Even with decades of advanced notice, unlike the current situation. Job retraining isn’t going to fly. This is all assuming there are jobs to be had *at all* (which is not my expectation but it’s certainly somewhat debatable still).
we verifiably do not do a good job of mitigating the societal impacts of technology on labor. this leaves us with things like the entire state of west virginia yearning for the return of the coal economy, whatever's going on with detroit, etc
This is really grim. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
December 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Even with decades of advanced notice, unlike the current situation. Job retraining isn’t going to fly. This is all assuming there are jobs to be had *at all* (which is not my expectation but it’s certainly somewhat debatable still).
While we’re on this topic most of “the left is too focused on trans issues” comes from a 2019 Kamala Harris interview where someone asks her about transgender care in prisons and she stated that was the law already. Vast majority of public didn’t even know the status quo then and now it defines Dems
I forgot the "Obama can't name a Sox player" controversy. A reporter asked about his favorite player "growing up" and Obama didn't have one - he didn't move to Chicago until he was 24.
Definitely a whiff (staff should at least brief POTUS for such a Q) but a weird thing to hold onto 15 years later
Definitely a whiff (staff should at least brief POTUS for such a Q) but a weird thing to hold onto 15 years later
I like that he threw the Obama line in there just to make sure we can all see what it’s about.
December 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
While we’re on this topic most of “the left is too focused on trans issues” comes from a 2019 Kamala Harris interview where someone asks her about transgender care in prisons and she stated that was the law already. Vast majority of public didn’t even know the status quo then and now it defines Dems
This is a really great point I don’t think I’d seen. The unrealized gains issue already exists for vast majority of startup employees. It is only the founders and very early employees who who are currently free of it.
I'm extra exasperated about the "uNrEaLiZed gAiNs" stuff because I come from the milieu of bay area startup software engineers, where a central plank of everyone's tax planning is not to get turbofucked by the AMT on ISO exercises.
A tax not just on unrealized, but often unrealizable gains.
A tax not just on unrealized, but often unrealizable gains.
Property taxes are like libraries in that people would scream they are an impossible leftist fantasy if they hadn't already existed forever.
December 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a really great point I don’t think I’d seen. The unrealized gains issue already exists for vast majority of startup employees. It is only the founders and very early employees who who are currently free of it.
You’re thinking of the mad man theory of deterrence, but we’re actually just doing the mad *men* theory, ie misogyny and racism. Common mistake.
No you see this is actually brilliant because our enemies cannot possibly know our next move if neither do we
December 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
You’re thinking of the mad man theory of deterrence, but we’re actually just doing the mad *men* theory, ie misogyny and racism. Common mistake.
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Quick reminder that when Elon Musk was in government, he lied about massive fraud, and did so to eliminate safety net programs as well as government capacity to oversee real fraud.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...
December 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Quick reminder that when Elon Musk was in government, he lied about massive fraud, and did so to eliminate safety net programs as well as government capacity to oversee real fraud.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...
I used to think this, but it is not accounting for the risk of ruin to society from systems capture and corruption. I obviously learned this in a hindsight 2020 way, but nonetheless any good that came so far feels offset by that risk having manifested. The class is malignant and should be maligned.
It's time to take a bold stand in defense of America's oft-maligned billionaire class.
www.slowboring.com/p/lets-all-p...
www.slowboring.com/p/lets-all-p...
Let’s all practice billionaire positivity
It’s not a zero-sum world.
www.slowboring.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I used to think this, but it is not accounting for the risk of ruin to society from systems capture and corruption. I obviously learned this in a hindsight 2020 way, but nonetheless any good that came so far feels offset by that risk having manifested. The class is malignant and should be maligned.
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Also we need to be real that the GOP is using “Haitians” or “Somalis” or such with a hard R
December 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Also we need to be real that the GOP is using “Haitians” or “Somalis” or such with a hard R
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asserting that AI is inherently eugenicist really blunts being able to criticize elon musk specifically for using his ai to promote eugenics
December 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
asserting that AI is inherently eugenicist really blunts being able to criticize elon musk specifically for using his ai to promote eugenics
These are all physical (hardware) examples. People can take those brand new new nvidia open source models and run their AI girlfriend locally. They can even create it locally if they can’t find a template.
I’m not saying any of this is good, but we need to think bigger than mere regulation in AI.
I’m not saying any of this is good, but we need to think bigger than mere regulation in AI.
And for the people who are arguing that ubiquity = unavoidable, please recall that the world has collectively phased out CFCs in spray cans, lead in petrol, asbestos in building materials, thalidomide in [something]… these deaths are a CHOICE we are making, and we can make a different choice.
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
December 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
These are all physical (hardware) examples. People can take those brand new new nvidia open source models and run their AI girlfriend locally. They can even create it locally if they can’t find a template.
I’m not saying any of this is good, but we need to think bigger than mere regulation in AI.
I’m not saying any of this is good, but we need to think bigger than mere regulation in AI.
Elon is still going on about this. Rep Omar represent Minneapolis, still known as one of the whitest places in America at 59% white. Moreover Omar won this seat by *32pp*. It is one of the largest margins anywhere. You can’t steal a seat that blue.
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Elon is still going on about this. Rep Omar represent Minneapolis, still known as one of the whitest places in America at 59% white. Moreover Omar won this seat by *32pp*. It is one of the largest margins anywhere. You can’t steal a seat that blue.
There is a trivially easy solution to the exodus issue, which is to pass wealth taxes everywhere.
That probably explains why Ackerman, a NY resident, is taking an interest in CA politics.
That probably explains why Ackerman, a NY resident, is taking an interest in CA politics.
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
There is a trivially easy solution to the exodus issue, which is to pass wealth taxes everywhere.
That probably explains why Ackerman, a NY resident, is taking an interest in CA politics.
That probably explains why Ackerman, a NY resident, is taking an interest in CA politics.
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Mark Cuban spent Christmas debating healthcare reform on Bluesky. He's not just any billionaire - he founded Cost Plus Drugs, which sells medications at low margins. So when he pushed back on M4A advocates, it sparked real policy debate, not the usual dunking.
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Mark Cuban spent Christmas debating healthcare reform on Bluesky. He's not just any billionaire - he founded Cost Plus Drugs, which sells medications at low margins. So when he pushed back on M4A advocates, it sparked real policy debate, not the usual dunking.
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some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
Clean energy is going to win. It's just a question of when.
Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.
Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.
www.canarymedia.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
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NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
the lack of an edit button is a national security issue
December 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
the lack of an edit button is a national security issue
Claim:
stg you nerds are gonna get me doing the ‘claim’ bullshit
December 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Claim:
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BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
December 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
Really enjoyed the new comedy special, Kumail Nunjiani: Gigachad
December 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Really enjoyed the new comedy special, Kumail Nunjiani: Gigachad
Chatbots study didactics but generAIs study epistemics.
December 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Chatbots study didactics but generAIs study epistemics.
(Bluesky user bursts into university lecture) OH SO YOU HATE MY PERSONAL OPINION??
December 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
(Bluesky user bursts into university lecture) OH SO YOU HATE MY PERSONAL OPINION??
In 2015 (!), Tim Urban (waitbutwhy) published this post which included this graph.
waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/arti...
Bluesky's AI discourse affliction is that it still holds the distorted view in the second image.
I worry a lot about what's going to happen to society when we reach "The fuck??"
waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/arti...
Bluesky's AI discourse affliction is that it still holds the distorted view in the second image.
I worry a lot about what's going to happen to society when we reach "The fuck??"
December 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In 2015 (!), Tim Urban (waitbutwhy) published this post which included this graph.
waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/arti...
Bluesky's AI discourse affliction is that it still holds the distorted view in the second image.
I worry a lot about what's going to happen to society when we reach "The fuck??"
waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/arti...
Bluesky's AI discourse affliction is that it still holds the distorted view in the second image.
I worry a lot about what's going to happen to society when we reach "The fuck??"
My problem with the new sci-fi show Pluribus is I don't like either of the characters.
December 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My problem with the new sci-fi show Pluribus is I don't like either of the characters.
Cross-posting this one from METR. If you've seen this graph before, you're probably going to be pretty interested in the new update.
If you've never seen this graph before, please just ignore this post. Just a guy and his charts, nothing to see here.
If you've never seen this graph before, please just ignore this post. Just a guy and his charts, nothing to see here.
December 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Cross-posting this one from METR. If you've seen this graph before, you're probably going to be pretty interested in the new update.
If you've never seen this graph before, please just ignore this post. Just a guy and his charts, nothing to see here.
If you've never seen this graph before, please just ignore this post. Just a guy and his charts, nothing to see here.