I often think of the grasshopper infestation exhibit at the MN history museum. Multiple years of crops, clothing, and everything else devoured by grasshoppers.

If I could have lunch with one historical figure tomorrow to discuss US / Canada relations, it’d be Simon Girty

^ this is why I'm skeptical of the hype around Agents.

ignoring the thing all together, and instead creating a positive alternative, is a better strategy (albeit, it’s the harder option)

A neighbor of mine ran into the same problem a little over a decade ago.

The handmade original art by skilled artists he was repping were being outsold by copies made by the warehouse-full shipped from China.

My current work continually reminds me that price and value are independent of effort.

I always think it's amusing when Generative AI advocates for itself within a prompt response. "Oh, I'm terribly useful and nice to work with, you have to keep me around."

I'm a bit surprised & disappointed how much my 'what is it good for?' from May '23 still holds up against the current applications of AI.

If anything, I'd say I was overly generous and optimistic in that post.

garrickvanburen.com/media-tetrad...

100% agree with all of this.

I was at a place where R&D was expected generate net new things and make them highly profitable very quickly.

Those opposing goals eventually created a static equilibrium.

RE: generative AI, it's much more an incremental improement than we care to admit.

elaborate?

The ones I think about again and again likely come from:
- Conversations w/ Tyler
- Invest Like the Best

ha! I had that many, but am current down to just 2, cuz I could wait and sent them on Monday.

I've heard a rumor that getting an exception - for any size company, even the smallest startup - is so easy as to make the entire thing silly.

Have you tried this exercise in Googles NotebookLLM?

Ping?

I do the same for breweries and kubb team names.

Some of my favorites:
- The Royal We
- Chuck Close and the Long Shots
- Many Hands and the Quick Work

one of the most compelling calls to action I’ve read since the Cluetrain Manifesto.

feel free to suggest/commiserate/memorialize/get nostalgic in the comments.