Seth Bannon
@sethbannon.bsky.social
Entrepreneur. Investor. Happy warrior. Founder Fifty Years. ❤️ climate, bio, deeptech. Helping build civilizationally important companies.
When you create a maximally truth seeking AI and it conflicts with your worldview, you can do one of two things...
June 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
When you create a maximally truth seeking AI and it conflicts with your worldview, you can do one of two things...
Convening a dozen federal agencies. To tackle healthcare? AI policy? Economic growth?
No. To go after Harvard.
No. To go after Harvard.
June 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Convening a dozen federal agencies. To tackle healthcare? AI policy? Economic growth?
No. To go after Harvard.
No. To go after Harvard.
80% of Chinese STEM grads stay in the US. They build American companies, advance American science, power the American economy.
The ones that go back home PAID to be influenced by America. They often return with a love of the USA and a deep connection to America.
The ones that go back home PAID to be influenced by America. They often return with a love of the USA and a deep connection to America.
May 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
80% of Chinese STEM grads stay in the US. They build American companies, advance American science, power the American economy.
The ones that go back home PAID to be influenced by America. They often return with a love of the USA and a deep connection to America.
The ones that go back home PAID to be influenced by America. They often return with a love of the USA and a deep connection to America.
A great strength of America is that the best and brightest from around the world clamor to come here. To innovate and build on our shores. Why are we fighting to change that?
May 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A great strength of America is that the best and brightest from around the world clamor to come here. To innovate and build on our shores. Why are we fighting to change that?
Metformin might be the most studied longevity drug that’s already FDA approved. Improves insulin sensitivity, fitness, and immune function in healthy adults.
elicit.com/review/22d92...
elicit.com/review/22d92...
April 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Metformin might be the most studied longevity drug that’s already FDA approved. Improves insulin sensitivity, fitness, and immune function in healthy adults.
elicit.com/review/22d92...
elicit.com/review/22d92...
The great strength of America is that it attracts the best and the brightest from around the world. For the first time in modern history, America is facing a brain drain. This is how you give up the future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
April 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The great strength of America is that it attracts the best and the brightest from around the world. For the first time in modern history, America is facing a brain drain. This is how you give up the future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We sent this email to all Fifty Years portfolio founders 2 weeks ago. Subject "Farewell, stability".
April 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We sent this email to all Fifty Years portfolio founders 2 weeks ago. Subject "Farewell, stability".
21 biotech startups. Nobel Prize. AI for protein design breakthroughs. The US was building the future. Then it defunded the science behind it. World-class self-own.
www.geekwire.com/2025/from-no...
www.geekwire.com/2025/from-no...
April 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
21 biotech startups. Nobel Prize. AI for protein design breakthroughs. The US was building the future. Then it defunded the science behind it. World-class self-own.
www.geekwire.com/2025/from-no...
www.geekwire.com/2025/from-no...
March 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Getting a lot of questions about our billboard outside SpaceX.
Great engineers want to build. They don't want drama and social media impacting their work. In 10 years in venture, we've never seen more SpaceX and Tesla engineers leaving to start companies.
Great engineers want to build. They don't want drama and social media impacting their work. In 10 years in venture, we've never seen more SpaceX and Tesla engineers leaving to start companies.
March 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Getting a lot of questions about our billboard outside SpaceX.
Great engineers want to build. They don't want drama and social media impacting their work. In 10 years in venture, we've never seen more SpaceX and Tesla engineers leaving to start companies.
Great engineers want to build. They don't want drama and social media impacting their work. In 10 years in venture, we've never seen more SpaceX and Tesla engineers leaving to start companies.
New billboard dropped in Hawthorne.
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New billboard dropped in Hawthorne.
After cutting off all humanitarian aid, Israel has now cut off all electricity into Gaza. This shuts down desalination plants, meaning no clean drinking water.
Depriving civilians - half of them children - of drinking water is not self-defence. It's a war crime.
Depriving civilians - half of them children - of drinking water is not self-defence. It's a war crime.
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
After cutting off all humanitarian aid, Israel has now cut off all electricity into Gaza. This shuts down desalination plants, meaning no clean drinking water.
Depriving civilians - half of them children - of drinking water is not self-defence. It's a war crime.
Depriving civilians - half of them children - of drinking water is not self-defence. It's a war crime.
Incredible. Slava Ukraini.
February 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Incredible. Slava Ukraini.
CRISPR, GPS, MRIs, computers, the Internet, Google, flu vaccines, ultrasound, recombinant DNA, neural networks, deep learning, network routers, browsers, CMOS, RSA, mRNA, immunotherapies, and hundreds of other civilizationally important technologies came out of 🇺🇸 academic labs.
February 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
CRISPR, GPS, MRIs, computers, the Internet, Google, flu vaccines, ultrasound, recombinant DNA, neural networks, deep learning, network routers, browsers, CMOS, RSA, mRNA, immunotherapies, and hundreds of other civilizationally important technologies came out of 🇺🇸 academic labs.
A startup is manufacturing things in space and returning them to earth and you're excited about AI marketing automation?
February 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A startup is manufacturing things in space and returning them to earth and you're excited about AI marketing automation?
12/ The gutting of PEPFAR, one of the most successful and efficient aid programs in history, has already likely cost ~15k adult lives and ~1,500 infant lives. Absolutely tragic.
pepfar.impactcounter.com
pepfar.impactcounter.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
12/ The gutting of PEPFAR, one of the most successful and efficient aid programs in history, has already likely cost ~15k adult lives and ~1,500 infant lives. Absolutely tragic.
pepfar.impactcounter.com
pepfar.impactcounter.com
The next time you see Elon tweet something as fact, remember that he couldn't tell the difference between reality and a scene from a Batman movie.
February 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The next time you see Elon tweet something as fact, remember that he couldn't tell the difference between reality and a scene from a Batman movie.
Long covid is not "vaccine injury". There's simply no evidence to suggest that long covid is caused by vaccines. In fact, the incidence of long covid is far lower in people who are vaccinated.
See for yourself: elicit.com/review/51237...
See for yourself: elicit.com/review/51237...
February 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Long covid is not "vaccine injury". There's simply no evidence to suggest that long covid is caused by vaccines. In fact, the incidence of long covid is far lower in people who are vaccinated.
See for yourself: elicit.com/review/51237...
See for yourself: elicit.com/review/51237...
1/ Ukraine didn't start the war. Russia invaded Ukraine.
2/ Half the money has not gone missing
3/ Zelenskyy is very popular in Ukraine
4/ Zelenskyy was popularly elected, not a dictator
5/ Ukraine isn't holding elections because they're fighting off an invading Russian army
2/ Half the money has not gone missing
3/ Zelenskyy is very popular in Ukraine
4/ Zelenskyy was popularly elected, not a dictator
5/ Ukraine isn't holding elections because they're fighting off an invading Russian army
February 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
1/ Ukraine didn't start the war. Russia invaded Ukraine.
2/ Half the money has not gone missing
3/ Zelenskyy is very popular in Ukraine
4/ Zelenskyy was popularly elected, not a dictator
5/ Ukraine isn't holding elections because they're fighting off an invading Russian army
2/ Half the money has not gone missing
3/ Zelenskyy is very popular in Ukraine
4/ Zelenskyy was popularly elected, not a dictator
5/ Ukraine isn't holding elections because they're fighting off an invading Russian army
"You do understand you have no idea what you're talking about, right?"
February 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"You do understand you have no idea what you're talking about, right?"
When I was 12 my house exploded because of a propane gas leak. My single mom suffered a brain injury and became disabled. She couldn't hold a job. I caddied to help support the family. Food stamps helped us keep the fridge from being empty. So grateful for that support we had.
February 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
When I was 12 my house exploded because of a propane gas leak. My single mom suffered a brain injury and became disabled. She couldn't hold a job. I caddied to help support the family. Food stamps helped us keep the fridge from being empty. So grateful for that support we had.
One of the strategies that Musk employs at his companies is deleting a process or function, seeing if things break, and only adding it back if they do.
This works really well at a manufacturing company. Done with the federal government, it can lead to real lives lost.
This works really well at a manufacturing company. Done with the federal government, it can lead to real lives lost.
January 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
One of the strategies that Musk employs at his companies is deleting a process or function, seeing if things break, and only adding it back if they do.
This works really well at a manufacturing company. Done with the federal government, it can lead to real lives lost.
This works really well at a manufacturing company. Done with the federal government, it can lead to real lives lost.
New year, new opportunity to build a fantastic future.
January 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
New year, new opportunity to build a fantastic future.
The anti-immigrant mentality is an almost boring plot line in America. It moves from ethnic group to ethnic group. Every time, the fears are unfounded. And every time, immigration and America win 🇺🇸
December 26, 2024 at 6:12 PM
The anti-immigrant mentality is an almost boring plot line in America. It moves from ethnic group to ethnic group. Every time, the fears are unfounded. And every time, immigration and America win 🇺🇸