Thoughts Of A Trillionaire

What if some UFOs are of non-human terran origin?? In this episode, I play around with the idea that UFOs might be old hominid species...

Today, I woke up with a strange feeling... Somewhere between restlessness and reflection. After trying to work through that feeling, I began to share my take on what may be one of the most important ideas for humanity to figure out: What is the nature of free will and consciousness? I posit that free will is consciousness, that consciousness is (self-referential)awareness, and that by becoming more aware of the factors that may play into our 'decisions' and behaviors, we can design better systems and societies, as well as have more fulfilling lives.

Yesterday, I did not feel like doing much work. So I ended up watching videos, reading, and generally just having more relaxed day. Check out Afrikrea if you're interested in supporting African fashion!

My pandemic unemployment assistance income will be ending at the end of June, this is worrying because that net is what allowed me to even have the time and energy to build my career up to this point. I go on to talk about the importance of having such a social net, of why we need more creator marketplaces, and about why billionaires can be doing so much more.

Language is one of the first and most important ways in which we augment reality... How might we literally augment reality to communicate even more effectively in a future with a brain computer interfaces and XR technologies?

I talk about a bunch of stuff that's been on my mind this week, from the underrated power of logic-based interactive prototypes, to the state of Altspace VR, to my plans for user research, and finally the problem with Twitter Blue and social media in general.

So sorry for the lack of entries! I have been experiencing amazing opportunities coming in and have been focusing on that this week. In this episode, I talk about my business idea once again, breaking down how I envision this system to work and why I am so focused on doing/finding scientific research and psychological principles.

How can we design our economy, communities, technology, and society to be more like nature in order to benefit from the naturally sustainable living of ecosystems and molecular structures that scale through emergence rather than central planning? (This episode was recorded on Sunday, but I forgot to publish it

There is a lot wrong with the world right now. Monopolies, xenophobia, discrimination, climate change, etc.. today I talk about much of that in the lense of intersectionality

I continue yesterday's talk about consciousness, free will, and the importance becoming more aware of our environment and our sense of self. I also share a bit about design.

I work through my ideas about consciousness, free will, and how our life can have more agency through being more aware of our reality, inspired in part by Lex Fridman's interview with Sam Harris, as well as SB Kaufman's book: Transcend.

I try to practice my talk for tomorrow's Concentric design conference... But I struggle to keep myself within a short time frame. Idk how I'm going to do this... But I'm excited to try!!

Education should be a lifelong institution for solving real world problems. Instead of schools as we have them now, we should have library-like facilities and intranets where people can 'check out' a course on any subject. Folks should be prompted and given the resources to not just solve random problems, but instead be directed to ask why.. to find the causes behind the symptoms.. to learn the context and work with the people suffering those problems. Then, they should be able to collaborate on a project with an interdisciplinary team with people of differing levels of experience. As they near the implementation of the project, they should test the product or service in real world scenarios. Once they implement the project, they should measure it's impact and iterate accordingly. Every project should therefore be an ongoing process done by multiple generations of people. And the whole thing is an interconnected system. Thus is the future of education: Lifelong learning, project based, real world, collaborati

XR is more than just VR and AR. We can also consider computers, cars, and every other technology as an extension of our reality in some way. Our ideas and language is also an extension of reality. Thus I talk about how and why we need to consciously consider what parts of reality we are extending and how we are doing so. Does that leave our world in a better or worse state? I also talk a little about the concept of good and evil, holistic design, and general updates about my life and my goals.

Inspired by one of my Discord friends, I share my worries, thoughts, and ideas about climate change and how not talking about this topic just makes the situation worse. Environmentalism, social justice, the global north vs south, Israel-Palestine, acceleration of ideas and so much more...

What is the effectiveness and role of revolutions in the long term? What is the role of violence in revolution? I had a long and difficult conversation about that on Friday. There is much I have to learn before I can delve into it here indepth... I also talk a bit about what my family found about our Native American lineage, and then talk about my experience with being in a long term relationship.

The internet is transitioning more and more into an interconnected web of metaverses, but why do we not have the ability to move our accounts, posts, and creations from one platform to another? This is one of the many problems we hope to solve in the Open Metaverse Interoperability group. I talk about my experience attending OMI meetings and then go into my first full experience with the Oculus Quest. I end with a description of my business plan and ask for help! Please HMU if you are or know of someone that can be my CTO!

The world is full of incompetence. BBVA has an absolutely terrible banking experience, especially with their mobile app. DCAU is great, but their cohesion is severely lacking (and HBO Max doesn't even try to help by putting them in a nice little playlist). Background Checks aren't actually effective at creating a safer workplace. And most egregiously to me right now, HTC Vive seems to be incapable of having the spine to stand up to Facebook even though they are by far the best company for the job. They could be the champion of the consumer and enterprise VR market alike, but their focus on enterprise doesn't live up to that potential for either. Instead, they seem focused on relegating themselves to a small segment of their true potential.

After discussing what I did for Mother's Day and my experience watching DC animated movies, I finally delve into my early ideas about the issues with Intellectual Property and make a pre-research case for why we should ban it and how it could make an actual free marketplace!

Crowdfunding may be a great business model for me. It allows me to 1) make money without charging people who are already economically struggling and 2) give people a way to directly support another community in a scalable way. There are still many problems to figure out with this model,... but I hope it is a more promising model than a subscription-only model. Furthermore, I share some insights from SB Kaufman's article about Restoring America's Humanity in which talks about how 'learned helplessness' is actually the default state after prolonged adversity, and how a feeling of (actionable) hope has to be taught or relearned.