🪦 Builder.AI
Imagine if all that money had been given to someone who is trying to make a difference in the world - someone like, oh - I don’t know …. 🔗🙋🏼♀️ Jax Harrison? … instead the money is just chasing mo' money.
🔗 This is why I am with Jony Ive on the state of Silicon Valley. https://thefuturefound.com https://documents.philpin.com/thought/why-design-matters
Apologies if I have already shared this - but I’d rather share it twice than not at all.
🔗 The Great Displacement Is Already Here https://shawnfromportland.substack.com/p/the-great-displacement-is-already
🔗 Business Thinking … resurfacing this post from 2020 - because sometimes we need to remind ourselves.
Where we have got to is not normal.
To change it is fully in our power. 
https://john.philpin.com/2020/11/03/business-thinking.html
💬 Today’s Thoughts To Tickle The Taste Buds 
The Dawn of Mediocre Computing https://john.philpin.com/2025/05/25/the-dawn-of-mediocre-computing.html
Fountain of Youth, 2025 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2025/05/24/fountain-of-youth.html
This morning’s song on rotate … 🎵🍎🔗 Thankyou Jarvis https://music.apple.com/us/album/got-to-have-love/1811977986
🔗📼 Hamish on The Future of Media @ Ted
I remain a fan of what they are trying to do. There. I said it. https://youtu.be/WBOtQvqWpcg
I published 🔗 Why Design Matters a few days ago tying the Ives/Collinson interview to some of the stuff I rattle on about.
I also referenced hesitations I have about Altman.
Today I watched the Ives/Altman video after that multi-billion …
acquisition (as Altman calls it)
merger (as Ives calls it)
As I added to that piece just this morning:
"I remain mixed about Sam - it’s the odd inconsistencies that aggravate me - but - the fact that he and Elon are on opposite sides is a good signal and that he and Jony are on the same side gives me hope." https://documents.philpin.com/thought/why-design-matters
Current Fiscal Policies around the world? 
"Belichick’s ruthlessness, his overwhelming commitment to victory as the only essential thing - even at the cost of other tasks, responsibilities, and commitments - has made him a great coach, or at least a very successful one."
… an elegant caveat, doing a lot of work.
That pesky micro blood problem of the ‘back arrow’ seems to be back.
🚧 From an article by Noah Smith that I need to come back to and write more. I find those three groupings quite fascinating. 
The Golden Dome needs a Golden Shower.
Pronto.
💬 Quick Reminder 
📺 Travelers ★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2025/05/20/travelers.html
Marketoonist : MARCH 26, 2023
Marketoonist : ’Today’ - two and a bit years later. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2025/223f6615a0.webp https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2025/250519.webp
"spending is indeed an expense, but what defines it as a mere cost or a strategic investment lies in the outcome it generates."
… the central thesis of the next article.
I read various arguments and it is clear - it was the egg.