Michael Broukhim

"That sometimes happens when you open the computer: you have a couple of minutes to spare, so you..."

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 04:28:13 -0700

“That sometimes happens when you open the computer: you have a couple of minutes to spare, so you start just randomly browsing through YouTube, and two hours later, you’re still there watching all types of funny cat videos, car accidents, and whatever. You did not say to yourself, ‘Okay, I want to spend the next two hours watching these videos.’”

- Yuval Noah Harari Explains Why the Secret to Surviving the Coming Tech Dystopia is Not What You Think | GQ

Ok, we get it, the car is fast (at SpaceX)

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:50:47 -0800

Ok, we get it, the car is fast (at SpaceX)

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It’s a way...

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:15:27 -0800

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.” - Dr. Seuss 🎈 Happy 2018 friends, may this year be fantasy-filled (at Nā Pali Coast State Park)

"At Tesla, we would rather pay ten times the settlement demand in legal fees and fight to the ends of..."

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 01:34:02 -0800

“At Tesla, we would rather pay ten times the settlement demand in legal fees and fight to the ends of the Earth than give in to extortion and allow this abuse of the legal system.”

- Hotbed of Misinformation | Tesla

Smart guy. (via (27) Making Life Multiplanetary - YouTube)

Fri, 29 Sep 2017 01:40:41 -0700

Smart guy. (via (27) Making Life Multiplanetary - YouTube)

"Moral progress is undeniable, and future citizens will almost certainly find us as flawed as we find..."

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 16:14:22 -0700

“Moral progress is undeniable, and future citizens will almost certainly find us as flawed as we find our ancestors. That thought should chasten us and cause us to be as tolerant of the failings of our fellow citizens as we wish our descendants to be of us.”

- Centrism: A Moderate Manifesto - Quillette

"If you follow the norms of the system, the results you get are likely to be the norm. When you play..."

Sun, 03 Sep 2017 14:49:24 -0700

“If you follow the norms of the system, the results you get are likely to be the norm. When you play a different game, a metagame, you have the opportunity to outperform.”

- The Metagame: How Bill Belichick and Warren Buffett Play a Different Game

I’m in love with the 💁‍♂️ #fffsummerhouse

Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:57:47 -0700

I’m in love with the

💁‍♂️ #fffsummerhouse

(via illacertus on Twitter: “Write....

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 00:14:19 -0700

(via illacertus on Twitter: “Write. https://t.co/mZoruVSbXk”)

"TVs are going to cost $10 and healthcare is going to cost $1 million. This is where this is all..."

Wed, 24 May 2017 03:07:43 -0700

“TVs are going to cost $10 and healthcare is going to cost $1 million. This is where this is all headed.”

- Transcript: A16z’s Marc Andreessen with Axios’ Dan Primack

Silicon Valley: A Reality Check

Thu, 11 May 2017 21:17:29 -0700

Silicon Valley: A Reality Check:

“When Capitol Hill screws up, tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis get killed.

When Wall Street screws up, the country is plunged into recession and poor families lose their homes.

When Silicon Valley screws up, people who want a pointless Wi-Fi enabled juicer get a pointless Wi-Fi enabled juicer. Which by all accounts makes pretty good juice.”

"What is happening lately, he says, is proof that we are living in a computer simulation and that..."

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:21:00 -0800

“What is happening lately, he says, is proof that we are living in a computer simulation and that something has recently gone haywire within it. The people or machines or aliens who are supposed to be running our lives are having some kind of breakdown. There’s a glitch, and we are in it.”

- Did the Oscars Just Prove That We Are Living in a Computer Simulation? - The New Yorker
Everyone is wondering: wtf is going on?

Why Amazon Is The World's Most Innovative Company Of 2017

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:15:44 -0800

Why Amazon Is The World's Most Innovative Company Of 2017:

“The more products and services Amazon is able to cram into Prime, the more likely users are to renew their membership and buy more stuff, which gives Amazon more data about their tastes and what they are likely to buy next. That information is used to spin out new products and services, such as the Dash button, which replenishes popular items with a tap, and Alexa, which is built, in part, for shopping. "You can just say, ‘Alexa, reorder toothpaste,’ ” says Bezos. “And it knows which kind of toothpaste.” That’s why he has repeatedly called Prime the company’s “flywheel”: a device used in engines that provides constant energy. It is both an accelerant to Amazon’s forward motion and a beneficiary.“Subscription Commerce is dead. Long live Subscription Commerce.

Thanks for sharing your birthday with us @hamlet_the_piggy 🎈🎉

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:45:04 -0800

Thanks for sharing your birthday with us @hamlet_the_piggy 🎈🎉

Los Angeles will be home to George Lucas' $1-billion museum

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:48:38 -0800

Los Angeles will be home to George Lucas' $1-billion museum:

Sweet 😍🎯

"The truth is that dents in the universe are only observable after they have occurred; this is why..."

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 23:59:35 -0800

“The truth is that dents in the universe are only observable after they have occurred; this is why their continued creation is best induced by the establishment of conditions in which risk-taking and experimentation are rewarded. The temptation is to adopt the mistaken mindset that all there is to be invented — and, more pertinently, to be adopted — already exists.”

- The Ten Year Anniversary of the Apple TV – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no...

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 11:40:20 -0800

“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” - Dr. Seuss, Happy 2017 🙌 Do you (at Wailea Beach)

"One thing that surprised me about my communication with Jarvis is that when I have the choice of..."

Tue, 20 Dec 2016 19:53:44 -0800

“One thing that surprised me about my communication with Jarvis is that when I have the choice of either speaking or texting, I text much more than I would have expected. This is for a number of reasons, but mostly it feels less disturbing to people around me. If I’m doing something that relates to them, like playing music for all of us, then speaking feels fine, but most of the time text feels more appropriate. Similarly, when Jarvis communicates with me, I’d much rather receive that over text message than voice. That’s because voice can be disruptive and text gives you more control of when you want to look at it. Even when I speak to Jarvis, if I’m using my phone, I often prefer it to text or display its response.”

- Building Jarvis
Interesting observation and good point. I’d expect text-based access to Amazon’s Alexa very soon…

I love our team 😍#fabfitfun (at Fabfitfun)

Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:36:17 -0700

I love our team 😍#fabfitfun (at Fabfitfun)

I just got selected as a #FabFitFun influencer 😍🎈💯🙋 #MadeIt hbd...

Sun, 24 Jul 2016 14:38:45 -0700

I just got selected as a #FabFitFun influencer 😍🎈💯🙋 #MadeIt

hbd @danileahlevine 😘 x (at SIXTY Beverly Hills)