Shattering the mirror doesn’t change what is reflected.

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Cake day: June 16th, 2024

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  • Micron reported a revenue of $37.38 billion for fiscal year 2025. Nvidia reported a revenue of $57 billion for just its latest quarter. AI is hot. Meanwhile, inflation and interest rates continue to depress consumer spending power here in the U.S., which is reflected abroad as well. AI has also torched jobs—it’s fueled thousands of layoffs already.

    Torched jobs, the environment, and climate.

    Sure, in the grand scheme of things, the fevered pace of tech often has led to good outcomes in the end.

    Only when it’s well-planned and well executed, with people and our habitat treated well.

    But that doesn’t change the individual impact of incomes lost, plans destroyed, security evaporated. So when a company makes a play for my agreement through emotion, I always wonder: Who benefits from this vision?