Episode 584: It’s All God Throwing Dice

This week, we discuss the Situational Awareness meltdown, Airtable getting sold, and review the Java documentary. Plus, what you should actually buy at IKEA.

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Runner-up Titles

• Duffle bag of leftovers
• 5Are you dead in this scenario?
• Bury me with my IKEA bags
• Don’t automate the world, nobody really wants that
• AttentionIsAllYouNeed.blog
• Take some money off the table
• No more great ideas

Rundown

• IKEA FRAKTA

• Leopold Aschenbrenner's $45B Fund Implodes

  • AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner forced to unwind all public stock positions after steep losses, sources say
  • His Wedding Guests Were Arriving—Just as His $45 Billion Fund Was Falling Apart

• Bending Spoons Buys Airtable for $1.28B

  • Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B
  • sell on story, or sell on revenue
• 

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