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- #108 – Mareterra & AGI
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Hope you’re having a great week!
Let’s jump in.
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#108 at a Glance:
Quote: Appearances vs realities.
Podcast: Joe Rogan x Director of the FBI.
Video: Monaco’s $2BN Expansion into the Sea.
Article: The Last Invention by Alex Brogan.
Tweet: The most counterintuitive implication of AI.
Quote I’ve been thinking about:
“For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances as though they were realities.”
Podcast I listened to:
The Joe Rogan Experience #2334 - Kash Patel
Joe Rogan sits down with Kash Patel, the Director of the FBI.
Kash is also a former federal public defender, national security prosecutor, and senior official in both the Department of Justice and the Trump administration. He has held roles across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defence, and National Security Council.
Eye-opening is an understatement.
If you don’t have time to listen to the whole thing, I highly recommend the first 10 minutes about the fentanyl market in the US.
Mind boggling.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.
[Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes]
Video I watched:
Monaco’s $2BN Expansion into the Sea
Monaco’s latest land expansion—Mareterra—is truly a remarkable feat of engineering and urban planning.
It’s amazing what incredibly talented people can achieve together when given the right tools and access to capital.
You can check out the video here.
[Duration: 16 minutes]
Article I read:
The Last Invention by Alex Brogan
This week, I had the privilege of reading an incredibly thoughtful and insightful essay by my good friend, Alex Brogan.
Alex’s brilliant writing has seen him amass a huge following of 500k+ across LinkedIn, X, and Instagram.
His most recent body of work, The Last Invention, is a true deep dive into the very real impact of Artificial General Intelligence in the ways we live and work.
The parts that I personally found most interesting were:
Highly recommend taking the time to go through these – unquestionably the most comprehensive and ‘first-principles’ analysis of AGI that I’ve come across.
Tweet I liked:
The Most Counterintuitive Implication of AI
One of the counterintuitive implications of AI is that being a tech bro matters less than ever and being a people bro matters more than ever
— Max Marchione (@maxmarchione)
10:33 PM • Jun 10, 2025
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