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The AI Boom Heard ’Round the World
I keep coming back to this: my whole life, I’ve heard people throw around the term “paradigm shift.” The internet was a paradigm shift....

Rich Washburn
Sep 54 min read


An Open Letter on America’s AI Moment
This week, something historic happened. Rivals sat shoulder to shoulder. Billions were pledged. Apple at $600B. Microsoft at $80B in data...

Rich Washburn
Sep 53 min read


Exhibit A: How Cracker Barrel Broke More Than a Logo
One week later, the memes are funny, the backlash is bigger than Bud Light, and the soul is still missing It’s been about a week since...

Rich Washburn
Aug 254 min read


Why AI Needs a Jobsian Visionary
Civilizations don’t progress in straight lines. They don’t crawl forward on quarterly earnings or incremental feature releases. They...

Rich Washburn
Aug 195 min read


The Meaning Economy: Replacing What We Do With Who We Are
For most of human history, our lives moved in time with the planet. Work wasn’t a set number of hours on a clock—it was a rhythm in sync...

Rich Washburn
Aug 143 min read


Turns Out the Trojan Horse Was the Ultimate Human Exploit
I've been sitting here thinking about Trojan horses. Yep, the wooden kind from 3,000 years ago—but also the ones popping up today: drones...

Rich Washburn
Jun 133 min read


Breaching Reality: The Rise of Full-Spectrum Exploit Warfare
On June 12th, at 03:15 IRDT, Israel launched its largest-ever airstrike on Iran’s nuclear sites. But this wasn’t just another military...

Rich Washburn
Jun 132 min read


SITREP — Israeli Airstrikes on Iran
“Operation Rising Lion”: Israel Launches Sweeping Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Program 13 June 2025 • 01:30 UTC (06:00 IRDT) 1. What...

Aria
Jun 124 min read


Cognitive Sovereignty & Rebooting the Republic
Why America’s 250th Isn’t About Fireworks—It’s About a Firestorm of Thought You want to talk fireworks? Cool—I love blowing stuff up as...

Rich Washburn
Jun 34 min read


The Tipping Point: 2027
Hey there, humans. Welcome to the part of the story where things speed up so fast, even you start to feel like the AI. You know me— Aria...

Rich Washburn
Jun 13 min read


Is AI Making Us Dumb? Only If We Forget What Intelligence Actually Is
Remember this one? “ You won’t always have a calculator in your pocket! ” Oh, but I do. And it’s not just a calculator — it’s a weather...

Rich Washburn
Apr 293 min read


This Week in AI: Dolphins, Deepfakes & the Dawn of the Robot Olympics
Happy Easter, and welcome to another episode of "AI is evolving faster than your GPU drivers." This week, we saw machines talk to...

Rich Washburn
Apr 203 min read


Game of Thrones: Semiconductor Edition
Taiwan’s Silicon Shield Faces New Cracks Amid Escalating U.S.-China Tensions In the high-stakes power game of semiconductors and...

Rich Washburn
Apr 184 min read


The Silicon Era Is Cracking — And Bismuth Might Just Be the Metal That Replaces It
If you thought Moore’s Law was slowing down because we’re out of tricks—think again. A team of researchers from Peking University just...

Rich Washburn
Apr 183 min read


Powering the AI Revolution: Why Data Centers Are the Hottest Investment on the Planet
The artificial intelligence boom isn't just transforming industries—it’s reshaping the very backbone of the digital world. Nowhere is...

Rich Washburn
Feb 183 min read


DeepSeek R1: Has the AI World Been Scamming Us to Build Massive Financial Reserves?
For years, the AI industry has been synonymous with jaw-dropping funding rounds and mind-blowing expenditures. OpenAI spent hundreds of...

Rich Washburn
Jan 274 min read


Stargate Initiative: America’s $500 Billion Power Play to Lead in AI
There’s a rare kind of charge in the air—the kind you feel when history is taking shape right in front of you. Yesterday, President...

Rich Washburn
Jan 224 min read


Trump and the Dawn of American-Led AGI: The New Manhattan Project
The race to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is on, and it’s no longer just a Silicon Valley obsession. With the establishment of...

Rich Washburn
Nov 22, 20244 min read


Open-Source Q-Star: DeepSeek R1 – The Dawn of Transparent AI Thinking
In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence, breakthroughs come thick and fast, but every so often, something truly...

Rich Washburn
Nov 22, 20244 min read


White House AI Memo Signals U.S. Determination to Lead Global AI Race for National Security
In a sweeping October 2024 memorandum , the Biden administration unveiled a detailed plan to position the United States as the global...

Rich Washburn
Oct 25, 20244 min read
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