Perhaps happiness is ultimately the ability to appreciate what you have brought into the world and creation can take countless forms.
David H Friedel Jr
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Published author and former licensed investment advisor. Building across MarketAlly LLC, Pte Ltd, and OÜ. Posts reflect personal views, not investment advice — do your own due diligence. Nosce te ipsum. 不怕慢，就怕停。 +35 years software development —> No DMs <—
The founding belief of America is that all people are created equal but it is a misnomer. As far as right and wrong, that is the core tenant, but that is where it has always stopped despite what most want to believe. It has nothing to do with economics and culture advantages. 1/5
There’s a reason biographies of great writers can feel strangely intimate, by the time you’ve read enough of their work, you’ve already been reading their autobiography You just didn’t know it Not autobiography in the factual sense & you may know nothing about where they lived or whom they married
"The animals look from pigs to men and can no longer tell which is which."~George Orwell, Animal Farm By far one of the most impactful books growing up... it is about power itself. How movements become institutions, institutions develop insiders, insiders manufacture exceptions for themselves, and
Why do top musicians still sign with major record labels when anyone can record in a bedroom and upload to Spotify? The answer explains exactly where the modern software firm is heading...
What the Firm Becomes
Why the firm survives disintermediation, what specific function it retains, and why that function is the intersection of what builders cannot do alone and what companies were historically bad at.
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The traditional tech interview is broken, and everyone knows it. We’re asking people to solve constrained whiteboard puzzles instead of looking at what they can actually deploy. In my latest piece, I break down why the credential economy is collapsing and...
The Interview Is the Build
Why recruiting has to be rebuilt around Adjacent Build Rights — and what that does to the résumé, the recruiter, and the direction of scarcity in the labour market.
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The model race isn’t over. But the value is beginning to migrate from intelligence itself to the machinery that knows how, when, and where to apply it. The harness phase has begun.
A hack today is a workflow tomorrow, and eventually, a data leak. With the quality of models already in production, nearly every content provider’s perceived moat is an illusion. Most simply haven’t been directly impacted yet because the masses haven’t figured out how to leverage the tools.
The hardest part of pushing into a new domain isn’t failing fast. It’s maintaining enough momentum that success doesn’t become the place you stop. Failure often creates momentum because the next problem is obvious. Success is more dangerous because it creates permission to rest. Don't stop now...
If you are running continuous, multi-step loops or building autonomous agent frameworks, the hardware math has completely changed. We used to just look at total parameter counts to decide between local vs. cloud AI....
Where the Equation Flips
The local-versus-cloud line moved while this was being written — and total parameters stopped being the axis it moves along.
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Meanwhile Amazon has acquired a massive off-grid power plant being built in Texas for one of its data centers that could be one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the US. Amazon’s Texas power plant is permitted to emit up to 33 million tons of greenhouse gases a year. —Wired
Robert Rohde@rarohde.bsky.social · 6d agoWith record-breaking heatwaves, France just had both its warmest June and July on record. Systematic collection of weather data basically began in Western Europe, giving Europe the longest thermometer-based histories in the world. After more than 250 years, we have changed the climate. 🧪
What if the fountain of youth isn’t a biological reset, but a strict permissions system? 🧬 The glossy, influencer version of cellular rejuvenation sells "youth without concessions." But the actual biotech math looks much more like software: trading local regen autonomy for whole-body durability.
The Cell That Stopped Transmitting
The trait that best predicts cellular longevity is cell-cycle exit. Which means the safest rejuvenation may be the one that resets a cell and then permanently forbids it descendants.
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We keep talking about the climate as if it’s just a thermometer slowly ticking up. But if you look at it as a complex system, we aren't just dealing with heat... We're dealing with a catastrophic desynchronization of clocks. Biology, agriculture, and ...
The Filter
Life finds a way. That is not the reassurance you think it is.
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“America Will Never Be the Same”? Neither will my definition of shitshow. Y’all gotta see this video. Priceless. ☠️ 😂
They openly admit their election crimes & are actively doing everything they can to undermine & outright steal the Midterm Elections. Any surprise he fired the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission? He knows if he loses he's headed for a 3rd Impeachment & an orange jumpsuit. 🤞 👍
It is only in darkness that we learn our strength. For only in the absence of light do we learn to become the light.
So Bill Cassidy dared to claim “progress on human trafficking” as a reason to vote for Blanche. Blanche. Who has blocked the Epstein files release and given Gislane Maxwell plush accommodations. Also Cassidy refused to meet with the Epstein victims
Substack’s earliest investors were almost certainly already considering their liquidity options. Airtable’s collapse likely made that convo considerably more urgent, while Substack’s recent changes suggest mgmt recognizes that AI is beginning to threaten the platform’s underlying value proposition.
With any sufficiently advanced tool, trust is not required only obedience
I am not sure who writes these articles but there is no war between those two groups. If anything, there is understanding around the attack not only on the public but that of Science. And that supersedes all the other trivial disagreements until the ship is righted.
Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left
One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.
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Congrats @abdulelsayed.bsky.social! If he wins in November, he will be the first Senate member with an advanced public health degree, which we so desperately need right now!
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 2w agoMoney out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
Let’s level set. MICHIGAN is a must-win if we want to flip the Senate. A word caution: This race was tighter than many predicted. El-Sayed needs Stevens supporters in the general, so it’s not smart strategy to keep them angry. Welcome them. Focus on issues. Time is short, so healing must be quick
I know Trump is a horrible human being, but he is still human, and I do not wish dementia on anyone, even one with overwhelming evidence of sexual assault. The fact that this Congress is not using the 25th Amendment makes me ask why we even have the Amendment.
I have decided to shift from Substack and continue writing across multiple domains. I currently have 7 and may shortly add an 8th.
Synthesist
The thoughts and writings of David H Friedel Jr
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Instead, it’s accelerating at an astonishing rate. Scientists found that, between 2015 and 2025, the Earth warmed at rate of 0.35 degrees Celsius (0.63 degrees Fahrenheit), compared to an average of around 0.2 degrees Celsius (0.36 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade between 1970 and 2015.
Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly
During the last decade, the rate at which Earth warmed increased substantially After removing the influence of known natural variability factors, the increase of the warming rate is statistically...
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This is the reality inside ICE detention centers. Children are being forced into jail-like conditions while this Administration strips away their basic human rights. We cannot allow this stand. We must hold this inhumane Administration accountable!
When New York proposed taxing ultra-luxury second homes like Girffin's $238 million penthouse, he threatened to withhold jobs & investment from the city. Yet the moment the economics remained favorable, he stayed. That tells you everything. The threat was never about principle.
David H Friedel Jr@davidhfriedeljr.bsky.social · 2w agoBecause he has no integrity & never has. If he did, he would not conduct business the way he does or evade the taxes he insists should apply to everyone else. He is a poor excuse for a human being: someone with extraordinary wealth & power who has chosen to contribute so little to the public good.