I'm a millennial, so I'm used to living in uncertain times, you could say that's the one thing my generation has been able to take for granted is that as soon as you get comfortable that's when the rug is going to be pulled out from under you.
I woke up today to the news that my government here in the US has kidnapped the president of Venezuela from his bed in the middle of the night so that he could be brought to the US to face "Narco-Terrorism" charges. I guess this is what Trump meant when he said he would usher in a new world order. I just wanted universal healthcare and tuition free college, but the best we can get is hegemonic regime change wars and more uncertainty.
I continue to be employed, for the moment, at an AI startup "unicorn" (does that even mean anything?) Where the ups and downs of the big players create their own roller coaster of sorts as we continue to discuss whether we're in an AI bubble or not (obviously yes) and whether or not that will implode the economy when it bursts (probably yes).
On a macro level I think that AI is here to stay and I have reasons to be optimistic, on a micro level having to wonder every day if you're going to be laid off as some kind of collateral damage to billionaires gambling feels kind of dumb. There's just no way we need as many data centers as they are building 🤷🏽♂️
The folks doing the gambling don't care because at the valuations we're talking about some of these companies are well beyond too big to fail. Their bailouts are already practically guaranteed, but man looking up from the bottom at this house of cards as it wobbles and staggers over our heads feels a bit like...
Happy New Years.