LOS ANGELES

Grateful for another turn around the sun, navigating the chaos a bit more nimbly…Last year asked

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The Work Is Working: A Birthday Reflection on Growth, Identity, and the Quiet Power of Becoming

If 2025, the year of the snake, wasn’t your glow-u - square

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2025 was about shedding what no longer fits. 2026 is about becoming who you’re meant to be.

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Competition is for losers. Completely agree with the counterintuitive quote. Thiel’s point gets mis-understood a lot...

AI Reveal Human

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From AI skepticism to a real connection—discovering that AI can reveal the human behind it.

The LA Matrix

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The LA matrix: sprawling downtown metropolis to the West Hollywood hills... #california #dreaming