leading ai @ everlywell • cofounder, zipdrug (acq’d)
los angeles, ca
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timing matters: the ex-cmo of cingular wireless was only 20yrs away from a multigenerational run of “welcome to the cingularity” campaigns
attention -> intention economy
one of the most underrated shifts happening now is that ai is separating consumption from attention.
i.e. historically in order to extract any real value from anything you consume, you had to give attention to that content directly (often painstakingly). this meant you had to sit there sifting through ads, sponsor messages, hidden promotions, filler content, & often crazy amounts of repetition too.
agents break this relationship entirely. they *extract* value without requiring attention from *you*.
that has a potentially devastating impact for any business that monetizes based on time spent rather than value delivered. it's like adblock on steroids for everything.
it feels like agent memory reproducibility will be a big problem. i've caught lightning in a bottle with this team of designer agents after many rounds of refinement and don't know if i'll be able to reliably reproduce them for other projects.
if ai can help someone identify and articulate the qualities they like in others, which could in turn lead to a greater appreciation and understanding, then i think that’s a good thing actually
let me be clear: i am NOT suicidal
at approx 1:45 pst today i witnessed @bryan_johnson fleeing a west LA mcdonald’s on heelys carrying a cheeseburger happy meal
idea: a gofundme for reverse engineering. upload app, get token spend estimate, share campaign, funds get sent to a smart contract that triggers an agentic workflow.
We've decided to sunset Arc on December 22, 2026.
That's not an easy sentence to write. We spent years building Arc and celebrating each and every release along the way: we have so much pride and love for what we made alongside the Arc community.
Our priority is to deliver best-in-class security for our members. Keeping a browser secure takes constant, dedicated work that is only increasing in the age of AI. Dia was built from the ground up to meet today’s security standards, so that's where our engineering and security teams will focus moving forward.
We've worked to make switching to @diabrowser as easy as possible for Arc members. Here's how:
· Your passwords, bookmarks, extensions and history come over to Dia seamlessly.
· Spaces, Folders, and Tab Groups are in Dia and import over with your data intact.
· Dia now surpasses Arc benchmarks in stability, speed, and security.
· The browser features you use in Arc are free in Dia, and the AI is optional.
Thank you for using Arc, for pushing us to make it better, and for building alongside us. The team that made Arc is the same team behind Dia, and some of our most ambitious work is just ahead. We'd love for you to be there with us when it lands.
software is no longer a moat for consumer devices. it will be reverse-engineered. the only thing that’ll matter is industrial design, component selection, and manufacturing quality.
awesome example
xitter.cf/NaderLikeLadder/status…
another one
xitter.cf/eduardfausgil/status/2…
agentic workflow time compression will require higher decision velocity that i think will paradoxically burn out a lot of people. there’s human value to mind-numbing work.
have been using Intent the past couple days and strongly agree
intentapp.dev/ is not only comically superior to every other means of running coding agents (at least for individuals), it’s the first app I’ve used in some time that feels kind of new
would be cool to see a list of people who AI users invoke in their prompts to ensure the output inherits certain qualities. like how many people say “design this ui like benji taylor” or “write in the style of paul graham”
