Hey Reader, We're heading off to Japan for Spring Break. If you have off-the-beaten path family recommendations (with 2 elementary school girls), HMU! In the past, I've shared Kris Abdelmessih’s excellent Substack, Moontower and today I want to highlight his companion app: moontower.ai. Kris is an options trader and someone who knows this stuff cold—with a special knack for explaining complex ideas very well. The app uses volatility analytics to help you navigate the options market, and includes a smart Discord community and a deep library of educational content. Whether you're actively trading or want to learn about options moontower.ai is a powerful app.
Here are this week's top reads: // oneThe Gen X career meltdown10 minutes | NY TimesGen X creatives arrived at midlife just as their industries got decimated by technological change. Their once-valuable skills now fetch pennies on the dollar, and this type of secular change is probably coming for all types of knowledge workers. // twoHere’s what it’s like to retire in America at age 55 or younger8 minutes | Wall Street Journal55 is not the "FIRE" retirement age but still on the earlier side. There are different ways to "skin the cat" and this article covers various income and asset profiles. One overarching theme - everyone is a homeowner. // threeHow to raise high-agency kids4 minutes | Rebecca WangWhat is "laissez-faire, higher-order parenting?" It has light structure, yet focuses on fostering long-term values to avoid raising "passive overachievers." (I'd note that this post is written from the perspective of a child, not a parent.) I was wrong about the FIRE movementThis week's episode: I was wrong about the FIRE movement Stories from my life I did an AI teach-in for a private equity firm in NYC. Here were some of their challenges with this new technology:
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One of the cardinal rules of investing is: If it’s too good to be true — it probably is. When it comes to AI, I don’t think it falls in the “too good to be true” category. Yet. But it’s damn good. And I use it all the time. Yet I don’t want to be blind and naive about its limitations. And while I want to understand what is happening under the hood — I have no appetite for the super technical details. Andrej Karpathy was on the founding team of OpenAI and has the most incredible video primer...
Hey Reader, We made it back stateside after an incredible trip to Japan. Lisa and I even managed to squeeze in an Omakase date night in Tokyo. Here's one of our last pics from a swanky rooftop bar. I'm starting a small mastermind for finance professionals looking to master AI. Learn more about the program below ⤵️ Apply for the Mastermind → Here are this week's top reads: // one What happens when you leave your career (and identity) behind 20 minutes | Andy Johns Substack Occasionally, I...
Hey Reader, Greetings from Japan. We're fully immersed in yakitori, micro pig cafes, Zen gardens and 7-11 pork buns. It's awesome. I've also been writing two posts a week on AI developments over at Future-Proof Your Career with AI. It's totally free, check it out (it's a separate newsletter). Sign up for free → Here are this week's top reads: // one You should be setting rejection goals 10 minutes | Vox What would life look like if we didn’t take rejection so damn personally. Our fear of...