Jake Go retweeted
this is your regular reminder that art deco is never coming back
it was the aesthetic of the early 20th century when man's relationship with machines, belief in social progress etc was radically different than what it is now
the true aesthetic of our time should earnestly reflect our ideals, our spiritual concerns, and our dreams for the future. it should not be an uninspired copy of the old
yes, brutalism, bland internationalism modernism, and corporate minimalism are deeply unsatisfying design trends, but blindly copying art deco will not scratch your itch for beauty either
the renaissance, as always, can be the guide here. the renaissance artists were trying to resurrect classical ideas, yes - after all, renaissance itself means "rebirth." but what's important is that they copied the classical greek and roman civilizations in spirit, but not in form. the renaissance artists invented new techniques like linear perspective, sfumato, and chiaroscuro - they created an aesthetic that was wholly their own. this is also the challenge facing all sincere artists today...
Jake Go retweeted
the fact that you exist as an entirely unrepeatable perspective on reality should fill you with an enormous sense of possibility. nobody can create from the exact place you create from. nobody can see through your eyes. take that seriously. make something of it.
env vars are pretty dumb. why don’t we have some sort of oauth/connector system that directly authorizes usage…
Jake Go retweeted
somehow signing in to chase.com on a muse browser has become 'endangering the entire global financial system'
the plot has been lost
This is insane. We cannot allow AI agents to go into your bank account and act independently without your authorization. But that is what’s happening right now.
Left unchecked, AI could endanger the entire global financial system — including your bank account.
Pause AI NOW!
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Per Axios, detected AI agents access bank accounts with the customer’s permission. This violates most banks’ terms requiring human logins, which is why banks call it “unauthorized.”
Source: Axios (Oct. 22, 2026) — axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-…
Jake Go retweeted
Someone please check on the designer who shipped this. The complete absence of joy, color, and playfulness is genuinely heartbreaking 💔
Jake Go retweeted
"Math was made by humans for humans"
And now humans have given math the ability to think about itself, and reach into the dark unknown, bringing back new knowledge.
If you can't see how gloriously transcendent and divine this is, I feel bad for you.
Why wouldn’t mathematicians want solutions to these huge open maths problems?
shoutout @mathandcobb for being a consistent voice in this conversation
Jake Go retweeted
imagine if carpenters believed something like "the value of carpentry is not in me producing a nice cabinet for you, it's actually my personal enjoyment of the process. the finished cabinet is a side effect."
turns out this is how mathematicians think. I genuinely had no idea.
Jake Go retweeted
"mathematicians did not ask for this work to be done"
we're going to see a lot more of this in a lot of different fields
if these people genuinely loved math, they would be throwing parties to celebrate what might be one of the biggest days for mathematics in decades. but instead they're calling for a boycott
and it makes me wonder how many of them actually love math, and how many just love being seen as mathematicians.
because for a lot of people, the point of studying math isn't necessarily to understand the world, to explain it, or to advance the field. it's to be seen as a mathematician. to have a sense of importance, to feel valued by others. their entire identity is centered around this, and their goal is to be needed and considered smart
i think a lot of people are about to realize that what gave their life meaning wasn't really the work itself, but the fact that they were the ones doing it.
and i wonder what will happen when this happens to all professions. will we finally be forced to figure out what it means to be human?
maybe people will rediscover meaning in family, relationships and things outside of their careers.
or maybe millions of people will have an existential crisis because the one thing they've built their entire identity around is suddenly no longer needed
i genuinely wonder if society is ready for it
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Jake Go retweeted
I'm really serious here, I need an alternative to @1Password, it's getting unbearable. From the little lock inside fields not appearing, to it appearing and doing nothing on click, to the extension window taking 3 seconds to appear, to it just locking whenever it wants... it's gone off a cliff.
when will we get a new standard for auth for agents? need something sort of like Link's wallet for agents. but an open standard
Jake Go retweeted
This is one of China's most formidable advantages: 93% of the Chinese believe AI will help their country. Only 36% of Americans do. These are dire numbers for the US. We have to turn this around.
'An average of 72 percent of respondents said they felt curious, happy or excited about A.I., compared with 41 percent who felt worried, sad or angry.' @nytimes's Damien Cave uses @Gallup data to remind us the rest of the world digs AI. (Annoyingly, NYT doesn't link to Gallup directly, link below.) nytimes.com/2026/09/23/world…
news.gallup.com/poll/714593/…
Jake Go retweeted
It’s always a message of fear. My entire life. Nuclear winter, killer bees, acid rain, global warming, rebranded climate change, Covid, now AI. Reject the demonic spirit of fear.
