scott belsky (@scottbelsky) started following @jaredkushner on Sep 29, 2024

The philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote on X, “I keep reading everywhere that Lebanon is 'on the brink of collapse.' No. It is on the brink of relief and deliverance.” Moments like this come once in a generation, if they even come at all. The Middle East is too often a solid

September 27th is the most important day in the Middle East since the Abraham Accords breakthrough. I have spent countless hours studying Hezbollah and there is not an expert on earth who thought that what Israel has done to decapitate and degrade them was possible. This is

If you had an API to interface with all your credit cards, bank accounts, online spending, what would you build?

“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.” I want to find all the well written content on the internet. Finally shipped a little side project: https://t.co/mGh2XFvXWC

are there any excellent examples of agent-driven onboarding and first mile experiences? agent-driven adoption and success of existing products may be an even bigger (and certainly near-term better) opportunity than new AI-first products.

will agents need a micro/autonomous payments capability to do things on our behalf - often via other agents - rapidly and at scale? (another question explored in latest edition) https://t.co/UCxLUUvRoD

RT @eladgil: Convo w @stanine of @Rippling Topics: *Their AI product Talent Signal *Modeling employee performance w AI *Focus on first N…

Talent Signal has been an incredible tool for me and I think it will be for other CEOs and Execs.

feeling special, as a service. https://t.co/hChLtMIU6a

RT @kevintwohy: NYC designers: once again reminding you that this AMAZING role is open. Rare opportunity to shape the design/direction of…

are modern algorithmic feeds that socialize “edge views” breeding a form of “mainstream contrarianism,” where we all see the alternative views far more than anything central (nuanced reality, aka boring)? we start to think the edge is the center?

On Nat Friedman's first day as CEO of Github, at 9am, he had meeting with his leadership team over Zoom. They were probably expecting a long term strategy, but instead he shared his screen and pulled up a GitHub repo where users could submit and vote on product feedback. He https://t.co/3BB5K2xEhV

A common scenario for founders and early employees of breakout startups: You’ve been heads down on rapid customer needs finding and execution, which fueled early growth and helped raise a series A or B. Now you have a little breathing room to pull your head up and think about

those who’ve been through the “big raise pre-PMF” roller-coaster tend to play it differently next time around…

RT @br_ttany: DeFi is the perfect payment system for AI agents. It's not if, it's when. Echoed here from @scottbelsky https://t.co/187r…

🤔 https://t.co/i7BTMmdHCE

sometimes one event exposes the vulnerability of a system and changes things forever, much like sept 11 changed airport security and travel as we know it. wondering if the mass pager attack will have a similar impact on supply chains?

RT @BrendanFoody: Mercor is solving global labor matching with models that understand human ability. @mercor_ai raised a $30M Series A at…

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observed: a labor of love tends to pay off, just not how and when you expect. your curiosity must outlast your expectations.

thinking: misinformation is fueled by distrust in the foundations of platforms. the shakier our ground feels, the more liable we are to cling to whatever claims are being thrown at us.