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The "Equidistant Triangle" is a Fool's Fantasy: What Japan's Election Teaches Us About Real Interests
TL;DR: Sanae Takaichi’s victory in Japan was unexpected for many, largely because young voters crushed the traditional "religious vote." But beyond the headlines, this election reveals a brutal tr...
The End of "Hollywood" as a Place, The Rise of "Hollywood" as a Prompt
TL;DR: The release of Seedance 2.0 (and tools like it) isn't just an upgrade for video editors; it is the De-Industrialization of the film industry. We are moving from a "Pyramid" labor st...
The "Lady Nobunaga" Gambit: How Takaichi and Trump Are Redrawing the Map
TL;DR: While the world watches the Middle East and Europe, the real strategic shift is happening in the North. Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi has consolidated power (Total Unification) and is pivoting...
Two Weeks with Akira: Living with a Local AI Agent
I spent the last two weeks living seriously with an AI assistant. Its name is Akira. It lives inside my Mac Studio, running 24/7 on a platform called OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot). I’ve been playing wi...
The "Yuan Shu Paradox": Why You Can't Hire Your Way Out of Incompetence
TL;DR: History mocks the warlord Yuan Shu for failing, but his failure was inevitable. An incompetent leader cannot hire a genius strategist because they lack the cognitive framework to distinguis...
The Death of "Execution": Why Kimi 2.5 Just Made Your Coding Skills Obsolete
TL;DR: A Chinese AI company, Moonshot AI, just released Kimi 2.5. It features "Visual Agentic Intelligence"—meaning it can look at a video of a website and clone the code instantly. This marks...
I Didn't Sleep for 72 Hours Running OpenClaw: Here Is Why It Was Worth It
TL;DR: I just spent three sleepless days stress-testing OpenClaw. Unlike 99% of "AI Agent" tools that are just toys, this one is the real deal—the only framework I trust in a production enviro...
The Case for "Re-Inventing the Wheel": Why Vibe Coding is the End of SaaS Bloat
TL;DR: Engineers hate "Vibe Coding" (coding with AI) because it leads to redundancy—rebuilding tools that already exist. But for business owners, this is a feature, not a bug. Why pay $200/month f...
Why You Keep Failing at AI: Stop "Learning" and Start "Getting Your Hands Dirty"
TL;DR: For two years, Hong Kong has been drowning in AI courses. Everyone is "learning," but almost no one is _improving_. Why? Because most courses sell you a performance of knowledge, not actual...
OpenAI’s Desperate Endgame: Why Ads, Cheap Plans, and Healthcare Are Signs of Collapse
TL;DR: OpenAI isn't pivoting; they are panicking. Beneath the headlines of new product launches lies a financial black hole. With inference costs hitting $5 billion against $4.3 billion in revenue...
The Job Hong Kong Parents Hate Most is the One They Need the Most
TL;DR: A friend asked me for a job for his son but added, "Anything but sales." He wants his son to learn about "M&A and IPOs" to prepare for entrepreneurship. The irony? **M&A and IPOs are just h...
The "Wrapper" Panic is Overrated: 7 Ways to Build a Real Moat in the AI Era
TL;DR: Every founder I meet is paralyzed by the same anxiety: _"Is my product just a ChatGPT wrapper?"_ or _"Won't Google just kill me next week?"_ These fears are valid—even the smartest kids at ...