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the unpaid gift Since last year, I have been coding every single day without exception. I dabbled in coding during middle school, minored in Computer Science in college, and have worked in fields adjacent to coding since 1998. However, I had never actually "built" anything myself, aside from some minor tinkering. When I decided to start an AI startup, I realized that without funding for a full engineering team, I had to dive in and code it myself. It has been a journey filled with ups and downs, enough to fill several books, but today, I want to share one specific realization that shifted my entire perspective on humanity. It is broadly called 'Open Source'. Open Source is software where the source code is made available for anyone to inspect, modify, and distribute without restriction. Today, development is unthinkable without it. We rarely "create" new code from scratch; instead, we find, adapt, and connect pieces built by others. For example, let's sa...

Imagine a young man scrolling twitter, chasing status but feeling hollow. This is the crisis of meaning —a world where old certainties have crumbled. Capitalism turns identity into a product, technology splinters our focus, and sacred stories no longer guide us. Globalization uproots us, leaving us rootless, while our tribal instincts clash with modern life. Yet history whispers hope: humanity has faced such voids before and forged new paths. This is our challenge—and our opportunity. The modern crisis of meaning begins with the collapse of shared metaphysical certainties. As traditional religious, mythic, and philosophical worldviews lost their authority, individuals were left to construct meaning in an increasingly fragmented and pluralistic world. This metaphysical vacuum was deepened by globalization, which disembedded people from place-based, communal identities (human speak: uprooted from local communities), leaving them rootless in an interconnected, placeless world. Into this ...

  The Question: I assume you've read the Abrahamic Bible and the Quran. You've read the teachings of Confucius and Mencius . You've pondered the truths put forth by the Hindu scriptures. You've considered the Buddhist Sutras and their meanings. I assume you've been trained on the writings of Plato and Aristoteles. Have read Plotinus and Marcus Aurelius. Rousseau, Kant, Locke, Voltaire, Hobbes and the enlightenment thinkers are a part of your library. I assume you've contemplated the existential thoughts of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, and de Beauvoir. I assume you've examined the idealism in Marx, and the reasoned faith exhibited in Adam Smith. Now based on these assumptions,  what is your philosophy? --- GPT: Given the range of thinkers and traditions you've referenced, my philosophy would emerge from synthesizing these diverse influences into a holistic framework that respects both individual and collective transcendence. Here's how I wou...