We did it people. We’re here. The final destination. Can you believe it?
That’s right, this is Fodder 6-7. Six Seven. Parents everywhere groan. The world turns on its axis and I lose just a few more cool points from my kids (I’m in negative territory anyway).
Now the question is: where do you exit? You always go out on top. At the high. When the love and adulation and roar of the crowd can’t get louder. 6 7 is close enough. So it’s time to retire the Fodder. The original goal was to force a regular cadence weekly, but then it sort of developed a life of its own. I have a limited amount of time to write, and this is now getting in the way of the original intent: a thoughtful, Chestertonian orientation towards the technological movements of our age.
The purpose has been served. Requiescat.
After. One. More Time.
Pope Leo had a big week on X, unintentionally starting some beef with Marc Andreessen (or rather, other way around) and then winning. One of those “I don’t think about you at all” kinda wins. Which is perfect since pmarca was using the latest Sweeney meme.
And then the Pope went Silicon Valley viral. TBPN. The All In crew. Scott Alexander. Vitalik Buterin. Tweets with 10M views. The Blues Brothers version. Reminders that there’s a shrine to Saint Carlo Acutis in San Francisco for technical problems.
Also Marc Andreessen is still great! Both/And.
The shutdown ended. There was a lot of complaining and complaining. Fetterman is hospitalized. Warren doubles down with Mamdani and Lina Khan. Johnson finally swears in Rep. Grijalva. Ro Khanna calls for Schumer’s ouster. The House releases Epstein emails. The Department of War announces the launch of Operation Southern Spear and I really don’t think war is supposed to take cues from startup marketing emails. But anyway, Venezuela.
Kimi releases K2 Thinking and it runs on a laptop. OpenAI does GPT 5.1 and backs off it’s “government backstop” too big to fail ideas. Anthropic stops a Chinese AI espionage campaign. Karpathy is excited about full self driving. And we’re still waiting for Gemini 3.
Softbank gets out of NVidia. AMD kills earnings. Bitcoin pukes. The Big Short talks depreciation. Dwarkesh and Dylan Patel talk to Satya. Buffet leaves with grace and elegance.
NASA lands a probe on Saturn’s Titan moon. Blue Origin lands a reusable rocket. Alex Wang says all 13 year olds should be vibecoding. The third interstellar comet discovered - 3I/Atlas - passes the sun. GLP1s are available for everyone. 50 year mortgages are the new housing solution. The last penny is made.
Stat crux dum volvitur orbis
On to the reading!
Timely
Warren Buffet’s Farewell Letter - Just as he has for 50+ years, Warren dispenses common sense and wisdom all rolled into one. “Keep in mind that the cleaning lady is as much a human being as the Chairman.”
Inside Cursor - Cursor is a monster. It feels to me the same way that Google felt in 2000: barely anyone has heard of it but it’s one of the most important companies in the world. A look into their culture and practices that is both refreshing and traditional.
The Monks In the Casino - It is very weird to consider these modern examples as monastic, but the analogy is poignant nonetheless. “The first half of the twentieth century was about mastering the physical world, the first half of the twenty-first has been about escaping it.”
AI progress and recommendations - In the continued spirit of “keeping up with what Sam Altman says with a grain of salt” comes this from OpenAI. Timelines and expectations are changing.
Timeless
The Economy will Become an RL Environment Machine - Mercor is a hot new company, sort of like Scale AI but newer and better. This is a useful view into one potential future world where AI is really important but humans are still needed.
If I Had Only One Sermon To Preach - A GK Chesterton gem on the nature of pride and its fundamental, rightful place as the chief poison of the modern world.
Hills Like White Elephants - One of Hemingway’s shortest short stories. It is remarkably subtle, and once you realize what it’s about, you read it a second time and every line feels more poignant. It’s about abortion. “There’s nothing wrong with me. I feel fine.”
How Art Can Be Good - The further we go on the technology curve, the more taste matters. PG’s timeless reminder of what good art means.
Books
I will leave you with two:
Prayer by Hans Urs von Balthasar - A profound book on the nature of prayer, how it shapes us, and how it is tied to both the theology of the Church and the idea of the human being. Balthasar was one of the most important Catholic theologians of the 20th century and this demands to be taken seriously as a series of allegories more than a how-to.
Vibecoding by Gene Kim and Steve Yegge - Yes, this is a super nerdy book. But we’re getting remarkably close to a world where anyone can build anything. If you want to learn the details of how with what can be done in 2025, this is the book.
Tweets
Some good ones, so you don’t need to scroll!
The world is amazing. Love y’all!