First for Apple - I was at the orignal Macintosh introduction, sitting in the fifth row behind Steve Wozniak. The same kind of inchoate negativity rained down from some in the audience, which only made Steve more excited. When someone asked "How can you expect anyone to buy one of these things when it doesn't use industry standard [5", paper sleeve] floppy disks?" Steve pulled the 3" plastic-case disk out of the Mac and flipped it twenty rows up to the questioner like a frisbee. "That's why!"
For the rest, Meta is doomed because they don't control an operating system and don't make their own chips. The AVP is interoperable with all Apple products from day one, not to mention the app and developer ecosystem. Also, from what I have seen, Meta took the approach of Snowcrash where the VR environment was fundamentally separate from environmental reality. Also, that what you did was walk around like in Second Life. Boooring. Physical movement is a humanOS overhead function that we all try to eliminate in electronic media. Look at Amazon for shopping - does it look like a physical retail store where you cruise up and down the aisles? We figured out that problem with VR in the early 80s. I'm amazed to see Meta repeat novice mistakes.
Finally, the Apple AVP technology is light years ahead of anyone else. They have created a huge moat for competitors to cross. Much bigger than the iPhone, IMHO.
For your last article on recovering from mistakes: Early on I discovered that when you are programming and are two hours into a brilliant algorithm and the computer crashes, the first impulse is to throw a shit-fit. However, that's wrong - you have to block your emotional mind, sit right back down and focus on rebuilding what you just lost. It's like a mental switch and works amazingly well. Like a dream, your mind can reload the memories of your work and often it turns out better the second time.
Really good issue, really appreciated the drowning note as I have a bunch of kids who like to swim and the Waitzkin one on saving yourself from a downward spiral.
Ugh, just catching up now as I was on the road on June 7, driving along I81 to I80 in the morning. I was fairly creeped out about the orange sky and wondered if another 9/11 event may have happened, but I did not see any panic behavior along the roads or rest stops.
And -- great PSA about drowning. I had a near-drowning event decades ago (at <15 years of age) at a popular southern Maine coast beach. I can't remember much, other than I couldn't speak or wave my arms around and kept getting slammed down by waves. I was lucky in that I was close enough to shore that I eventually could get hold with hands and feet and *crawl* out of the water, which should highlight just how close to the beach trouble happened.
(The beach has re-inforced a jetty since then as well as posted information about rip tides, but I'm not sure a jetty helps with rip tides.)
Wow, scary.. And yes, the statistic about how many kids drown close to their parents or adults is indeed hair-raising. Can't imagine how the parents who were chatting 15 feet away must feel :(
Yep, he's chums with the Tim man and has been on his podcast a few times.
Interesting that you wrote about drowning, as Waitzkin nearly drowned when he was practicing the Wim Hoff breathing method in a pool. Which is a big no no
“So how expensive is the Vision Pro? In terms of time prices, it costs around half of the original Apple II. In 1976 blue-collar hourly compensation (wages and benefits) was around $7.15 per hour. This would put the Apple II at 181.1 hours. By 1984 the wage rate had increased to $11.78 per hour putting the first Macintosh at 211.8 hours. While the Mac cost 30.7 more hours, or 17 percent more, you got a monitor, mouse, eight times faster speed, 32 times more memory, and the most valuable feature: the Mac operating system. Today the blue-collar hourly compensation is around $38.33 per hour. This would put the Vision Pro at 91.3 hours.”
But there's been so much deflation in the computing sector that even that is understating it. An iPhone today is way more capable than an Apple II or Macintosh, provides a lot more value.
Josh Waitzkin is a personal hero of mine and I have trained jiu jitsu with him in NYC before and talked chess and "growth mindset" for learning. Fascinating topic.
As for all of our other problems? Most of them can be fixed by fixing the corruption in the systems that govern over our lives.
How do we organize against all of this rampant corruption in our systems?
A Network State - a new decentralized 4th branch of government that isn't part of the government at all, but rather 100% built and run by the people. A whole new ecosystem. This includes a decentralized news network, decentralized science, a safe have for whistleblowers, a decentralized monetary system we all agree to in case the current one collapses, decentralized debates, a parallel transparent voting system, decentralized education , ballot initiatives and more. Consider this: https://joshketry.substack.com/p/lets-build-a-4th-branch-of-government
Great edition! So much to talk about.
First for Apple - I was at the orignal Macintosh introduction, sitting in the fifth row behind Steve Wozniak. The same kind of inchoate negativity rained down from some in the audience, which only made Steve more excited. When someone asked "How can you expect anyone to buy one of these things when it doesn't use industry standard [5", paper sleeve] floppy disks?" Steve pulled the 3" plastic-case disk out of the Mac and flipped it twenty rows up to the questioner like a frisbee. "That's why!"
For the rest, Meta is doomed because they don't control an operating system and don't make their own chips. The AVP is interoperable with all Apple products from day one, not to mention the app and developer ecosystem. Also, from what I have seen, Meta took the approach of Snowcrash where the VR environment was fundamentally separate from environmental reality. Also, that what you did was walk around like in Second Life. Boooring. Physical movement is a humanOS overhead function that we all try to eliminate in electronic media. Look at Amazon for shopping - does it look like a physical retail store where you cruise up and down the aisles? We figured out that problem with VR in the early 80s. I'm amazed to see Meta repeat novice mistakes.
Finally, the Apple AVP technology is light years ahead of anyone else. They have created a huge moat for competitors to cross. Much bigger than the iPhone, IMHO.
For your last article on recovering from mistakes: Early on I discovered that when you are programming and are two hours into a brilliant algorithm and the computer crashes, the first impulse is to throw a shit-fit. However, that's wrong - you have to block your emotional mind, sit right back down and focus on rebuilding what you just lost. It's like a mental switch and works amazingly well. Like a dream, your mind can reload the memories of your work and often it turns out better the second time.
Great comment, I love this.
Can't believe you were behind Woz at this historical moment, that's awesome!
Cheers Mark 💚 🥃
The anticipatory pupil response feature sounds so cool!
Why do you think they are avoiding mentioning AI explicitly?
I'm guessing because it has become overused and a buzzword, so they'd rather use more specific terms.
Apple never associates itself with current fads that invite comparisons and/or criticism. High ground.
Really good issue, really appreciated the drowning note as I have a bunch of kids who like to swim and the Waitzkin one on saving yourself from a downward spiral.
Spread the word on the drowning one, pass it on to others. I feel like it's an easy PSA for the potential upside!
And thank you for reading and for your comment 💚 🥃
Ugh, just catching up now as I was on the road on June 7, driving along I81 to I80 in the morning. I was fairly creeped out about the orange sky and wondered if another 9/11 event may have happened, but I did not see any panic behavior along the roads or rest stops.
And -- great PSA about drowning. I had a near-drowning event decades ago (at <15 years of age) at a popular southern Maine coast beach. I can't remember much, other than I couldn't speak or wave my arms around and kept getting slammed down by waves. I was lucky in that I was close enough to shore that I eventually could get hold with hands and feet and *crawl* out of the water, which should highlight just how close to the beach trouble happened.
(The beach has re-inforced a jetty since then as well as posted information about rip tides, but I'm not sure a jetty helps with rip tides.)
Wow, scary.. And yes, the statistic about how many kids drown close to their parents or adults is indeed hair-raising. Can't imagine how the parents who were chatting 15 feet away must feel :(
Much respect for knowing Josh
The Art of Learning was a game changer for me. I've read it at least 4 times and will probably read it again in the future
Legendary citizen, Josh is
He's great!
He's done a few interviews -- with Tim Ferriss I think? -- that I remember being excellent.
Yep, he's chums with the Tim man and has been on his podcast a few times.
Interesting that you wrote about drowning, as Waitzkin nearly drowned when he was practicing the Wim Hoff breathing method in a pool. Which is a big no no
Yikes, glad he didn’t! 😬
Me too Mr. Liberty, me too
“So how expensive is the Vision Pro? In terms of time prices, it costs around half of the original Apple II. In 1976 blue-collar hourly compensation (wages and benefits) was around $7.15 per hour. This would put the Apple II at 181.1 hours. By 1984 the wage rate had increased to $11.78 per hour putting the first Macintosh at 211.8 hours. While the Mac cost 30.7 more hours, or 17 percent more, you got a monitor, mouse, eight times faster speed, 32 times more memory, and the most valuable feature: the Mac operating system. Today the blue-collar hourly compensation is around $38.33 per hour. This would put the Vision Pro at 91.3 hours.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/galepooley/p/apple-vision-pro-is-half-the-price
That's an interesting way to look at it.
But there's been so much deflation in the computing sector that even that is understating it. An iPhone today is way more capable than an Apple II or Macintosh, provides a lot more value.
Josh Waitzkin is a personal hero of mine and I have trained jiu jitsu with him in NYC before and talked chess and "growth mindset" for learning. Fascinating topic.
As for all of our other problems? Most of them can be fixed by fixing the corruption in the systems that govern over our lives.
How do we organize against all of this rampant corruption in our systems?
A Network State - a new decentralized 4th branch of government that isn't part of the government at all, but rather 100% built and run by the people. A whole new ecosystem. This includes a decentralized news network, decentralized science, a safe have for whistleblowers, a decentralized monetary system we all agree to in case the current one collapses, decentralized debates, a parallel transparent voting system, decentralized education , ballot initiatives and more. Consider this: https://joshketry.substack.com/p/lets-build-a-4th-branch-of-government