BEIJING — Kazuyuki Tanioka has run Toya, his 18-seat omakase restaurant in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, for more than a decade. On a normal weekend, he turns the tables twice. These days, he’s lucky if four customers walk through the door. “Since mid-November we’ve had over 60 cancellations,” the 52-year-old chef told me, wiping down a … Read more
Elon Musk’s vision of Universal High Income (UHI) promises a radical upgrade to human existence: AI and robots flood the world with abundance, making work optional and delivering a comfortable life—think top-tier healthcare, housing, food, and travel—to every person on the planet, no strings attached. It’s not the skimpy Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilots we’re … Read more
Elon Musk’s Simple Yet Radical Idea That Could End Poverty Forever Universal High Income (UHI) is Elon Musk’s upgraded vision of the future — a world where AI and robots create so much wealth that every single person on Earth receives a high standard of living automatically, whether they work or not. It is not … Read more
Elon Musk has long been a prophet of technological utopia, but his views on “AI abundance” paint an even bolder picture: a future where artificial intelligence and robotics eradicate scarcity, making traditional work a choice rather than a necessity. This isn’t pie-in-the-sky speculation for Musk—it’s a logical endpoint of exponential tech progress, one he’s been … Read more
Inspired by the Unfiltered Genius of Elon Musk and Nikhil Kamath Imagine sitting across from the man who’s launching rockets, revolutionizing cars, and pondering the universe’s deepest riddles — all while cracking jokes about ancient Roman skirts. That’s the vibe of this epic two-hour brain-dump between Elon Musk and Nikhil Kamath, the sharp-witted Indian entrepreneur … Read more
Google co-founder Larry Page has jumped ahead of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to become the world’s third-richest person, after his wealth surged by $7.6 billion in a single day to reach $240 billion. The sharp rise came as Alphabet’s stock climbed 3.3% to a record $304.25. The rally followed Google’s launch of Gemini 3, its most … Read more
Bitcoin crashed below $87,000 in the early hours of Thursday, hitting a low of $86,767 — its lowest level since April — before bouncing modestly. The move triggered a cascade of liquidations that wiped out nearly $1 billion in leveraged positions in just 24 hours, marking one of the most violent single-day corrections in the … Read more
Deep beneath the rugged limestone cliffs where Greece meets Albania, in a labyrinth of sulfur-scented caverns that few humans dare to tread, scientists have stumbled upon a silken empire that defies the imagination. Dubbed the “spider supercity,” this colossal web structure—spanning more than 1,000 square feet and teeming with over 111,000 arachnids—could well be the … Read more
Immanuel Quickley, the 26-year-old combo guard for the Toronto Raptors, has carved out a reputation as one of the league’s most electric bench-to-starter success stories. Drafted 25th overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2020 (and immediately traded to the New York Knicks), Quickley entered the NBA as a sharpshooting prospect from the University of … Read more
In a league where multimillion-dollar contracts and highlight-reel dunks often steal the spotlight, it’s the small, spontaneous acts of humanity that remind us why we fall in love with basketball. On Friday night at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley delivered just that—a mid-game gesture of pure generosity that transformed a routine equipment change … Read more