Exabyte Shell Game
NOTES: Filecoin / Akash: The Exabyte Shell Game
DePIN was sold as a decentralized AWS utopia. Instead, it's an Exabyte Shell Game where operators pay in fiat and bleed out in worthless monopoly money.
Tech Failures
Tech Failures
NOTES: Illumina: Illumina’s Leaky Sewer Pipe is a Threat to Your Health
Illumina’s Sewer Lens is meant to spot plagues, but it's just a leaky pipe venting 7.8 cubic meters of biological exhaust. A billion-dollar placebo wall.
Juicero
NOTES: Juicero: The Newtonian Force Of Ego
Juicero wasn't just a business failure; it was a $120M Britpop B-side of peak tech delusion. Why human hands beat Silicon Valley’s fear of the physical.
Bodega Backlash
NOTES: Google Glass: Ghosts of the Glass
Google Glass wasn't just a tech fail; it was a hostile takeover of your eyeball. Dive into the Bodega Backlash and the terrifying rise of stealth-optics.