Dec 30, 2025
Imagine a mind that can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 17 seconds. A mind that contributed to the development of OpenAI. A mind that directed AI for Elon Musk at Tesla. A mind named one of Time Magazine’s Top 100 in artificial intelligence. Now imagine that same mind encountering recent, almost “alien” advances in...
Dec 23, 2025
When Cal visits an old mentor, he’s struck by two realizations. First: Some of the most profound moments in a young person’s life can happen in entry-level jobs, when the right person takes you in, opens a door, and points you on the right path. Second: As artificial intelligence wipes out many of those first jobs,...
Dec 16, 2025
There are those believe artificial intelligence will cure cancer, reverse global warming, and unlock human potential. There are others who believe it will end everything we know. For the first time in history, both sides may be right. We are living inside the most consequential argument humanity has ever had — and the...
Dec 9, 2025
When Cal returns to Tampa’s Ybor City to speak, he keeps a ritual that’s become almost sacred: a meal at the legendary 120-year-old Columbia Restaurant, followed by a quiet moment of thanks to the man who first sent him there — Muhammad Ali’s doctor, the renowned Ferdie Pacheco. Ferdie wasn’t just the “Fight...
Dec 2, 2025
The future may not be hiding in Silicon Valley. It could be hidden in your childhood. When a bright young grad sits down at Cal’s Thanksgiving table worried about AI layoffs and disappearing careers, Cal offers an unexpected roadmap: Don’t try to predict the future . . . remember it. Some of the greatest...