HR: we’re a people first organization. Also HR: your insurance deductible is $6,500. Also HR: we don’t offer paid maternity leave beyond 6 weeks. Also HR: your raise this year is 2.4%. Also HR: we’re freezing hiring but your workload will be redistributed. Also HR: please fill out this engagement survey so we know how to better support you. Also HR: your mental health benefit is 3 free therapy sessions a year. Also HR: we’ve planned a pizza party for Friday to celebrate Q3. HR is not your friend. HR is the company’s lawyer who learned your name.

Spoke to the owner of a pizza shop based in NYC. He said insurance and electric costs are up 40% in last few years. Tough to thrive in that environment. Small business owners don’t get enough credit for how good they are as entrepreneurs.

everyone keeps saying frontier labs need to present a more compelling vision for the future. a world where all of humanity shares in the benefits. but nobody ever says how. i'd like to propose we start with a pizza party