.@McLarenF1's @LandoNorris and @ZBrownCEO joined Talks at GS to share how their success is built from a culture of constant improvement—rewarding marginal gains in the pursuit of perfection. Watch the full conversation:

60 years ago, a group of brave civil rights organizers marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in the pursuit of justice and equality. Today we’re reminded of their courageous sacrifices, and tasked with the responsibility of doing what we can to carry forward their work.

IS ZCASH THE NEXT BITCOIN? Long-time crypto enthusiasts are shifting capital toward $ZEC as $BTC transition into a mainstream institutional asset erodes its original privacy value. A recent article from the Wall Street Journal disclosed that Bitcoin die-hard fans think they have found the hot new thing in Zcash. Market participants at the 2026 Las Vegas conference cite the heavy political and celebrity embrace of $BTC as a primary catalyst for the pursuit of sovereign alternatives. While $BTC currently trades at $79,000, OGs are increasingly disenchanted with the transparency requirements and price stagnation of the modern ETF era.

May 12, near the former site of Juyuan Middle School in Dujiangyan, Sichuan. A large number of family members of the victims gathered to burn incense, light candles, and set off firecrackers to mourn their loved ones lost in the earthquake. During the massive earthquake on May 12, 2008, two teaching buildings at Juyuan Middle School were razed to the ground, resulting in the tragic deaths of 278 students and 6 teachers. In stark contrast, residential houses surrounding the school and other structures on campus did not fully collapse—some older buildings even remained standing. Following the disaster, several architectural experts conducted field investigations and pointed out clear quality issues in the collapsed school buildings, including insufficient reinforcement ratios, substandard cement grades, and structural connection defects. However, the authorities insisted on categorizing the tragedy strictly as a "natural disaster." Despite the victims' parents persisting in their pursuit of justice for years—demanding a thorough investigation and legal accountability for those responsible for the construction—their efforts remain without result to this day.

My Berkeley EECS Colloquium talk last week on Pursuing the Nature of Intelligence was recorded and is now available on YouTube: May view it as an overview of an endeavor to establish the study of Intelligence as a scientific and theoretical subject.

Canadian gold miner OceanaGold is aggressively canvassing options to buy other producers and existing operations while also pursuing a strong organic growth strategy, with two new mines in development

🚨 $MU Huge News for the Memory Industry Micron signed its first-ever 5-year Strategic Customer Agreement, moving well beyond the typical one-year deal. Samsung and SK Hynix are following suit, pursuing 3 to 5 year contracts with major tech firms. Longer commitments mean smoother cycles, better visibility, and critically a path toward PE expansion as the PEG ratio moves closer to 1.0. For decades, memory has been defined by cycles but this may finally be changing. Multi-year commitments create revenue visibility that one-year deals simply can't. It marks a fundamental change in how memory is sold. Unlike traditional one-year arrangements, these multi-year commitments bring predictable revenue, improved operational stability, and a structural dampening of the boom-bust cycles that have historically kept PE multiples compressed. It has begun

Through the Voyager Scholarship, Michelle, @BChesky, and I are supporting the next generation of leaders pursuing careers in public service. We're excited to welcome our newest class of Voyagers, and can’t wait to work with them over the next few years. 

For the latest episode of our podcast, I talk to Bruce @Springsteen about my time as a community organizer and the influences that led to me pursuing a career in public service. Take a listen on Spotify: