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Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson argues that unresolved personal issues (the 'shadow self') trigger chronic stress responses that manifest as physical and mental illness, while totalitarian ideologies emerge when rational minds attempt to replace transcendent values with all-encompassing systems; the only path through inherent suffering is radical truth-telling and moral responsibility.

Reuters

Vice President Vance detailed early progress in the U.S.-Iran peace agreement, citing restored oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and halted military strikes, while emphasizing that Iran's nuclear program remains destroyed and any economic benefits are strictly contingent on verified compliance and behavioral changes.

Reuters

The Obama Presidential Center dedication ceremony in Chicago featured speeches by Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett emphasizing grassroots organizing over traditional memorialization, alongside performances by Jennifer Hudson and Christina Aguilera as the center opened as an active civic campus.

Bankless

Bitcoin crashes alongside crude oil to $73 after the US and Iran signed a tentative Memorandum of Understanding to end military operations, with technical analysis highlighting $62,900 as the critical support level that must hold to avoid a deeper drop to $59,000.

20VC with Harry Stebbings

SpaceX completed the largest IPO in history at

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Vice President JD Vance outlines the Trump administration's Iran peace deal, emphasizing the destruction of enriched uranium stockpiles, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and strict conditions tying any economic benefits to verified behavioral transformation, negotiated from a position of Iranian military weakness rather than the strength they held during the Obama-era JCPOA.

New York Times Podcasts

A New York Times investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's final weeks reveals new evidence—including a hidden suicide note and detailed accounts from his cellmates—suggesting his death in federal custody was suicide, despite years of persistent conspiracy theories.

Benjamin Cowen

Crypto markets remain paralyzed awaiting US regulatory clarity while facing competition from tokenized traditional assets, but AI is delivering tangible productivity gains by enabling businesses to slash operational costs and automate complex tasks before the current subsidized pricing model ends.

Excess Returns

Finance professor Aswath Damodaran analyzes SpaceX's $2.7 trillion valuation, finding that while the space launch and Starlink businesses hold real competitive advantages, the AI division's projected $26 trillion market relies on terrible unit economics and a contradictory strategy of renting data centers to direct competitors.

Impact Theory

Former CIA officer Andrew Bustamante argues that Trump's aggressive Iran policy prioritizes building a presidential legacy and leveraging military-industrial economic gains over achieving peace, while risking strategic overextension that is alienating key regional allies.

AI Engineer

Sandipan Bhaumik from Databricks presents a battle-tested five-pillar framework for deploying enterprise AI agents, arguing that starting with model selection leads to inevitable production failures while proper evaluation, observability, and data governance determine success at scale.

Forbes

Nobel laureate Thomas Südhof discusses how AI is revolutionizing biology while warning that poor data quality and industry 'AI washing' hinder progress, emphasizing that true innovation requires both rigorous data standards and protected freedoms for scientific inquiry.