What I Am Reading:

AI agents are starting to eat SaaS - Martin Alderson
We spent fifteen years watching software eat the world. Entire industries got swallowed by software - retail, media, finance - you name it, there has been incredible disruption over the past couple of decades with a proliferation of SaaS tooling. This has led to a huge swath of SaaS companies - valued, collectively, in the trillions.

The Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life
The Simple Path to Wealth by J.L. Collins is a popular personal finance book that offers a straightforward guide to achieving financial independence through simple, long-term investing strategies, focusing on low-cost index funds and avoiding complex financial products. It provides actionable advice on debt elimination, retirement accounts (like 401(k)s, IRAs, and HSAs), and asset allocation, all presented in an accessible, often humorous style, based on the advice Collins gave his daughter.


Swearing Can Actually Be Good For You, According to New Research
Dropping an F-bomb can boost your performance by helping you feel stronger, more focused, and disinhibited, say scientists. Most who curse like a sailor know that letting out a swear word in a moment of frustration can feel good. Now, new research by psychologists suggests that it really can be good for your well-being.


WEF: Chief economists have clear ideas about where AI will boost productivity, and when
There’s broad anticipation of a puncturing of AI-related stock prices in the US, and AI-related job losses are seen stretching out over the coming decade. But at the same time, meaningful AI-related productivity gains in the biggest economies are predicted already within the next year or two. We asked a select group of chief economists to expand on this productivity aspect. Where do they expect the biggest productivity gains within their respective industries, and when?

Exercise variety, not just amount, linked to lower risk of premature mortality
Consistently engaging in a variety of types of exercises—from walking to weightlifting to gardening—was associated with a lower risk of premature mortality, even when total physical activity level was held constant, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard.

What I Am Listening to:

A16z Podcast: 2026 is the Year of Agents
In 2025, we saw the first glimpses of true AI agents. In 2026, every company will be rushing to get them into production, and they’ll need companies like Keycard to manage fleets of agents. In this conversation, a16z Partner Joel de la Garza sits down with Keycard Cofounder and CEO Ian Livingstone to discuss the continuum from copilots to agents, the security realities of tool-calling, why enterprises will adopt before consumers, and how to control your agents.

Nature: Science in 2026: what to expect this year
In this episode, reporter Miryam Naddaf joins us to talk about the big science events to look out for in 2026. We’ll hear about: small-scale AI models that could outcompete Large Language Models in reasoning, clinical trials of gene editing to treat rare human disorders, a sample collection mission from Phobos, and how changes to US policy by the Trump team are expected to impact science.

Quiet the Mind, Execute When it Matters the Most | Jim Murphy
Top Performance Coach Jim Murphy reveals how to quiet the mind, develop mental toughness, and live the best possible life. Jim spent 5 years writing Inner Excellence, the mental toughness manual that shot from obscurity to #1 New York Times bestseller overnight when star athlete A.J. Brown was caught reading it on the sidelines of an NFL playoff game.


A New Understanding of Human Beings’ Most Basic Desire
We are, Goldstein asserts, “creatures of matter who long to matter.” This phrase captures the central paradox of the human condition: We are physical beings governed by the indifferent laws of nature, yet we are consumed by an obsession with our own significance. Her book is about, as she puts it, “a missing piece in the puzzle of understanding ourselves, one another, and our troubled times.”

How your brain chemistry rewards hard work
Why going the extra mile might make you feel good.

What I Am Watching:

BlackRock, Citadel & Lagarde Clash Over $38 Trillion U.S. Debt, AI & Market
Global economic leaders at Davos discuss AI, sovereign debt, and fiscal responsibility amid rising government spending and market uncertainty. Christine Lagarde warns of geopolitical fragmentation affecting AI development, while Ken Griffin and Larry Fink analyze productivity, capital markets, and the risks of reckless fiscal policies. Historical parallels to the 1920s highlight lessons for modern economies.

Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon on AI, M&A, and Markets
David Solomon discusses AI, M&A, and the firm’s path forward.

Amazon’s New AI Data Center for Anthropic
On 1,200 acres in Indiana, Amazon’s biggest AI data center is now operational, with half a million AWS Trainium2 chips entirely devoted to powering OpenAI rival Anthropic. Just over a year ago, the whole site was nothing but dirt and cornfields. Seven buildings are operating now, and once complete, the site will have around 30 buildings and consume some 2.2 gigawatts of power. CNBC went to the small town of New Carlisle, Indiana, to talk to locals who are worried about the impact on their community and electric bills - and to get a first ever on-camera tour inside what Amazon’s calling the largest cluster of non-Nvidia chips in the world. We also sat down with AWS CEO Matt Garman and Anthropic CPO Mike Krieger for more details on the partnership.

Clawdbot is an inflection point in AI history
Clawdbot is a hot open source AI project that lets users automate… everything! Dan helped his automate his aging parent’s tea shop, Matt built news sourcing bots, and Alex runs his one-man SAAS startup with Clawdbot as an AI employee! But with all of that power comes the responsibility of making sure you are not giving your AI too many authorizations that could come under fire! Whether fisching emails, “injections”, or bad decision making from incorrect information online. Check out how these 3 experts, Jason and Alex are thinking about the bleeding edge of AI!