how it feels to accept that reality is just a carbon-based simulation where your infinite consciousness gets to play as a human avatar and remember itself as the creator of all experience despite the inherent limitations of a fragile physical existence
IRL is going to crush AI over the next 5 years.
In the last 3 months, $750M+ in capital was deployed on "anti-AI" bets.
Big players are doubling down on their investments in events, experiences and in-person connection.
Here's what I'm seeing:
@cornerapp, a social map app for Gen Z, has grown to 60K+ users helping people curate and share places to meet IRL—"Google Maps but social." Everyone ik in NYC loves them.
@partiful, @poshvip_, and @LumaHQ have raised a combined $60M and are exploding. Partiful hit 500K+ MAU, Posh hit 6 million registered users, and Luma has over 2 million users signing up for events.
Harvard alum @aidaxbaradari just launched @be_inaudible, the first smart device to stop unwanted audio recordings and keep IRL conversations private.
@mcuban made a massive bet, investing in Burwoodland, a NYC-based live-events company behind IRL experiences in the US, Canada, and Europe.
Former COO and CPO of Hinge officially launched Rodeo to help people spend more time IRL with friends.
@a16z keeps doubling down on IRL via investments and a16z Build — a dinner series and community for founders / operators figuring out their next move. @nazzari, @katiekirsch, @eriktorenberg.
Billion-dollar companies are paying $$$ for community and events leads:
- @AnthropicAI: Events Lead - $320k
- @Substack: Events Lead - $190k
- @VaynerMedia: Head of Experiential - $250k
- @Spotify: Global Experiential & Content - $175k
- @BiltRewards: Director of Events & Experiences - $150k
Investors are pouring billions of dollars into AI.
But smart money is quietly deploying millions into IRL at the same time.
a16z backs both OpenAI and Partiful. ElevenLabs and Substack.
The nuance is - it's not AI vs. IRL.
It's that the more we live online, the more premium real-life connection becomes.
They're not competing investments.
They're a hedge on each other.
Things I’ve done for years that have helped me release trauma and regulate my nervous system:
- Qigong/tai chi
- Belly dancing
- Dancing to sensual music
- Deep hip stretches
- Diaphragmatic breathing
- Self-myofascial release massages
- Heart tapping (gentle tapping on the chest/heart area for vagus nerve reset)
- Solfeggio frequencies (528hz)
- Beehive humming (190–400hz frequencies)
- Legs up the wall
- Praying
everyone needs to spend at least 1 month of their life completely f**king off to a beach town by the sea, turning off the news, paying attention to nothing "important", making new friends, walking around barefoot and shirtless all day, learning to surf, eating fresh fruit & drinking cocos, growing your hair out & not responding to any text messages.
this is how you free yourself
Anxiety often correlates with:
Low magnesium
Low B vitamins
Poor sleep
Blood sugar swings
Excess caffeine
Stabilize the nervous system → clarity returns.
This sentence by Dostoyevsky hits so hard.
“You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you had no idea how to achieve them and in your misery you began to hate everything around you.”
Want perfect mental health?
Stop consuming the news
Magnesium glycinate (400 mg)
Say “no” a lot
Max 2 vices
Nasal breathing
Phone on ‘Do Not Disturb’
Laugh with friends
No alcohol Monday-Friday
Dopamine fasting (24h/week)
Read stoicism
Psilocybin microdose (150-250mg)
Block toxic people
Daily gratitude (3 things)
Lift weight at max strength
Prioritize circadian rhythm
Box breathing (4-4-4-4)
Utilize silence
Breath holds (CO₂ tolerance = calm brain)
Delete constant group chats
Remove short form video
Embrace solitude
10,000 steps daily
Never hit snooze
Never argue
Never gossip (creates subconscious paranoia)
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