When you are driven, you can bend the world to your will. You can make things happen, whether they should happen or not. It took me many years to realize the difference. In 2012, after leaving OLX, I gave away all my possessions and set out as a nomad. My dream was to create an off-grid sanctuary, a place for friends, family, founders, and seekers to gather, to imagine, to live differently. At first, I chose Cabarete in the Dominican Republic. On paper, it was perfect. In reality, the universe was already whispering otherwise. Corruption was relentless. Bribes at every

We spend so much of life trying to be other people’s idea of who we should be. We bend ourselves into shapes that fit expectation, comparison, judgment. Yet the deeper truth is that freedom comes not from meeting those demands, but from finally stepping fully into the shape of ourselves. This is the praise we rarely give: not to success, not to appearances, but to the quiet, unrepeatable miracle of being who we already are. The Discovery of Difference A decade ago, I stumbled into an unexpected revelation: I have aphantasia. I cannot visualize with my mind’s eye. When guided

I was not contemplating writing a post on the meaning of life, but repeated recent interactions and the depressing take of a few dystopian post-scarcity novels compelled me to articulate my thoughts. Nihilism I have been receiving messages like the following: “I’ve been reading your blog for a while, and I love that you have original ideas instead of recycling mainstream, “normie” talk. I wanted to ask: what keeps you motivated to do everything that you do? Do you believe in a universal meaning or purpose to life? How do you overcome nihilism and stay optimistic about the future of

As inconceivable as it is to me given how young and energetic I feel, I turned 50 on August 3! I invited all my best friends and family from the … Continue reading “”

In the last post, Fabrice AI: The Technical Journey I explained the journey we went through to building Fabrice AI doing a full circle. I started by using Chat GPT … Continue reading “”

As I mentioned in the previous post, developing Fabrice AI proved way more complex than expected, forcing me to explore many different approaches. The Initial Approach: Llama Index – Vector … Continue reading “”

Fabrice AI is a digital representation of my thoughts based on all the content of my blog. It is meant to be an interactive, intelligent assistant capable of understanding and … Continue reading “”

One of my defining traits is my intellectual curiosity. It expressed itself in college through taking a plethora of classes: molecular biology, computer science, the Roman Empire, the Peloponnesian War, … Continue reading “”

For most of human history, the human condition was a struggle to survive. Quality of life barely improved for thousands of years. As recently as two hundred years ago most … Continue reading “”

It’s been a while since I posted. I have been working on several new features. First and foremost, the blog is now multilingual. I used WPML to translate my top … Continue reading “”

All our lives are the result of an extremely improbable set of events. Despite all the efforts it takes for us to succeed, we would not be where we are … Continue reading “”

 “They did not know it was impossible so they did it.” Mark Twain’s quote resonates with me. As much as we encourage founders to validate their startup idea in an … Continue reading “”

“The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.” As a tech enthusiast, entrepreneur, and investor, I live this temporal disjuncture every day. I am privileged to see technologies … Continue reading “”

This week I was in Finse, Norway training for an upcoming polar expedition. The training involved skiing up to 25 km per day while pulling a 130-pound sled in blizzard … Continue reading “”