Dec 16I spend an insane amount of time thinking about the future. Like a lot of people I imagine, perhaps more people than ever. I think most of us are wondering what is going to happen. It’s such a bizarre time. The confluence of so much technological “progress” (in quotes bc ppl debate whether it is or not, which is fair), social, health, economic and environmental changes, you know what I’m talkin bout people!I’m always just wondering where things are going to go.The main “thing” on my mind lately is "work." Where is "work" going?Most of us agree AI is going to eradicate a shit ton of jobs. There’s a lot of real world proof to back this up already too. It’s a safe assumption if not forgone conclusion.What happens next?The most likely conclusion is new jobs will replace the older, shittier ones. This is a tale as old as the printing press.But of course, there is also a fun period of time between the past and the future called the clusterfuck present.Humans need time to adapt. This is not going to be one of those times. This is going to be the bandaid ripping of the millennia.Some people will thrive and go figure out their own new things. Some will just go work for the inevitably growing government that is essentially UBI attached to jobs that don’t need to exist anymore but do for civilization stability purposes, some may go on some kind of advanced welfare, but most are in real trouble. And no one actually knows what to do…Someone is going to have to tell these people! Or give them a flow chart to follow.My feeling is we need as many new routes to new jobs as possible. There won’t be a silver bullet. The gov will try, but it will mostly fail. The solutions will be organic.Let me just wax extra poetic for a sec.It would be amazing if someone built an accelerator for people who are trying to build as many pathways to new jobs as possible. If you had to solve this problem, what would you build to do it?Personally, my idea is…There are a ton of boomers who own small businesses who will soon be retiring. Their kids don’t want to take over their boring old Marvel-licensed and branded bed sheets company. Even if it pays them a really good salary, gives them tons of flexibility, and they own it.This is insane to me in a world trying to make everyone you know and love obsolete.The boomers are also not going to upgrade and automate their businesses with AI. It’ll be up to the children.So, millennial or gen z inherits a boomer business, figures out how to make it more efficient or improve it, runs it for decades, sweet.Downside is, the business will almost certainly be “boring.” But hey, it works, and it will likely beat any job out there.I think there’s a cool opportunity in facilitating all of this. Transferring the business to a new owner, training them, helping them learn to run it, grow it, etc. And seems like AI could help a lot with the facilitation of this.I see a mega opportunity in building a company that helps boomers pass down businesses to their kids or random young person who wants it. While exiting to Costa Rican beach retirement glory. Everybody wins.Ok, back to focusing on creating my own gig for life.P.S. This is just a journal and I mostly write without much thinking. If there’s a sticky idea that I want to explore more, I might turn it into a real essay. In the mean time, enjoy the madness.

Dec 14, 2025I'm starting a business with my friend Lucas in Los Angeles. We're going to be making brushless motors in America with an all-American supply chain. It's a long story why we're doing this.We signed a lease, paid $18K, and just got the keys to our micro factory but, surprise! Between when we saw it and when we paid, the last tenant removed the 220V electrical panel and outlets, which is why we rented this spot in the first place.The landlord didn't know they installed any of that, and the tenant thought they had to return the space to its original condition. Who's at fault in this absurd mix-up?I would say the landlord for not being aware of what they are selling. Seems reasonable to assume the space is being sold the way we toured it. And also reasonable to assume the electrical panel and power outlets aren't scheduled to be removed.Not to mention, the tenant also spent $10K to remove the panel and outlets without talking to anyone, which is also bizarre, especially when we talked to them and they knew that's what made the space valuable to us.I'm not really sure how this could have been prevented. I suppose we could have also stipulated in the contract that the space must come with the roof too. And the urinal.Hopefully tomorrow they either just add the power back in or cancel the contract. We signed it like 2 days ago, and there's no way I'm giving them another $ anyway.I read about how Taiwan is taking the "porcupine" strategy with China, making it too painful to attack. I'm going to do the same. Better for them to just make peace with us or let us walk.Besides that, 10-15% of my time each day is spent taking care of my Mom with Alzheimer's. Not directly, I live in LA, but I travel home sometimes, and manage her 6-8 care providers and programs from afar.It's a lot of work since they're all different organizations, have differing hours of operation, holidays, she needs transport to and from places and appointments every day, there are bills and costs to manage, people to coordinate, etc.Imagine taking care of a disabled child, who needs full-time care, remotely. The good news is, she's extremely happy, positive, and appreciative, albeit very confused.Other than that, I guess things are good. I have a feeling I hit rock bottom in terms of life difficulty about 6 months back, and it'll only get better from here. Rock bottom also feels a lot higher than rock bottom used to feel a few years ago, so that's promising.

Dec 13, 2025It's taken me a long time to decide to start a journal. I realized what matters to me is having a record of my life. My memory is generally terrible, something I hope to improve in 2026, but this may help too. And I figure it will be cool to look back on some day. We'll see if I keep it up.For my first entry, I will explain the origin of the name Café Amit.This was the name given to the kitchen hang out area I set up at buildspace campus to host meetings with my students. They would bring me their A+ problem each week, and I'd help them figure it out.In my calendar, they could choose what kind of coffee I made for them at the start of the meeting, an aeropress or a pourover, and I'd feature different fancy coffees each week from shops all over SF.I'm a perfectionist in all the crafts I care about, and I enjoyed giving them a tour of the many flavors and brew methods of coffee, and teaching them the best methods, while I worked at my own craft.They would often attempt to make coffee like I showed them, then bring me a shot glass amount in a cup for my review while they stared at my face, waiting to see my genuine reaction. I'm a tough critic, so it was always constructive feedback with a hint of great promise.Everyone knew the kitchen was my domain and where I came into my own, and one day someone called it Café Amit and it stuck.

And here is a picture of Farza seeing that our coffee shop at buildspace IRL was named something other than Café Amit, and doing something about it.

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