Long before algorithms ruled markets or models predicted our next move, we had something else just as powerful: language. It shaped civilizations. It built religions, resolved wars, and launched scientific revolutions. And now, in 2025, it has taken on a new role. It’s not just communication. It’s command. We’ve crossed a threshold where words are not only expressive; they’re operational. You can literally talk to … Continue reading Lost In Translation?
Is Really About Something Else In February 2018, I was getting ready for my trip to MWC in Barcelona, when the unexpected happened. My getting thinner despite my strong “healthy” eating (or not) fired an alarm that took me to my doctor and all of a sudden I woke up in a hospital bed with a 3 small scar and a big realization. The doctor … Continue reading The Quest for Success
It feels like one of those moments when you hear “video killed the radio star”. Except this time, no radio died. Video was reborn. In the span of days, two launches reshaped what video even means. Synthesia 3.0 unveiled video agents, lifelike avatars, AI copilots, and interactive courses—video not as a clip but as a system. Then Sam Altman announced Sora 2, describing it as … Continue reading Video Renaissance
How the AI Moment Rhymes with the Internet’s Dawn Or Does it? Going back for the summer to Spain to visit family, I found myself in my mom’s basement—dust motes in the sunbeams, the faint smell of cardboard and old paper, and boxes labeled in my younger handwriting. In one, under envelopes of old photos from my photo-journalistic period and the detritus of a pre-cloud … Continue reading From Dial-Up to GPT-5
On May 1st, I lost a key anchor in my life.Almost 30 years of friendship.She wasn’t just a friend — she was a mirror, a compass, a teacher. She introduced me to meditation before it was cool.To gratitude before it was gamified.To kindness as a quiet form of strength.She showed me how to notice my mind, how to question it,how to sit with discomfort — … Continue reading The Moment
Jose Larrucea 