Business Socializer Brief 2-12-2025
Inflation heats up, Starlink changes the world, Next 3 years in AI
Consumer prices rise 0.5% in January, Higher than Expected as Annual Rate Rises to 3%
In California, Entrepreneurs Step Into a Larger Fire Response and Prevention Role
Good to see. The government in California looks utterly impotent.
Amid the chaos, a firefighter I know recommended an app that tracks fires, reports information related to them, and sends users notifications with important updates. Watch Duty is a free app (with a paid option) that, according to its founder, entrepreneur and engineer John Clark Mills, arose as a direct response to the shortcomings of government wildfire responses in the state.
The Triumphs and Troubles of Starlink
I know people who use Starlink in the middle of nowhere and they LOVE it. The person I was talking to said that at one point they had 13 people streaming videos at the same time and everything was smooth as digital silk.
But nothing’s perfect.
Starlink-Starved Citizens Spark ‘National Emergency’ in the Falkland Islands
Local telecommunication authorities have instructed Starlink to disable your services,” the email said, according to reporting from the website OpenFalklands.
Using a Starlink terminal in the Falklands is, technically, illegal unless you’ve got a specialized and expensive license. The locals are trying to change that but that hasn’t stopped them from hooking up their homes to Starlink satellite terminals anyway.
Most of these feel about right right now. Robotaxis I think just started the rounds in Austin.
Watch These Google DeepMind Robots Play a Game of Soccer
They are learning to play by themselves.
Over the Next 3 Years AI Will Rock the World
Watch the attached video from “Julia McCoy”. In it she explains that the AI revolution (and it is a full on revolution) is not coming. It’s here now. She believes that the way the economy will look at the end of this year will be very different from what it looks like on February 6 as I write this. (Because of the exponential evolution of AI.)
