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Spoiler: it's a gift and a way to predict the future

Me predicting your future.
Welcome back, lateral thinkers!
It’s been a while since my last deep-dive, but if you think that means I’ve been slacking, think again. I’ve been down a very deep rabbit hole focused on both growth marketing and AI. I’m back, though, and more excited than ever.
One thing about me - I hate hype for hype’s sake.
Which is why when I say I’m blown away, I mean it.
Perplexity just dropped their new Comet “agentic” browser and, hand on heart, this is the most fascinating digital product I’ve used in over a decade.
If you want to experience the most fascinating AI browser I’ve ever seen, do yourself a favor and download CometAI right now.
Use this invite; thank me later: Click here to claim your invite to CometAI
I don’t know if Comet will be the winner in this space, but some sort of agentic browser will be, so if you don’t try it, I honestly think you’re missing out on the future.
Speaking of the future…
Predicting the future isn’t about being a genius.
It’s about volume.
The myth we buy into—the one peddled by motivational speakers and personal brand “visionaries”—is that successful people see the future before it happens.
The truth? They try everything, fail 90% of the time, and win because people only remember the 10%.
Take Gary Vee and many others like him. You think he’s clairvoyant? Not quite. He’s just always ranting, posting, testing, and launching.
If something bombs, he’ll forget about it in seconds. There’s another shot tomorrow. Even a broken clock is right twice a day and this applies perfectly here.
The difference between “genius” and “follower” isn’t vision—it’s reps. If you’re trying 10 things, and I’m trying 100, I have a significant higher chance of success.
So if you want an actionable strategy for the future: increase your attempts, not your anxiety. Volume beats precision, especially when the uncertainty is this high.
If the tools are (almost) free and the potential is exponential, why play it safe? Predicting the future isn’t about being smarter, it’s about being braver and faster.
If you’re using AI the same way as everyone else, you’ll get the same results as everyone else.
Use Comet (invite code reminder), break stuff, remix prompts, and above all—protect your weirdness. Algorithmic sameness is everywhere; what’s rare is the truly original.
Before you go, here are three killer articles on AI published in the past two weeks. Cue curiosity:
“OpenAI Sora 2: Quantum Leap for AI Video Generation”. Sora 2 now generates 60-second, cinema-quality videos with natural motion, multi-object interactions, and the option to insert yourself into the action.
I still have some Sora 2 invites - reply to this email and if there are any left, I’ll send you one.
“LLMs can simulate humans with 90% accuracy”. Large language models can now simulate realistic consumer survey responses—matching 90% of human reliability—offering a scalable, bias-free alternative for predicting purchase intent.
“AI Bots wrote and peer-reviewed en entire conference”. A recent academic conference saw all papers written and reviewed by AI models, allowing scientists to test if machine reviewers can truly replace human judgment—and highlighting the coming era of algorithmic academia
So, predict the future. Try everything. Stay weird. And for the love of digital progress, get yourself into the CometAI early adopter club right now.
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