Silicon Valley Correspondent @californiapost @nypost| People, AI, money & power | ex @Reuters TV & @ftchinese columnist | Signal: Vivilinsv.88 |Views are my own
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Vivi retweeted
先不说这个帖子的真假，讨论一下其中说的中国现在是真的没钱这一点。其实真正想让资金和人才重新流入中国，靠的不是口号，更不是短期优惠，而是加强法治、改善营商环境、保护私有财产与基本人权，重建国际社会对中国的长期信心。信心恢复了，外商直接投资（FDI）自然会留下，甚至加码。
可惜，近年来的一系列政策和事件却背道而驰：马云一度淡出公众视野，包凡被带走调查，国进民退不断加剧……这些信号让国际资本越来越难以评估中国市场的政治风险。对外资而言，最可怕的从来不是成本上升，而是规则可以随时改变、个人和资产的安全缺乏稳定预期。外资撤退并非“唱衰中国”，而是风险与选择之间最直接的因果关系。
再多说一句：中国当然可以通过免签、邀请国际网红、举办大型活动来改善国家形象，但这些传播手段，都不如真正展现一个文明、温暖大国应有的风范——推动动物保护立法，出台反虐待动物法，让残害生命者受到惩罚，让善意和正义得到制度保护。
小狗旺旺的悲惨遭遇之所以引发如此巨大的愤怒，不只是因为人们同情一只小动物，更因为有关方面没有明确站在良知一边，反而让施害者受到庇护。这伤害的绝不仅仅是“动物保护人士”对中国的印象，而是所有仍然相信正义、尊重生命的人。
一个国家真正的国际形象，不是网红镜头里的繁华，而是它如何对待最弱小、最无法为自己发声的生命。
资本在观察制度，人才在判断未来，而世界也在注视：当弱者受到伤害时，你究竟站在哪一边。
Vivi retweeted
一个社会是否正在走向失序，往往先看它如何对待最弱小的生命。当有人可以任意虐杀动物，却没有法律、学校、家庭和社会力量及时干预，这本身就是危险的迹象。
《Lord of the Flies》（《蝇王》）写的正是这种过程：一群孩子脱离文明秩序后，逐渐分裂，暴力、恐惧和权力欲不断扩张，最终恶的一方开始追杀仍然坚持理性和善良的人。它虽然是一部寓言，却非常真实地揭示了：当规则失效、暴力不受惩罚时，人性中最黑暗的一面会迅速占据上风。
今天中国最荒谬的矛盾也正在这里：一方面是天罗地网般的监控、AI识别和思想管控；另一方面，在法律缺位、权力失责的领域，虐待、霸凌和对弱者的暴力却呈现出某种“无政府状态”。
这与文革时期学生可以公开羞辱、殴打甚至杀害老师的社会心理，本质上有相似之处：不是没有权力，而是权力只负责控制，却不再负责守护基本的正义与人伦。
如果体制内仍有清醒的人，就应该明白，引导社会尊重生命、保护弱者、惩戒暴力，并不是“小题大做”，而是在阻止整个社会继续滑向野蛮。
可惜在当今“皇上”统治下，官员人人自危、自保优先，没有人愿意为真正的社会问题承担责任。所谓“文革2.0”，不一定从一场正式运动开始，它可能正从对暴力的纵容、对弱者的冷漠，以及全社会越来越习惯沉默开始。
Vivi retweeted
所以我每次看到努努就想起揭阳的那只小狗妈妈旺旺，悲从心生。都是相似的经历，一岁多的小狗当了妈妈，辛苦照顾自己存活的几个宝宝，已经特别不容易。努努和她的孩子总算是有了安稳的人生，但是旺旺和她的孩子们惨死恶魔手上。怎能让人不心疼和愤怒？
可悲的是，在中国那样法制不健全和对生命漠视的社会，对弱小动物作恶，不用付出代价，滋生了太多邪恶。说生灵涂炭，也不过分。当然也还有好心人和有良知有人性的人，不然我们也没法知道这些悲剧。
希望所有有爱心有良知，是非分明的朋友们，继续为揭阳的旺旺发声，为推动中国保护动物立法呼吁，每一份努力，即便渺小，也是最终可以改变历史的动力。谢谢你们。❤️
Vivi retweeted
Thank you, honestly a sharper framing than I've managed myself. One thing I'd add, tool bloat is an invisible tax. You pay it on every request before the agent does anything, which is why it hides until it surfaces as a bill, latency, or a context overflow that just makes the model worse.
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晓音 @quxiaoyin 是宝藏女孩。我经常看她在自己视频号的分享，非常自然接地气，分享的干货也很多。我之前需要接触一个硅谷一线基金，找她帮忙推荐，她一下子就爽快答应了，让我特别感动！
她的公司，专门赋能一人公司，大家可以用起来！ tycoon.us/
Vivi retweeted
睡眠不是“休息”的代名词, 而是一段精密编排的生理程序——大脑在此完成代谢废物清除, 免疫系统在此完成“巡检与重组”, 激素在此重设峰谷, 肠道菌群在此重塑生态。
我后面将与大家分享睡眠对七大系统 (心血管、代谢、大脑、内分泌、肠道、免疫、肿瘤)的影响, 并将免疫系统作为这些通路最终的汇聚点。
@vivilinsv
杨老师的这篇文章让我更下定决心，要重视好睡眠，已经到了要惜命的高度。
我一直自诩生活健康规律 - 坚持做瑜伽超过10年，饮食注意，身材苗条健美，无任何不良嗜好 - 除了晚睡。。。
从大学生时代起，脱离了父母的管促，彻底放飞自我，经常通宵跳舞蹦迪（就是单纯跳舞，从来不喝酒嗑药等），第二天早上才回来，睡两个小时就去上课。
后来工作后成为电视记者，很多时候为了赶deadline，一群年轻人就睡在办公室地板上，不亦乐乎。有一次我爸妈来看我，看我工作到凌晨3-4点还在办公室赶片子，心疼的不得了。但是那时候二十岁出头，总感到用不完的劲，去不同的地方感受新闻发生的时刻，多累睡一觉，第二天就好了。
后来进入币圈，更是著名的不眠行业。还记得3点钟群吗？一群所谓的大佬都是热情洋溢工作整晚。我当时在火星财经做美国负责人，回北京出差的时候，深刻体会行业的热情 - 整个办公室都是一起工作到凌晨3-4点钟，然后Fred老大再带我们一起吃夜宵😂。《王锋十问》也经常是整个团队彻夜奋战出品。有一次高管开会到凌晨2-3点，我看到主编李劳嘴唇发青发紫，我和Fred说，他再这样下去会不会猝死？😅 吓得Fred赶紧打电话给李劳老师，说 - 你今天多睡一会，明天晚点来上班。
疫情之后，更珍惜健康，也更成熟了，几乎很少再熬夜这么凶。但是习惯性晚睡一直没有改过来。这段时间开始长期戴apple watch 更好观测自己的健康。发现即便我11点左右就上床，但是平均入睡时间为23:44，一不小心就超过凌晨才入睡。杨老师文章里提到的 - 晚上10点就上床，11点之前入睡 - 这才是标准的健康方式。真正做到，非常不容易。很多时候，大脑神经还非常活跃，如果再看看手机，一下子时间就过去了，所以临睡前switch off 大脑，不接触电子产品，冥想一下很重要。
大家有什么临睡前让大脑安静的方法，欢迎分享。🫶
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VIVI Media — Visibility for Visionaries youtu.be/gXXRMEyx8-8?si=nxmN… via @YouTube
My life changed when @Vivi_Valley wrote the story about me. Not just popularity and shares on the internet.
But it changed because I was forced to face my imposter syndrome. Vivi made the action that I always feared to make. I can’t thank you enough. I ramble when I talk. I never knew how to talk to non construction people.
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I have over 10 years experiences of GTM, growth marketing in APAC region. In the AI era, a lot of things will be disrupted but some fundamental first principle things will still be the same.
Thanks Vivi for the great question @vivilinsv
Silicon Valley still underestimates APAC.
One big reason? Too many people think it’s just one market.
In this clip, @CharlieHusats of @CocoAIxyz breaks down why the real opportunity — and the real challenge — is much more nuanced.
Full episode in the thread below. 👇
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It was great to speak on Vivi's podcast. APAC market is definitely the highest growing AI agent adoption market, not only in consumer adoption but also in enterprise adoptions. We are growing fast and upgrading our features while we are scaling. @vivilinsv
Stay tuned for Coco's update in our twitter @CocoAIxyz
As an old friend of @CharlieHusats from our crypto journey, this conversation felt especially meaningful to me.
Charlie has already achieved what many would call “enough” — success, experience, even financial freedom. But what I respect is that he’s still hungry, still building, and now going all-in on AI with a big mission:
helping millions of small businesses across Southeast Asia and APAC become more efficient, more capable, and more future-ready.
That spirit came through strongly in this interview.
A few takeaways:
• the real AI opportunity may be in helping real businesses, not just flashy demos
• @CocoAIxyz is building AI teams, not just AI assistants
• APAC is one of the most underestimated markets
• trust, deployment, and maintenance may matter more than hype
• humans still need to stay in the loop
What stood out to you most? Where do you see the biggest real-world AI opportunity right now? Drop your thoughts below to join the discussion. 😊
Full episode link in the thread below if you’d like to dive deeper. 👇
Vivi retweeted
🩵 Souli Daily #35 — Eye Contact Is Trust Made Visible
Eye contact isn't just polite — it's primal.
Researcher Zick Rubin (1970) found that couples deeply in love maintained eye contact during 75% of their conversation — compared to just 30–60% for strangers.
Why? Because sustained eye contact triggers oxytocin release — the same bonding hormone released in a mother's first glance at her newborn.
💬 Try this:
• Hold eye contact for 4–5 seconds before looking away — it signals presence, not pressure
• The "slow blink" (gentle, unhurried) communicates safety and ease
• Look someone in the eyes before you speak — it says: what I'm about to say matters
You don't need perfect words. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can offer is: I see you.
#mindfuldating #souliai
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Psychology fact: people feel most connected when they feel understood, not agreed with. The next time someone shares something hard, try reflecting back before responding. It changes everything. #Relationships
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Yesterday Mark Cuban reposted my work, DM'd me, and told me to keep telling my story.
So here it is.
I'm a Master Electrician. IBEW Local 369. 15 years pulling wire in Kentucky. Zero coding background. I didn't go to Stanford. I went to trade school.
Every week I'd show up to a home where someone just bought a Tesla or a Rivian. And every time, someone had already told them they needed a $3,000-$5,000 panel upgrade to install a charger.
70% of the time? They didn't need it.
The math is in the NEC — Section 220.82. Load calculations. But nobody was doing them for homeowners. Electricians upsell. Dealers don't know. And the homeowner just pays.
I got angry enough to build something about it.
I found @claudeai. No coding experience. I just started talking to it like I'd explain a job to an apprentice. "Here's how load calcs work. Here's the NEC code. Now help me build a tool that does this."
6 months later — @ChargeRight is live. Real software. Stripe payments. PDF reports. NEC 220.82 calculations automated. $12.99 instead of a $500 truck roll.
I'm still pulling wire. I still take service calls. I wake up at 5:05 AM for work.
But something shifted.
Yesterday @vivilinsv published my story as Claude Builder Spotlight #1. Mark Cuban saw it. The Claude community showed up. And for the first time, I felt like this thing I built in my kitchen might actually matter.
I'm not a tech founder. I'm a dad who wants to coach little league and be home for dinner. I just happened to build something that helps people.
If you're in the trades and thinking about using AI — do it. The barrier isn't technical skill. It's believing you're allowed to try.
EVchargeright.com
Vivi retweeted
Today @vivilinsv published my story as Claude Builder Spotlight #1.
And I cried reading it.
Not because of the feature.
Because she saw what it was really about.
Here's the story she told — and the one behind it 🧵
nitter.cf/vivilinsv/status/20318…
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It’s extremely good that Anthropic has not backed down, and it’s siginficant that OpenAI has taken a similar stance.
In the future, there will be much more challenging situations of this nature, and it will be critical for the relevant leaders to rise up to the occasion, for fierce competitors to put their differences aside. Good to see that happen today.
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Respect @DarioAmodei for that. He seems to genuinely have humanity at heart. It’s sad that things have come to this, but maybe this kind of tipping point was always inevitable.
The fact that @AnthropicAI can say no already says a lot about democratic checks in the U.S. In many other countries, China included - the answer might have been decided for them.
Let’s hope meaningful limits on state power remain in place. Once powerful AI can be too easily absorbed into government or military systems, the risk is no longer abstract - it becomes existential.
Btw Reuters reported Friday that Trump had directed federal agencies to cease using Anthropic technology amid a Pentagon dispute over AI and warfare. 
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Children are humanity’s future — and how we prepare them for the AI era may be one of the defining forces shaping where we go as a species.
And it starts with us, as parents.
As Amy put it so well: our job is to raise AI builders and creators — not just consumers. If AI will be present in every child’s life, the real question is whether we’re equipping them with clarity, accountability, and strong decision-making to use it wisely.
Human- AI alignment starts with how we raise kids!
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The pace of AI is accelerating.
Our role is to slow down enough to build wisdom around it.
Children do not just need access to tools. They need guidance on how to use them with integrity and ownership.
That is the real work ahead.
“Intentional parenting is no longer a virtue. It’s a necessity.” golden quote of the day by @amydlove!
Amy just published a powerful piece titled “Something Big Is Happening.” And she’s right.
AI isn’t just reshaping work. It’s reshaping how our children think, learn, reason — and form judgment.
In our earlier episode of @Vivi_Valley’s AI for Humanity series, Amy said something that still echoes:
"We adopted social media before alignment.
We cannot afford to repeat that mistake with AI".
As someone who closely observes human–AI dynamics — from cognition to relationships — I see the shift clearly: Information is abundant. But Judgment is scarce.
The future will not reward those who used AI the fastest. It will reward those who integrate it wisely — with discernment, creativity, and ethical grounding.
The real question is: Are we preparing this generation intentionally - or letting adoption outpace alignment again?
A must-read for anyone who wants not just to survive, but to help the next generation truly thrive in the Age of AI.
