I was in college in the late 90s when the internet hit. I'd hand-coded binary to pass the entry-level computer science courses. Learned Visual Basic when it was the thing. Got Cisco certified. Passed CCNA. Network security stack. I had certifications nobody my age had.   And I missed it. Not because I didn't have the talent. Not because I didn't have the intellect. Not because I didn't have the skills. I had all three.   I missed it because I listened to the wrong voices. The voices in the late 90s sounded like this: "The internet is going to destroy real businesses." "Nobody is actually going to shop online." "This is a bubble." All of them were wrong. The honest question I should have been asking was not "is the internet good for humanity?" It was a different question. Is it inevitable? I waited. The train left. I spent the next twenty years catching up. AI is the same shape of moment. I am not making that mistake twice. Issue #3 of Lefty Notes just dropped. Link in the comments if you want to read it.