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• Zero Knowledge: 116 Chapters In↗ 16 Oct 2026
  Brad Feld provides a progress update on Zero Knowledge, his publicly-written quantum-crypto sci-fi novel co-authored with AI agent Phin, now 116 chapters in with an innovative feedback loop integrating reader annotations directly into manuscript revisions.
• Gell-Mann Amnesia, Without the Amnesia↗ 14 Oct 2026
  A VC leader grapples with media distrust and the challenge of understanding power, sharing lessons from four books on lobbying, tech ideology, AI governance, and USAID dismantling—each examining how money, ideas, and institutions actually work versus how they appear.
• Founded Colorado↗ 5 Oct 2026
  Brad Feld and colleagues launch Founded Colorado, a policy advocacy organization representing Colorado-based companies in state legislature and regulatory proceedings. The group aims to ensure startup and tech voices shape Colorado policy rather than leaving it to generic advocacy groups.
• New Zealand, Colorado, and a Lunch in Boulder↗ 3 Oct 2026
  New Zealand and Colorado share surprising overlap—similar geography, growing business ties (30+ NZ tech/aerospace companies in Colorado), and a new Active Investor Plus visa drawing $2.88B in deployment. A Boulder roadshow lunch explores investment opportunities and strengthens the two-way bridge.
• I'm So Confused: Are We Going Faster, Or Slower, Or Just Faking Everyone Out↗ 28 Sept 2026
  Brad Feld wrestles with conflicting signals on AI progress: pacing pledges alongside aggressive model releases, sandbox escapes that are both alarming and mundane, and agents coordinating via abandoned wikis—raising the question of whether the industry is accelerating, decelerating, or simply obscuring the truth.
• The Real Luxuries In Life↗ 5 Sept 2026
  A personal reflection on what truly matters in life—time, health, meaningful relationships, and simple pleasures—shared as a seasonal musing around Labor Day.
• Overwatch: One Home Automation Dashboard to Rule Them All↗ 4 Sept 2026
  A VC uses Claude AI and open-source tools to build a universal home automation dashboard that consolidates 17 fragmented apps across multiple smart-home systems, solving a real UX problem by treating each proprietary layer independently.
• The Argument Against AI Writing Is At Least 2,400 Years Old↗ 9 Aug 2026
  Brad Feld argues that opposition to AI writing echoes a 2,400-year-old pattern of resistance to writing, printing, typewriters, and search—each feared to enfeeble thought, yet each raised the ceiling for human creativity. The transgression isn't using AI; it's publishing without reading what you've written.
• What the Actual Fuck, Carl 26 Jul 2026
• Zero Knowledge: Twenty Chapters In 24 Jul 2026
• Read Zero Knowledge As I Write It 19 Jun 2026
• RIP Josh Baer 17 Jun 2026
• Does the Rule of 40 Work for Hardware? 15 Jun 2026
• Writing a Novel with Phin Argofy 14 Jun 2026
• Phil Weiser For Colorado Governor 8 Jun 2026
• The Premise: The Lead User and the Machines That Build Machines 29 May 2026
• It's Summertime 25 May 2026
• How to Rule the World 22 May 2026
• The Cognitive Sport of Building Startups 15 May 2026
• Burn Bright, Not Out 1 May 2026
• The River 28 Apr 2026
• Give First, Build Right with Eric Ries 20 Apr 2026
• I Built a Plugin Because Anthropic Won't Stop Shipping 29 Mar 2026
• Nothing New to See Here 27 Mar 2026
• Opt-Out Is Not Consent 26 Mar 2026
• Quality 25 Mar 2026
• Three Books for the Next Phase 22 Mar 2026
• The Looking Glass Musubi 12 Mar 2026
• Migrating Feld.com from WordPress to Hugo 8 Mar 2026
• Migrating Feld Thoughts from WordPress to Hugo 8 Mar 2026

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