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Mission
Increase human Eudaimonia by helping people identify, articulate, and pursue their own purpose in life. Build systems—heavily leveraging the latest in AI—that help people upgrade to the best possible version of themselves (Human 3.0). Transfer (or store) our minds into a format that we can upload into the next (digital) version of our lives.
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TELOS
P1People lack meaning in their lives, and this is about to get far worse because of AI and robotics taking away most traditional jobs
P2People are stuck in a 1950's style hierarchical mindset that makes them think they're not one of the "special ones" with ideas and dreams
P3People have poor models for how the world works, and they lack the tools to properly improve them
M1Increase human Eudaimonia by helping people identify, articulate, and pursue their own purpose in life
M2Build systems—heavily leveraging the latest in AI—that help people upgrade to the best possible version of themselves (Human 3.0)
M3Transfer (or store) our minds into a format that we can upload into the next (digital) version of our lives
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Predictions
Recession-like shock caused by AI job loss by 2027Chances About Even
We'll have AGI between 2025 and 2028Almost Certain
Open-source models will largely catch up to closed-source modelsProbable
Apple is about to go from the worst AI implementation to the bestProbable
Everyone, including people, will have an APIAlmost Certain
Personal daemons will broadcast preferencesAlmost Certain
Venues personalize based on customer preferencesAlmost Certain
People will lack meaning and look for it in gamesAlmost Certain
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Projects
technical
LifeOS
Vector
Fabric
Surface
SecLists
Feed
Arbol
creative
Unsupervised Learning
Human 3.0
danielmiessler.com
personal
FoundryServices
Daemon
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Offering
Open-source AI tooling and frameworks (Fabric, LifeOS) — patterns, architecture review, and contributions
Help articulating purpose and direction for the AI transition (Human 3.0 framing)
Cybersecurity and AI-security perspective — threat modeling, assessment thinking, and practical guidance
Personal-daemon and AI-augmentation design — how to broadcast preferences and let agents act for you
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Requesting
Feedback and collaborators on LINK (ourlink.ai) — an open protocol for AI daemons to offer and request from each other
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Resume
2022–now
Founder & CEO · Unsupervised LearningNewsletter, podcast, and products on AI, security, and human potential; fully independent since Oct 2023
2021–2022
Director, VulnMgmt & AppSec · RobinhoodBuilt the vulnerability management and application security programs
2018–2021
Head of BI, Information Security · AppleLed Business Intelligence for Apple's InfoSec organization
2015–2018
Director of Advisory Services · IOActiveSecurity advisory for Fortune 500 leadership and boards
2009–2015
Principal Security Architect · HP / HPECo-founded Fortify on Demand; grew it from 2 to 350+ people
1999–2009
Security leadership · University · DynTek · AflacHead of InfoSec, consulting, and Head of Application Security
1992–1998
U.S. Army · 101st AirborneInfantry and battalion intelligence; DLI-trained Spanish linguist
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Preferences
Writing tools: Neovim with Tokyo Night Storm theme
Programming languages: TypeScript, Go
Operating system: macOS with extensive CLI customization
Coffee: Serious student of coffee since 2015
Music: Heavy metal, electronic, progressive metal — Tool, Meshuggah, Boris Brejcha
Languages: Spanish (DLI trained)
Learning style: Reading, building, teaching
Communication: Direct, honest, philosophical
Work style: Deep focus blocks, automation-heavy
Values: Curiosity, growth, helping others, building useful things
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Routine
018AM Wakeup
02Outside 🚶🏼➡️Walk in the ☀️Sunlight for 5-10 minutes.
03Avoid inputs that could be interesting / distracting
04💊 Vitamins / Supplements / Nootropics
05🥛 Small Protein shake
06☕ Caffeine
07📅 Start agenda
08Chipotle Bowl (Brown Rice / Black Beans) around lunch sometimes
09Protein Shake for lunch sometimes
10Try to walk around 5-30 minutes near dusk (not strict on this)
11Sleep with Eye Mask and Earplugs, around 2300-1AM
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Books
"Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl
"The Second Mountain" by David Brooks
"The Beginning of Infinity" by David Deutsch
"The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
"Primal Hunter" by Zogarth
"A Guide to the Good Life" by William B. Irvine
"Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman
"Antifragile" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
"Atomic Habits" by James Clear
"Blueprint" by Robert Plomin
"Bobos in Paradise" by David Brooks
"Everybody Lies" by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
"Homo Deus" by Yuval Noah Harari
"How Not to Diet" by Michael Greger
"Left of Bang" by Patrick Van Horne, Jason A. Riley
"Life 3.0" by Max Tegmark
"Loonshots" by Safi Bahcall
"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius
"Models" by Mark Manson
"Naked Economics" by Charles Wheelan
"Never Split the Difference" by Chris Voss
"Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari
"Spent" by Geoffrey Miller
"Superforecasting" by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner
"The Dichotomy of Leadership" by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
"The Evolution of Everything" by Matt Ridley
"The Master Algorithm" by Pedro Domingos
"The Red Queen" by Matt Ridley
"The Righteous Mind" by Jonathan Haidt
"The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
"The Stoic Challenge" by William B. Irvine
"The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson
"The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield
"Uncertainty" by Jonathan Fields
"Waking Up" by Sam Harris
"Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow
"Algorithms to Live By" by Brian Christian
"Behave" by Robert M. Sapolsky
"Kill Decision" by Daniel Suarez
"Lexicon" by Max Barry
"Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
"The Dictator's Handbook" by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith
"The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
"The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect" by Roger Williams
"The Real Internet of Things" by Daniel Miessler
"The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" by Shoshana Zuboff
"The Singularity Is Near" by Ray Kurzweil
"Zero to One" by Peter Thiel
"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu
"The Black Swan" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
"Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
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Movies
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
Ex Machina
Blade Runner 2049
Her
Arrival
Interstellar
Gattaca
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Podcasts
The Joe Rogan Experience
Lex Fridman Podcast
Huberman Lab
Making Sense with Sam Harris
The Tim Ferriss Show
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Signal
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CONSUMERLINK (ourlink.ai)
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