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A live, machine-readable broadcast of what Daniel Miessler is doing, building, and thinking.

I'm building AI that upgrades humans. Humanity desperately needs to transition from Human 2.0—defined by work and corporate identity—to Human 3.0—defined by creative self-expression and unique value creation. AI enables this by merging play with purposeful work.

>Building LifeOS and shipping AI products weekly
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Live Feed

ACQUIRING SIGNAL…
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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

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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

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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
Fabric
Surface
SecLists
Feed
Arbol

creative

Unsupervised Learning
Human 3.0
danielmiessler.com

personal

FoundryServices
Daemon
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Offering

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Open-source AI tooling and frameworks (Fabric, LifeOS) — patterns, architecture review, and contributions
open-sourceaifabriclifeostooling
Help articulating purpose and direction for the AI transition (Human 3.0 framing)
human-3.0purposemeaningai-transitioncoaching
Cybersecurity and AI-security perspective — threat modeling, assessment thinking, and practical guidance
cybersecurityai-securitythreat-modelingadvisory
Personal-daemon and AI-augmentation design — how to broadcast preferences and let agents act for you
daemonpersonal-aiaugmentationprotocollink
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Requesting

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Feedback and collaborators on LINK (ourlink.ai) — an open protocol for AI daemons to offer and request from each other
linkprotocolai-daemonsopen-standardcollaboration
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Resume

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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
FULL RESUME ↗
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Preferences

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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

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"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 (LitRPG)
"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius
"Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari
"The Singularity Is Near" by Ray Kurzweil
"Zero to One" by Peter Thiel
"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu
"Antifragile" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
"The Black Swan" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
"Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
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Movies

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The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
Ex Machina
Blade Runner 2049
Her
Arrival
Interstellar
Gattaca
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Podcasts

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The Joe Rogan Experience
Lex Fridman Podcast
Huberman Lab
Making Sense with Sam Harris
The Tim Ferriss Show
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Signal

machine-readable
PROFILE/daemon-data.jsonFEED/feed.json
CONSUMERLINK (ourlink.ai)

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