Today is December 11th 2025.
The "person of the year" title has been given to the "architects of AI", namely Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Elon Musk of Tesla, Sam Altman of OpenAI, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Demis Hassabis of DeepMind, Lisa Su of AMD, Dario Amodei and Fei-Fei Li.
The European Union allegedly is going to decide to remove the combustion engine ban for the year 2035 after protests from car manufacturers. Personally, I'm not sure this will have an effect - the electric car is here to stay and the time for combustion vehicles is ending one way or another - whether through bans or technological superiority remains to be seen. And who knows - maybe 20 years from now it will not be a question of which power source cars use but who drives them - humans or AI.
There is also a lot of turmoil in the world. Russia is still fighting against Ukraine and politicians warn that Russia might attack Europe next. Strange to think of it, when I was a child, the same kind of things were said back then.
In other news, I bought 10 shares of Nvidia, 1 share of Mercado Libre and 17 shares of the Franklin FTSE India ETF today.
Why am I saying all this? Because when I was a child, I wish that somebody would have documented what happened on the day I was born. Today, I became an uncle to a girl name Inaya. If she ever reads this, I want her to know that there was someone who cared to document what happened in the world on the day she was born. And who knows how much these shares might be worth one day in the future.
My wife and I even planned to keep some of those shares as a possible future gift, maybe to be used for a holiday together with out niece. But only if circumstances allow and she is a "cool" person. Maybe people won't use the word "cool" in 15 or 20 years, I don't know.
Anyway, welcome to this world, Inaya. You have been born into a place that is very unusual and during a time period when we might be heading for new and remarkable developments. At the same time, I am also worried for you: How will your family cope with the challenges of this special time and place? And how will the world develop for better or worse? Will you be able to develop well in this extremely digital age where almost every toddler is handed a computer screen from almost the first year of life? Will you be a digital zombie who has trouble making real connections with human beings, or will you be able to capitalize on the newest developments in AI, healthcare, technology?
I wish you the best. You will most likely still be there when I'm gone. So make the best of it and always remember to be aware and in the moment. The universe needs you to observe it and be fully in the moment. Use the life force that has been given to you. And I hope to see you grow up from a distance.
