The 3 Types of Truth – from Tom Chi's book, Climate Capital #climatecapital #comicstrip #graphicartist #misinformation #scientifictruth

What if a nation measured both its GDP and its natural resource health index? How might that change what is possible in an economy? #climatecapital #GDP

Agree or disagree? The current narrative on AI is that the data center buildout required to fuel it will destroy our environment, but AI can actually play a significant role in improving environmental outcomes. The Pulse of AI: www.thepulseofai.com/post/from-go...

Taiwan’s experiment with "deliberative democracy" is an example of how to solve the problem of deepfakes and misinformation. This is what I mean when I talk about the power of community, and how data-driven, build-forward conversations can drive coherent action and results. #ClimateCapital

Sometimes we get so wrapped up in hitting a certain metric that we forget to ask the question, What actually happened? What nuanced information can we observe when we are not blinded by our expectations of a result?

"What actually happened?" gets you out of the world of representation. It gets you out of the place where all progress is virtual, meme-battle trench warfare, and spectacle debates. The widespread denial of the climate and humanitarian crises is us ignoring what actually happened. #ClimateCapital

At the Cleantech Group event today delivering a lunchtime keynote on the #3ShellModel I've developed to help our companies move their breakthrough technologies from pilot stages to successful industrial deployment.

The ability to form a community is one of our most foundational skills as a species – to learn from each other, to coordinate, to make plans and dream together. No matter how skilled we were as individuals, we have always gotten more, been able to become more by being in community. #ClimateCapital

When something is "capital," it becomes easier to interface with the capitalistic optimization algorithm – which doesn’t have any intrinsic values or aesthetics; it moves relentlessly to places where the numbers look better. What happens when this is applied to nature, or natural capital?

We must move past defining success solely by maximizing net worth. Wealth can be isolating (leading to "sad on a boat"). True success comes from purposeful work, deep friendships, and active contribution to community goals.

If you work in a creative field, even with wildly impressive background and experience, you are still wrong at least 90% of the time. Being wrong isn't even an event, it's just the state you're in most of the time until you're almost done.

To cut through the noise of ideology and misinformation, we must prioritize understanding ecology, physics, and human psychology over just economics and politics. Physical reality sets the constraints for durable solutions.

Nine years later, nine million views. Worth revisiting my TEDx Taipei talk "Everything is Connected –Here's How" www.youtube.com/watch

There are many things that work in theory that don’t work in practice. If you want to change the world, shift your focus from punditry to the build. Builders embrace failure as crucial data. Choose action over analysis paralysis. #climatecapital

Here's my 10-second MBA: To build a successful business, first do something that meaningfully improves people's lives. Then make step one cash flow positive. #climatecapital #business

The longest-running study on human happiness shows the quality of our relationships and sense of Community are the strongest predictors of a healthy life.

The antidote for modern exhaustion: More devotion. Less hustle.

As an early investor in Dalan, I’ve watched the platform evolve from the first USDA-approved honeybee vaccine into a way to protect shrimp, an important global protein source. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Outrage is the fast food version of purpose. It fills you up, but too much will make you very ill.

Leadership by compassion is something that can never be taken away. It exists the moment we employ the skill of seeing folks deeply and building toward common goals together

Pay attention to feeling, not because feelings are more important than truth, but because it patterns how we respond to truth.

I’ve been enjoying and replying to the comments on my TED talk. Some really thoughtful questions and reflections. www.youtube.com/watch

What is the difference between leading with compassion vs. leading by force? Leadership by compassion is something that can never be taken away. It exists the moment we employ the skill of seeing folks deeply and building toward common goals together. #climatecapital

Who we are is simply the verbs we are inhabiting.

Critical thinking, creativity, compassion, and community are are how we will solve the challenges of our time. Unlike robots and AI, these are uniquely human skills. How do you see the four C’s combining to solve problems? #climatecapital

AI outputs can often defy expectations. But assuming AIs possess consciousness is incorrect, and risky. Treating complex AI models as cognitive appliances, not conscious beings, is the mindset shift needed to use these powerful tools ethically and effectively. #ClimateCapital #AI

When systems reach the end of their life, we must honor what they created and reuse those accumulated nutrients (value/wealth) to fuel the next cycle of life. 🔄 Climate Capital explains how we can compost late-stage capitalism to build a sustainable economy. www.tomchi.com/home

What happened when Michael Coren, The Washington Post Climate Coach advice columnist, fed his Siberian husky 🐕, Miska, meatless kibble from Wild Earth for an entire year: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

If you think #Neo or #Optimus will replace human workers, remember that optimizing a robot to look like a human often results in the robot performing poorly at specialized tasks. Roomba is a simple disc that cleans floors more efficiently than a humanoid robot, for a fraction of the price.

The gift of the fleeting is that it asks us to be present. The gift of the eternal is that it is present to us.

Instead of chasing success, the only question to ask is: how to love your medium long enough to create a masterpiece?

When our plans are realized, we grow our ability to actualize. When plans go badly, we grow our perspective and frameworks.

In climate and #deeptech, GPs need to keep cracking the code on how to consistently get over the manufacturing de-risk and manage the process to maintain strong returns through the full capitalization journey.

As the year comes to an end, one can examine default frames, stepping outside of assumptions to see frameworks and stories clearly. That is how you can unlock new capability which empowers and increases agency. – @thegoodtomchi.bsky.social in #ClimateCapital: www.tomchi.com/home

Every business moves people, goods or electrons. The companies that start planning now, before these technologies are fully mainstream, will have more options, lower transition risk and a clearer path through the next cycle. Read more: trellis.net/article/from...

All in life is physics or psychology. Physics at core is about truth. Psychology at core is about beauty - i.e., using our minds beautifully.

Ultimately your life will be the answer to a question. The purpose of life then is to discover the question by living its answer.

Our minds are always working with frameworks and stories. Frameworks serve us by providing orientation on information and events, and within those frameworks, our stories bring color, emotion, and a sense of sequence. If your current framework is not serving you, you can learn how to break it.

To err is human, since humans are among the few that have designated what a mistake is.

Recent policies have made the U.S. one of the worst places to manufacture in the world. If we're trying to actively sabotage the economy, we're doing a good job. Read my op-ed here: trellis.net/article/gree... #manufacturing #technology #economy

Inanimate forces create intricate patterns over eons, life does so far faster. It is a fast algorithm for transforming matter and energy.

Difference creates the possibility of learning, focus creates the possibility of mastery.

Gave a TED talk during New York Climate Week and it's on ted.com/: www.ted.com/talks/tom_ch...

There is no time without the mind, and there is no mind without time. Thoughts are patterns dancing through the atoms of the brain.

Hi, I'm Tom Chi – you may know me from my talks or as a founding member of Google X. Now I invest in deep tech that can catalyze a world where humanity is a net positive to nature. My team from At One Ventures will be using this channel to share my work and teachings. We hope you find it useful.