What happens when you ditch modern tech? Also: the legendary stunt that changed Tom Cruise’s career, the secret behind PayPal’s success, and a breathtaking new view of Earth.
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- The Rise and Fall of OpenClaw
- He Tried Living As A 1990’s Man For A Week, Here’s What Happened
- The Stunt That Made Tom Cruise A Legend
- How PayPal Created the Most Billionaires
- New Earth Picture Just Dropped!
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Weekly NishIsHere! – Issue #93
“We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That’s us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.”
♣ Thought of the Week
◘ Read this paragraph from this essay written by Étienne Fortier-Dubois. Is it not true that the boundaries of our imagination are the only real limits we face?
♣ Tech
◘ The Rise and Fall of OpenClaw
The OpenClaw saga is one of the wildest events in recent tech history. It simultaneously proved agentic computing can be the future but also a huge disaster.
This video from ColdFusion provides an in-depth analysis of the rise and fall of OpenClaw, an ambitious, open-source AI agent project released in early 2026. While initially hailed as a revolutionary step toward agentic computing, the project quickly became a cautionary tale of security vulnerabilities and unbridled hype.
♣ Creator Economy
◘ He Tried Living As A 1990’s Man For A Week, Here’s What Happened
In this video, Brandon from the Buff Dudes takes on the challenge of living like a man in the 1990s for an entire week. He dives into the era’s unique pop culture, fashion, and technology to see if the decade really lived up to the nostalgia.
His “ I Tried Living As A 1980’s Man For A Week, Here’s What Happened” is also interesting.
♣ Pop Culture
◘ The Stunt That Made Tom Cruise A Legend
From climbing the Burj Khalifa to strapping himself to a plane, Tom Cruise has literally put his life on the line in the pursuit of making movies. There aren’t many actors who can boast of a career like his, from his beginning as a teenage heartthrob, his time as a prestigious actor, to the action legend he is today, Tom Cruise is one of the most fascinating figures in Hollywood.
♣ Business
◘ How PayPal Created the Most Billionaires
This video explores how PayPal became the ultimate launchpad for Silicon Valley’s elite. From Max Levchin and Peter Thiel’s initial collaboration to a fierce, cash-burning rivalry with Elon Musk’s X.com, the story culminates in a successful IPO. These founders later reshaped technology, founding companies like Tesla, SpaceX, and Palantir as the legendary PayPal Mafia.
♣ Photo of the Week
◘ Left – Apollo 17, 1972
Right – Artemis II, 2026
Captured more than fifty years apart, these two images show all of us, through the lens of one of us.
♣ Quote of the Week
“You’re not ‘building an audience’, you’re actually building a ‘magnet’ that attracts a certain type of audience.”
— @ShaanVP
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