Fear, Clones, and the Bush Test

A thousand years ago, when something rustled in the bush... hunters froze.

Could be the wind.
Could be a tiger.
Could be dinner.

No one wanted to be the first to check.
Except one.

One guy… maybe out of hunger, maybe curiosity, maybe just to break the silence…
walked up to the bush and pulled it back.

It wasn’t a tiger.
It was a rabbit.
He got the meal.
Everyone else got the story.

And that, right there, is how belief and action have worked for all of human history.

There’s always a rustle.
There’s always a bush.
And the first to look behind it always eats first.

That’s what I want to talk about today on One wEiRd Idea.
First, I want to give you a quick update:

Super Brain: Founder Coaching Agent is Live

You’ve been asking what I’m building under the hood with AI.
Well, here’s one of the experiments that just crossed the “working” threshold.

I built and tested a new Founder Coaching Agent. It’s a GPT trained on the way 10 startup giants think, speak, coach, and solve startup problems. Think of it as a zero-latency sparring partner for founders.

You can ask it questions like:

• “We have 50 signups but only 1 paid conversion. What should I do?”

• “I’m just starting out and trying to validate if my idea has legs.”

• “I built a tool for remote teams to document internal decisions, but we’re not seeing much usage.”

• “Can you help me stay consistent with founder content on LinkedIn?”

• Or, follow up on a previous context.

It replies like a Paul Graham or one of the nine other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs:
with frameworks, examples, and prompts. Not generic fluff.

Try it out here: Click here to open GPT

Want to see it in action first?
Here are two sample GPT conversations I ran:

1. Superbrain Sample 1- Idea Vetting Agent

2. Superbrain Sample 2 - Founder Coaching Agent

I’m not saying it’s perfect.
But I am saying it’s real… and ready for you to poke, prod, and shape with your questions.

Here’s what excites me about the Superbrain:

This is not about prompting LLMs with “Think you are Paul Graham…”

It actually does not just think, but also encapsulates a lot of PG’s (along with nine others’) cognition, heuristics, and learns like them.

In other words, it’s like all these people sat inside a room…
And when you walked in to ask a question, one (or two) of them would throw their hands up and jump in to help you… in their own way.

Go ahead and try it for yourself.

Now, let’s get back to the story.

Why the Bush Test Still Matters

The story of the rabbit isn’t just about survival. It’s about timing.

We all carry invisible fences in our minds… rules about what’s okay and what’s not. Rules that used to protect us, but now mostly just slow us down.

At one point, love marriages were considered a no-no. There was a time when people feared online shopping. And there was a time when we feared AI.

Today, I’m building a digital version of humans with Superbrain.
Not because I think AI is perfect.
But because I’m curious.
Because I peeked behind the bush.

Most people freeze when something rustles.
They wait for proof. They wait for scale. They wait until it’s normal.

By then, the upside’s gone.

The Real Leverage is Belief.

Coz when you shift your beliefs faster than others, you don’t just adopt new tools, but you unlock new leverage.

You see friction as an opportunity.

You take shots others still think are risky.
And you start building before the market even knows what it wants.

That’s the real difference between a founder who leads and one who follows:
The willingness to look behind the bush early.

I’m building more agents like this… tools that scale insight, not just information.

And at every stage, I’m making the Superbrain better.

If you’ve got questions about the Superbrain project, reply and let me know.

Here’s what I hope will stay with you as I wrap this week’s newsletter…
The bush will always rustle.

The only question is:
Are you willing to look behind the bush before others do?
Coz you can be the herd.
Or the shepherd.
Pick one.

Best,
Karthik
wEiRdO-In-Chief, One wEiRd Idea

The Humor that Never Made It

You ever notice how every weird startup sounds like a joke until it raises $20 million?
"Yeah, so it’s like Uber, but for llamas."

And your friend goes,
“That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”

Six months later, he's like:
“Bro, did you hear LlamaGo just IPO’d? They're the Tesla of petting zoos.”

You miss one weird idea…
And suddenly you're the guy still using Hotmail!