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Google cofounder Sergey Brin said he was ‘spiraling’ before returning to work on Gemini – Fortune

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Google cofounder Sergey Brin said he was ‘spiraling’ before returning to work on Gemini—and staying retired ‘would’ve been a big mistake’

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Reporter, December 15, 2025, 11:44 AM ET

Google cofounder Sergey Brin thought retiring from Google in 2019 would mean quietly studying physics for days on end in cafés. 

But when COVID hit soon after, he realized he may have made a mistake.

“That didn’t work because there were no more cafés,” he told students at Stanford University’s School of Engineering centennial celebration last week, Business Insider reported.

The transition from president of Google parent company Alphabet to a fortysomething retiree ended up not being as smooth as he imagined, and soon after he said he was “spiraling” and “kind of not being sharp” as he stepped away from busy corporate life.

Therefore, when Google began allowing small numbers of employees back into the office, Brin tagged along and put his efforts into what would become Google’s AI model, Gemini. Despite being the world’s fourth-richest man, with a net worth of $247 billion, retirement wasn’t for him, he said.

“To be able to have that technical creative outlet, I think that’s very rewarding,” Brin said. “If I’d stayed retired, I think that would’ve been a big mistake.”

By 2023, Brin was back to work in a big way, visiting the company’s office three to four times a week, the Wall Street Journal reported, working with researchers and holding weekly discussions with Google employees about new AI research. He also reportedly had a hand in some personnel decisions, like hiring. 

Skip forward to 2025, and Brin’s plans for a peaceful retirement of quiet study are out the window. In February, he made waves for an internal memo in which, despite Google’s three-day in-office policy, he recommended Google employees go into the company’s Mountain View, Calif., offices at least every weekday, and that 60 hours a week was the “sweet spot” of productivity.

Brin’s newfound efforts at work may have been necessary as OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT in 2022 caught the tech giant off guard, after it had led the field of AI research with DeepMind and Google Brain for years.

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I tried to shave my mess of a face and it didn't go well. In a move reminiscent of Britney Spears, I got frustrated with my lack of agency in life and shaved it all off. Feeling a bit daddy now.
Anyway, how you doin' ?
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How fucked are we?

On a scale from 0 (not fucked) to 100 (completely fucked) how fucked are we?

#dystopia #circleBrain #spiraling

2. Standing Like a Tree

Prompt:
“Tai Chi Qigong master in standing meditation posture (Zhan Zhuang), feet rooted in the earth, subtle energy currents spiraling up through the body, glowing qi lines around arms and spine, misty dawn mountain background, soft green and golden tones, spiritual surrealism”

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[Video] ‘Obvious, raw #fear’: #DonaldTrump is ‘#spiraling’ as support for #KamalaHarris #rises in the #Polls despite his #attacks

#Trump is struggling to respond to #VicePresident #KamalaHarris’ #candidacy, #canceling the #scheduled #ABC #debate, as her #campaign continues to gain #momentum.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/harris-slams-trump-for-ditching-debate-216505413667

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IHSAHN Streams Spiraling New Single "Twice Born"
Get lost in the orchestral abyss.

https://metalinjection.net/video/ihsahn-streams-spiraling-new-single-twice-born

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... the barkman ...

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I don't celebrate anything this time of year but for all who do, I wish you joy, good health & kindness.

For anyone who loves #Grogu #Mandalorian or general #StarWars stuff, I made a video with a version of "Do you hear what I hear" that samples The Who's Baba O'Reilly by #Spiraling that I hope you enjoy & find festive-ish for the #holidays #music #XmasEve 💚

Link: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRq4NFDp/