Rich SchefrenEntrepreneur Driving Strategic Marketing Growth

We're turning sand into thought #shorts

24 Jun 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief YouTube short, Rich Schefren reflects on humanity’s technological progress, comparing the modern ability to convert beach sand into silicon—used to power computers and AI—to the alchemical dreams of the Renaissance. He argues that this transformation, turning sand into ‘thought’, is a revolutionary capability, and that those who understand and can leverage this silicon‑based intelligence will become the wealthiest individuals over the coming decade.

Humanity has gotten to a state where we can take sand on a beach, turn it into silicon, and have it think for us. During the Renaissance, they talked about alchemy, about turning lead to gold and how impossible that is. We turn sand into thought now. Sand into thought. And the people that get that we're turning sand into thought and know how to leverage that are the people that will be the wealthiest in the next decade.