Patrick McKenzie (aka patio11) reluctantly talks about cryptocurrency. “In principle, you could use stablecoins as money, like how you use deposits as money. Stablecoins are not used like money; rather than facilitating almost the entire diversity of transactions in the […]
This is from Ben Hunt of Epsilon Theory. If you know who that is, you can probably guess this isn’t a boring read. “The value-deniers, like the Zoom crowd the other night, think I’m agreeing with them when I say […]
This is the fourth and final part of the “What’s different” series. It has been a very interesting read. It paints a picture of an exciting time for humanity. One excerpt that really grabbed me about AI and the power […]
This article is pushing me to think about leadership through a different lens. “… In other words, social needs are treated in much the same way in the brain as the need for food and water. The SCARF model … […]
There were enough trees painted blue at this city park that I had to look up why. “Presented by Pease Park Conservancy & H-E-B, The Blue Trees by Konstantin Dimopoulos can now be found in Pease Park. This environmental art […]
“I am not a prepper. But I know a few. Some of the ones I do know are smart. They may not be doing as deep an analysis as I present here, on a mathematical level, but the smart ones […]
Einstein, Newton, Copernicus… “An interesting pattern recurs across the careers of great scientists, Dwarkesh Patel notes, an annus mirabilis (miracle year) in which they make multiple, seemingly independent breakthroughs in the span of a single year or two…” | learn more
Not actually a miracle, as some species can just …. do this. But nobody knew this species was one of them! “The baby shark was born to a mother that has spent the last decade in an aquarium with no male.” | learn more
“Indeed, the fast-growing app appears to be self-sustainable for now. It’s generating $3 million-$5 million in net profit from trading fees a day and earning up to $100 million every month. … Some argue what makes StepN — and other […]
I was explaining this to a friend recently as “the sum of the token values locked in smart contracts, at the time it was locked.” After I said it, I decided I wanted to find a good article. It turns […]