“Meadows started with the observation that there are levers, or places within a complex system (such as a firm, a city, an economy, a living being, an ecosystem, an ecoregion) where a “small shift in one thing can produce big […]
This Wired article covers the company’s ambitions. Everyone involved seems to stick to the script: they’re working to create a safe AGI, and it’ll be glorious for humanity. ~ learn more
Greylock investor Seth Rosenberg wants to back the ‘gold miners’ in AI, rather than the popular ‘picks and shovels’. “As I see it, these are the three largest opportunities for founders to build AI-first companies: 1. AI-first networks & marketplaces; […]
From the head of Ads to the heads of Search and Chrome: “I also don’t want the message to be ‘we’re doing this thing because the Ads team needs revenue.’ That’s a very negative message. But my question to all of […]
This is near my home and very sad all around. I used to cross through this trail to get my morning coffee, but not anymore. It’s been a 2-month (ongoing) cleanup process for workers to remove all the trash. “The […]
“The simplicity of a historical map — the clear labels, the sharp edges, and above all the reduction of thousands or millions of people into abstract symbols — is a big part of why they’re so beguiling. But it’s also […]
“Tetrachromacy is a rare type of colour vision that allows people to see colours that other people can’t. … While those of us with three of these receptors have the ability to distinguish around one million different colours, tetrachromats are […]
“Galls are abnormal growths or swellings of plant tissue often caused by the attack of an insect. Galls on oaks are most often caused by small wasps or midges. Insects that cause galls to form are known as gallmakers.” ~ learn more
This is really interesting research with a very cool visualization. About half are immigrants or children of immigrants, about half have worked at a startup previously, and about half are serial entrepreneurs. ~ learn more
“The point to all this is just to make explicit what I think so many already know and feel: if we were forced to pinpoint a year, 2012 appears to be a good choice for when the modern world was […]