Abie Cohen

Weird is interesting . My friend Jared recently joined Union Square Ventures as a venture partner and wrote a short essay about the consumer applications we should be looking for in the age of AI - and how likely they are to appear “weird” at first glance. Indeed, new social paradigms that consume our psyche tend to appear strange when we first use... See more

What Jerry is talking about is not adverse selection. It’s the second way of increasing convexity: funding the far-out-there-ideas, the Big If True ones. It’s one of the reasons I love the general venture zeitgeist around deep tech right now. If crazy bets like underwater energy storage, transformer-specialised chips, or tiny semi fabs succeed,... See more

We modern Israelites have also been worshipping false gods.

Our American idols are prestige, power, social acceptance, popularity, elite opinion, and the Ivy League—but I repeat myself. Our idols are the coveted board seat. The best tables. Relationships with the pretty people.

We put truth on the altar, as if it were a tithable commodity, to remain... See more