Blas Moros
@blas
Blas Moros
@blas
How did we get to the doorstep of the next leap in prosperity?
In three words: deep learning worked.
In 15 words: deep learning worked, got predictably better with scale, and we dedicated increasing resources to it.
That’s really it; humanity discovered an algorithm that could really, truly learn any distribution of data (or really, the underlying “rules” that produce any distribution of data). To a shocking degree of precision, the more compute and data available, the better it gets at helping people solve hard problems. I find that no matter how much time I spend thinking about this, I can never really internalize how consequential it is.
The text explores the concept of effectual reasoning in entrepreneurship, contrasting it with causal reasoning and highlighting how entrepreneurs create opportunities through leveraging their means, partnerships, and embracing uncertainty.
khoslaventures.comentrepreneurs are effectual thinkers - they start with the means and from there build a future, rather than starting with goals and iterating their way forwards. need both, but shaping the future rather than being shaped by it