Juan Orbea
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A node in a network
Juan Orbea
So Just Who Are These People?
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
Sodium fast reactors (SFR): In SFRs, liquid sodium acts as the coolant instead of water. Liquid sodium, compared to water, can handle higher temperatures at lower pressures, which improves the efficiency and safety of the reactor.
Bessemer Venture Partners • Investing in a world powered by nuclear fission
This “law of accelerating returns” applies to all of technology, indeed to any true evolutionary process, and can be measured with remarkable precision in information based technologies. Also, keep in mind that every point on the exponential growth curves underlying these panoply of technologies (see the graphs below) represents an intense human... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
This is Balajian megapolitics in a nutshell.
Vitalik Buterin • What do I think about network states?
If people stopped pursuing quaint things, we'd have far fewer big things that lead to a better future. Let's hope that never happens.
Julian Weisser • Quaint startups become the next big thing.
Over the past several years, Roger Penrose, a noted physicist and philosopher, has suggested that fine structures in the neurons called tubules perform an exotic form of computation called “quantum computing.” Quantum computing is computing using what are called “qu bits” which take on all possible combinations of solutions simultaneously. Just... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year, for 40 years.
.hours • This is your most important decision
Many folks would assume that companies, rational optimizers that they are, avoid spending much time on low-impact high-effort projects. Unfortunately that isn’t consistently the case. It’s surprisingly common for a new senior leader to join a company and immediately drive a strategy shift that fundamentally misunderstands the challenges at hand.... See more
lethain.com • Work on What Matters.
Are the people in this city like me? Each city has a vibe that may or may not fit with you. Each city calls ambitious people to improve in some area. NYC calls you to earn more money. Seattle and Portland call you to recreate more. DC calls you to be more connected. SF calls you to create more, invent more. It’s the garage where the crazy uncle is... See more