Juan Orbea

The underlying mechanism for Zipf’s law is not yet agreed on but the main hypothesis is that it’s an outgrowth of the Principle of Least Effort. In short, systems that survive and operate at steady state optimize for efficiency. When they do, things tend to look like Zipf distributions.

And reset they must. When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas. Median valuations for early-stage companies tripled from around $20m pre-money valuations to $60m with plenty of deals being prices above $100m.

Within the broad umbrella of SMRs and microreactors, though, there are a number of additional innovations.

 Expensive to build and often needing highly skilled engineers to maintain, artificial intelligence systems generally only pay off for large tech companies with vast amounts of data. But what if your local pizza shop could use AI to predict which flavor would sell best each day of the week? 

How big is the high school? The bigger the high school, the bigger the alumni network, which may influence your ability to choose future networks like college, spouse, and jobs.How diverse is the school so you can find nodes and sub-networks that fit you best? With more options, there is a higher probability you can find a high achieving... See more

Chris Olah has had a fascinating and unconventional career path.

The Course 6-9 curriculum provides flexibility to accommodate students with a wide diversity of interests in this area. This includes topics from neuroengineering (reverse engineering circuits in the brain and developing brain interfaces) to biologically-inspired approaches to artificial intelligence.

TIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Intro0:28 - Ali Abdaal’s revenue sources1:20 - Part-time Youtuber Academy, Ali’s high-end course2:03 - Framework: Pricing against the demand curve3:29 - Framework: Vitamins vs Painkillers4:20 - How PTYA can 10x its revenue7:22 - Entrepreneurial Operating Systems8:48 - Ali Abdaal’s book9:07 - The James Clear model: Build in... See more