Juan Orbea
@juanorbea
A node in a network
Juan Orbea
We will observe a battle for the true openness in AI
open.spotify.comReflexive processes that become historically significant tend to follow an initially self-reinforcing, but eventually self-defeating, pattern.
George Soros • Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve
First describing the triangular structure of desire -- object, model, and subject -- Girard tells how conflicts are resolved and why human society is not marked by total conflict all the time.
René Girard • Insights with Rene Girard
Venture capital has delivered great historical returns but is illiquid and hard to access. Fortunately, innovation does not occur only at venture-backed startups.
Kai Wu • Liquid Venture Capital
This book introduces new and provocative neuroscience research that advances our understanding of intelligence and the brain.
Richard J. Haier • The Neuroscience of Intelligence (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology)
Whatever it is, things that simply won’t happen if you don’t do them are your biggest opportunity to work on something that matters, and it’s a category that will get both narrower and deeper the further you get into your career.
lethain.com • Work on What Matters.
Fund Structure
Traditional Fund
Traditional funds typically do a “big bang” fundraise and begin deploying capital after the First Close. Once the fund is officially closed, they’re unable to accept new LPs.
That said, it’s not uncommon for fund managers to leave their fund “open” for several months while deploying and raising additional capital.
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A popular misunderstanding of smart contract technology is that smart contracts work “automatically” without human intervention. Smart contracts are just passive object code stored on the blockchain. This code is called by miners/validators when users request it to be called by offering to pay miners for making such calls. In other words, smart... See more