Juan Orbea

Reverse Engineering the Human Brain: Five Parallel Auditory Pathways

Rivalrous – things that are exclusive (aka if I have it you can't have it) and once they are consumed, they are gone.

Andy Kessler on the other hand, states that innovation on the computers' and digital fronts (citing Moore's Law amongst other things) is not something you should easily discard as non-innovative. He goes back to the discovery of oil in Philadelphia during the 19th century and the creation of a massive industry in the following decades.

"The Origins and History of Consciousness" draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. 

In April 2022, Canva reported 85 million monthly active users across 190 countries, having added 25 million users in ~7 months. Around that same time Canva had 5 million Pro customers. 85% of the world’s 500 largest companies are using Canva (though many could be on free accounts). More than 500,000 teams are paying for the product. Notable enterpr... See more

Details 11 building blocks these Polymaths are utilizing - from cloud computing, to sustainability, to social networks.

This style of thinking is foreign to me, but I find it fascinating, and important. Stereotypical "wealthy white liberals" ignore this at their peril: these more "traditional" values are actually quite popular even among some ethnic minorities in the United States, and even more so in places like Africa and India, which is exactly where Balaji is tr... See more

For this special episode we look back at some of the highlights of the past six months, featuring clips from Alight, the Coalition for Community Solar Access, WattTime, UC Davis, Quaise Energy and Ecosene.