Juan Orbea
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Juan Orbea
Webster defines “decentralization” in relevant part as follows: "the delegation of power from a central authority to regional and local authorities". This means that decentralization occurs when power is widely dispersed or distributed.
Gabriel Shapiro • Defining Real and Fake DAOs
Reflexive 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
We can organize these observations into what I call the law of accelerating returns as follows:Evolution applies positive feedback in that the more capable methods resulting from one stage of evolutionary progress are used to create the next stage. Over time, the “order” of the information embedded in the evolutionary process (i.e., the measure of... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
Unlike most who have ever lived, WEIRD people are highly individualistic, nonconformist, analytical and control-oriented. How did WEIRD populations become so psychologically peculiar? What part did these differences play in our history, and what do they mean for our collective identity?
Joseph Henrich • The Weirdest People In The World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Sam Altman thinks we’ve been in the realm where you can do an incredible copywriting business or education service. He says he thinks people are doing amazing work with agents that can use computers to do things for you, use programs and use programs.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman | AI for the Next Era
Bill and I have been frequently paired in a variety of venues as pessimist and optimist respectively. Recently a Noble Prize winning panelist dismissed Bill’s concerns, exclaiming that, “we’re not going to see self-replicating nanoengineered entities for a hundred years.” I pointed out that 100 years was indeed a reasonable estimate of the amount... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
In this video we breakdown:-How Ali Abdaal can 10x his revenue from PTYA, his cohort-based course-The economics of book publishing-Mistakes he could've avoided when launching his stationery brand-And how he can hire any CEO of his choosing
Michael and Safwaan • The Business of Ali Abdaal
Kauffman Fellows • Venture Fund Portfolio Construction | Journal | Kauffman Fellows
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.