Juan Orbea

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The first idea is you can think about any social system using those layers. The second idea and (the more important point) is to think about the way that the layers can actually be traded off against each other.

Jordan Hall • Four Layer Model of Social Systems | Deep Code Experiment: Episode 1

If governance ideas are regularly implemented in network states, then we would move from an extrovert-privileging "talker liberalism" to a more balanced "doer liberalism" where ideas rise and fall based on how well they actually do on a small scale.

Vitalik Buterin • What do I think about network states?

“DAO” in its purest form refers to an unincorporated association of persons using censorship-resistant technologies to permissionlessly engage in non-hierarchical governance of shared resources and goals. Organizations that do not meet this definition must not be deemed DAOs.

Gabriel Shapiro • Defining Real and Fake DAOs

Follow-On Reserves: The percentage of the fund that will be reserved to make follow-on investments into the fund’s best-performing companies. Some funds have a two-for-one follow on ratio meaning that for every dollar they first invest into a company, two more dollars are reserved for follow-on, while other funds aim to take a larger... See more

Kauffman Fellows • Venture Fund Portfolio Construction | Journal | Kauffman Fellows

I'm excited to share with you a classic Maboussin report that explores the 10 common attributes he has identified great investors share. I find it very funny that the report was published by Credit Suisse a few years ago 🤣. Whether you're new to investing or a Henry Kravis protegé , these attributes can help guide your thinking on how great

Juan Orbea • Infopunk #3 – Poker Pros, Great Investors and Software Conglomerates

Technology has always been a double edged sword, bringing us longer and healthier life spans, freedom from physical and mental drudgery, and many new creative possibilities on the one hand, while introducing new and salient dangers on the other. However, the means and knowledge will soon exist in a routine college bioengineering lab (and already... See more

Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections

Decentralized investor communities gain traction in biotech

Laura DeFrancesco nature.com

Crowdfunding and

The same can be said of markets. Understanding how big a market really is can be difficult. But the act of attempted futurism can have a clarifying effect on your perspective.

Kyle Harrison • Markets, Markets, and Markets

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.