Juan Orbea

Today, another 120 years later, we take wires completely for granted. This is most unwise. People who use the Internet (or for that matter, who make long-distance phone calls) but who don't know about wires are just like the millions of complacent motorists who pump gasoline into their cars without ever considering where it came from or how it foun... See more

This is the single fullest summation of Girard's ideas to date, the book by which they will stand or fall. 

His aim with this challenge was to prove that you can attain an Ivy League education (without the degree) in much less time and 100x less cost.

Girard's point o departure is what he calles "mimesis," the conflict that arises when human rivals compete to differentiate themselves from each other, yet succeed only in becoming more and more alike. At certain points in the life of a society, according to Girard, this mimetic conflict erupts into a crisis in which all difference dissolves in ind... See more

The Software of Intelligence

From 2019 to May 2022, the market was down considerably with public valuations down 53–79% across the four sectors we were reviewing.