Juan Orbea
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Juan Orbea
What Happens Next?There is a LOT of money still sitting on the sidelines waiting to be deployed. And it WILL be deployed, that’s what investors do. Pitchbook estimates that there is about $290 billion of VC “overhang” in the US alone. But I believe it will be patiently deployed , waiting for a cohort of founders who aren’t artificially clinging to... See more
Both Sides of the Table • What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?
Living with Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults
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amazon.esFeaturing a foreword by Jung, this Princeton Classics edition introduces a new generation of listeners to this eloquent and enduring work.
O'Reilly Media • The Origins and History of Consciousness: Bollingen Series
Rushkoff unpacks parts of his new book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, on the need to collectively break away from a top-down mindset to embrace circularity and resiliency.
Douglas Rushkoff • Douglas Rushkoff: "The Ultimate Exit Strategy"
Complicated – Complicated systems require expertise in their management, but as long as the proper expertise is available and used, the attractiveness of complicated systems is that they generally can be successfully managed.
Jordan Hall • The Cynefin framework - Complicated, Complexity, Chaos | Deep Code Experiment: Episode 3
However, growth in magnetic memory is not primarily a matter of Moore’s law, but includes advances in mechanical and electromagnetic systems. The following two charts show the overall growth of the Internet based on the number of hosts. These two charts plot the same data, but one is on an exponential axis and the other is linear. So from the... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
So Just Who Are These People?
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
The smartest decision-makers don't go with their guts. Their success relies on having a future-oriented approach and the ability to consider all their options in a creative, productive way.
Riverhead Books • Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most
He argues that a low entropy, or predictable and stable, carrier is required for the emergence of knowledge -- whether it be a fiber optic cable and communication, or a social system governed by the rule of law and economic innovation. Such a social system is not spontaneous, but rather developed through sacrifice and a religious order.