Juan Orbea

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Is the human brain different from a computer?The answer depends on what we mean by the word “computer.” Certainly the brain uses very different methods from conventional contemporary computers. Most computers today are all digital and perform one (or perhaps a few) computations at a time at extremely high speed. With regard to digital versus analog... 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

Given that a purist "private property rights only" libertarianism inevitably runs into large problems like its inability to fund public goods, any successful pro-freedom program in the 21st century has to be a hybrid containing at least one Big Compromise Idea that solves at least 80% of the problems, so that independent individual initiative can... See more

Vitalik Buterin • What do I think about network states?

The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections

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Artificial Intelligence and Scale enabled by technology

Global Priorities Institute

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Effective Altruism and

What is Mimetic Theory? Philosophies of René Girard with Luke Burgis

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Mimetic Desire and

Fee and Expense Recycling: Fee recycling is reinvesting the fund expenses and management fees (usually as follow-on investments) as distributions occur. For a $100M fund with a 2% yearly management fee, there will be $20M in total management fees taken over the life of the fund. Many funds look to reinvest the full fund into companies... See more

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

Perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic.

Joseph Henrich • The Weirdest People In The World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

The most fascinating part about the intelligence controversy is that most people don't find the genetic component and potency of IQ in your success as intuitive. It was blatantly apparent to me growing up people's ability to perform in subjects in school was secondarily driven by the amount of studying they did and other controllable factors and... See more