Juan Orbea
@juanorbea
A node in a network
Juan Orbea
Professor Price has enlarged his widely known and influential study of science and the humanities to include much new material, extraordinarily broad in its range: from ancient automata, talismans and symbols, to the differences of modern science and technology. Science since Babylon is now more fascinating and useful than ever to anyone concerned... See more
Yale University Press • Science Since Babylon: Enlarged Edition
Notice How Exponential Growth Continued through Paradigm Shifts from Vacuum Tubes to Discrete Transistors to Integrated Circuits
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
He has been angel investing on the side for the last couple of years, being one of the angel investors in Coinbase, from which he obtained a 6000x return. He has been vocal about his bearishness on the crypto ecosystem for the last couple of years, whilst the majority of people have been bullish.
Unbounded Capital • Liron Shapira shares his views on Crypto - UNBOUNDED LIVE
Over 20% of energy in the US comes from a nuclear source. Up to 70% in France. Yet it's not a technology that has been widely accepted, primarily due to concerns of historical safety risks and storage + a dependency on coal and gas.
C Capital • C5 Capital - Next Generation Nuclear Technology
We don't just want to take existing maps of social connections as given and find better ways to come to consensus within them. We also want to reform the webs of social connections themselves , and put people closer to other people that are more compatible with them to better allow different ways of life to maintain their own distinctiveness.
Vitalik Buterin • What do I think about network states?
A publication isn't content. A publication is the exploration
of an idea.
of an idea.
Kauffman Fellows • Venture Fund Portfolio Construction | Journal | Kauffman Fellows
When navigating the question of which high school to attend or — if you don’t have a choice — who to make friends with as a high school student (or which kinds of people to encourage your kids to befriend if you’re a parent, although good luck with getting them to listen), ask yourself the following questions:
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
The economy “wants” to grow more than the 3.5% per year, which constitutes the current “speed limit” that the Federal Reserve bank and other policy makers have established as “safe,” meaning noninflationary. The underlying long-term growth rate will continue at a double exponential rate. Restricting the growth rate of the economy to an arbitrary... See more