Juan Orbea
@juanorbea
A node in a network
Juan Orbea
There are these people that are powerful mediators to other people. And if you can identify who those people are and how they’re operating, you’ve just identified sort of one of the root causes of problems, or just one of sort of the root players in this system. And identifying those mediators is sort of really key.
Farnam Street • Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire [The Knowledge Project Ep. #138]
Our understanding of the world in which we live in is inherently imperfect. There is always a discrepancy between the participants' views and expectations and the actual state of affairs. Sometimes the discrepancy is so small that it can be disregarded but, at other ties,
George Soros • Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve
In April 2022, Canva reported 85 million monthly active users across 190 countries, having added 25 million users in ~7 months. Around that same time Canva had 5 million Pro customers. 85% of the world’s 500 largest companies are using Canva (though many could be on free accounts). More than 500,000 teams are paying for the product. Notable enterpr... See more
Contrary Research • Canva
The 6-9 major jointly resides in EECS and BCS. Enrolled students will have one academic advisor assigned by BCS, with additional advising support from the Course 6 Undergraduate Office.
MIT • Course 6-9: Computation and Cognition | Brain and Cognitive Sciences
In this research-based vision, cities are no longer limited by access to ground transportation. Plastics and cement are made from air, water, and electricity. Vernon and Dourado even predict a carbon shortage.
Austin Vernon • Energy Superabundance: How Cheap, Abundant Energy Will Shape Our Future - The CGO
The Ochs-Sulzberger family, which owns The New York Times Company, owned slaves but didn't report that fact in their 1619 coverage.
Vitalik Buterin • What do I think about network states?
Elephants & Ventures
elephantsandventures.com
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 persp... See more