Juan Orbea
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A node in a network
Juan Orbea
The mathematically obvious path will feel like “the right decision.” But note that what even shows up on your life dashboard is put there by your network. And the math associated with each option — the rewards and frictions and probabilities — are determined by your unique network. And your network is the result of the network decisions you made... See more
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
As everyone spends more and more of their time online, the ability to design the digital screens and images people interact with has become top-of-mind for everyone. That change in behavior has led to a $41 billion market for a “wider audience – like social media influencers, small business owners and marketing executives – [who] are looking for... See more
Contrary Research • Canva
Software Price-Performance Has Also Improved at an Exponential Rate
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
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
Understandably, YouScience strives to make the experience and the resulting “strengths profile” as positive as possible. The post-assessment report doesn’t harp on what kids are not good at and also doesn’t tell anybody that the best fit for them is an unskilled, low-wage job. The 500 careers in its database all require at least some post-high... See more
Education Next • First, Know Thyself. Then, Pick a Career Path
Once brain porting technology has been refined and fully developed, will this enable us to live forever? The answer depends on what we mean by living and dying. However, if we are diligent in maintaining our mind file, keeping current backups, and porting to current formats and mediums, then a form of immortality can be attained, at least for... See more