Juan Orbea
@juanorbea
A node in a network
Juan Orbea
Eventually, as the negative consequences of the financial crisis played its way out, and say, all the banks disappeared, some kind of new approach (e.g. Google innovating an entirely new way of handling banking) or the emergence of an entirely different regime, would have come into place, and we would have moved forward effectively with no damage... See more
Jordan Hall • Four Layer Model of Social Systems | Deep Code Experiment: Episode 1
What’s fascinating is that this is because of math. Nodes that are “ahead” get picked more often by the other nodes because they are ahead and thus offer the nodes choosing them less friction and more benefit. When this gets repeated many times, it systematically directs more resources to the nodes that already have relatively more.
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
Imagine you crossed by a shallow pond in which a kid was drowning. At that point in time, you are wearing your most expensive outfit (say, $5k). It is reasonable to affirm that most people in that situation would save the child from drowning, in spite of ruining their outfit, and it is clear that this would be the most ethical decision to make. We... See more
Will MacAskill • Doing Good: A Conversation with William MacAskill (Episode #228)
DNA Sequencing, Memory, Communications, the Internet, and Miniaturization
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
A discussion about the Arc/Hidysmith model of how human social structures develop and transform over time.
Jordan Hall • The Game of Thrones | Deep Code Experiment: Episode 4
The world seems chaotic. But it’s not. Underlying all this apparent complexity is some wonderfully simple math. Follow the math to your destination. Understanding the primacy of networks will give you a superpower to see what others do not and navigate life’s big decisions more effectively.
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
And we’re going to show that — if you have the privilege to have options — you can probably increase the impact of your career not just by a little, but by a huge amount.
.hours • This is your most important decision
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