Sarah Drinkwater
@sarahdrinkwater
Knowledge beachcomber interested in the ownership economy, flourishing communities, ecosystem building, magic, and knowledge as an end to itself.
Sarah Drinkwater
Amsterdam traded worldwide. The 17th-century city had four times the income per capita of Paris. Foreigners flocked here, and were left largely unbothered. Shorto notes that Amsterdam’s tolerance was – and is – above all pragmatic. Tolerance was good for business, for social peace and innovation. 17th-century Amsterdam published perhaps 30 per cent... See more
Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City, by Russell Shorto
why curation... and
VCs are facing the "Big Budget Effect" that is plaguing Hollywood studios right now. In the year 2000 you had just three movies that had made $1B+. Titanic, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars Episode I. Today you have 45+ movies that have made over $1B, and some of them have made $2B+ like Avengers and Avatar.
Kyle Harrison • The Death of a Venture Fund
Trust comes from trading with each other ... but you need something to trade, which is getting really problematic with AI https://t.co/P0UBDbv4lo
Trust comes from trading - but what can we trade in the age of AI?
Valuing AI companies using traditional VC methods and metrics isn't just wrong—it's dangerous.
SoftBank values OpenAI at $300B
Microsoft values it at $157B
Elon wants to buy it for $97B
Who is right, who is... See more
long good thread on “value” in AI companies