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Santa Cruz, and as the California Sun set over the Pacific, we enjoyed dinner with our old friend Anthony Aguirre and persuaded him to join forces with us. He’s not only one of the wisest and most idealistic people I know, but also someone who’s managed to put up with running another nonprofit organization, the Foundational Questions Institute (see
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William Poundstone comments in Priceless: The Psychology of Hidden Value:
Dr. David Lewis • The Brain Sell: How the new mind sciences and the persuasion industry are reading our thoughts, influencing our emotions, and stimulating us to shop
My mind, my information, my brain trust became the assets.
Arlan Hamilton • It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage
he first figuratively and then literally set out to “play God,” initially by making the claim that humans had the power of gods and then during the past decade by creating an organization to save and restore endangered species with modern biotechnology.
John Markoff • Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
Corporate structure and governance: corporate documents and interviews with management, board, and advisors.
Judy Robinett • Crack the Funding Code: How Investors Think and What They Need to Hear to Fund Your Startup
Bezos wanted all of his employees to be high-IQ brainiacs.
Brad Stone • The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
She also agreed to be barred from being an officer or director in a public company for ten years.
John Carreyrou • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Human genome data—at about 2 terabytes per human—is rapidly becoming inexpensive enough ($1,000 per patient within a few years)