This is the working archive: machine economy essays, finance and infrastructure analysis, and the occasional sharper signal piece.
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Mark Zuckerberg, is gracing the podcast circuit to extol the virtues of open source LLMs and Facebook's noble quest to democratize AI. Color me impressed – they've actually released this highly valuable intellectual prop...
"Revolution is something that actually starts in individual hearts.” Bill Viola The current zeitgeist is rife with a sense of impending change, a longing for a better future. While this yearning for transformation is a p...
“Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends.” Coco Chanel A secret hiding in plain sight is that the definition of luxury is changing. The luxury brands of the future will not sell cars, watches or purses but...
"There were 5 exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every two days." Eric Schmidt, previously CEO, at Google. As the world becomes increas...
Coordinating a supply chain is a massive operational challenge that requires meticulous attention to the movements of a web of related and unrelated parties. Trust within a supply chain is fragile but incentives keep the...
"Human centered design. Meeting people where they are and really taking their needs and feedback into account. When you let people participate in the design process, you find that they often have ingenious ideas about wh...
“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.” Bill Gates, 1996
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Mark Twain
“Nanodegrees were not created to compete with universities, but rather to democratise access to higher learning through a model oriented towards results, realistic about employment market requirements, and in touch with...
An open minded and diverse population that readily shares information, encourages experimentation, accepts failure and dispenses with formality and hierarchy is what makes Silicon Valley the successful hub that it is. Vi...
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