COP28 Special Edition with News You Won't Read Anywhere Else

Gemini, Qubits, Brain Implants, saRNA, Biotech on Mars, Age of Miracles

In recent years the politics of the climate crisis has changed shape. From a politics of distributing costs, it has morphed into the political economy of the energy transition - an industrial, economic and geopolitical race that is being driven by powerful policy interventions and a broad-based flow of investment and innovation. Leadership in the green energy race is now a prized objective of governments around the world.

War, death, madness, God, and colossal ego

A very short collection of news

Yes, you should, you should read it now. NOW.

All fixed today. Cannot happen. Phew.

The truth behind the misleading claims

Not everything goes back to ‘normal’ after Altman return. Microsoft wins via stability.

Anachronism, anathema, and historical fiction

How did Amazon devolve into a company that trapped Prime subscribers? Consider its lack of UX design and copywriting, our new Big Tech Insider columnist writes.

Five Figures that Summarize the Season

"Perhaps I should not be so trusting."

The book is (almost) here. Pre-order today!

When Move Fast and Break Things Fail. The AI Safety Schism within OpenAI.

The situation with the shelter has not improved (still very long lines, garbage, and many dejected people sleeping outside) but this story is not about my block but about a philosophical train ride

Google is testing and releasing a bunch of new features that amount to real change at a critical time.

The next entry in the FbF Book Club Series

Going down the rabbit hole.

Notes from Devconnect in Istanbul

Can't revive a brand on memories

Blank slatism is holding people back

Usually at the hands of mops, not sociopaths

Go Ahead, Ask Me Anything

Aayan Hirsi Ali's Conversion to Christianity is Jewish

Accessible insights into school data

Modern AI puts us firmly into an age of exploration of computational reality

Conversion, Reversion, &c. Plus, Send Some of That Sweet Zoophilia Traffic My Way!

SITREP - 11/17/2023

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and John Stuart Mill

A long-term benefit trust will eventually pick most of Anthropic's board members. Can we trust the structure?

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The world saw a jaw-dropping demo of Gemini this week. It just wasn’t the real deal.

By Li Jin and Jesse Walden We founded Variant on the thesis that the next generation of the internet would transform users into owners through tokenization. Utilizing tokens as a user incentive has worked exceptionally well for bootstrapping infrastructure networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum. However, the application layer has yet to see a proven model for using tokens to grow networks. Rather, there are many examples where distributing tokens has actually impeded sustained growth and retention by attracting more speculators and mercenaries than genuine users, obfuscating product-market fit.

Honoring the ORTHODOX COMRADES in our FACTION, and their FOREBEARS

Synthetic data is the accelerator of the next phase of AI — what it is and what it means.

Turkeys & Troubles Edition

The Future Does Not Fit in the Containers of the Past. Edition 173.

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