The End Is Coming
Probably this is not the end of the world. But a plague is creeping around the globe at a seemingly exponential rate, killing some of us and affecting all of…
The coronavirus is the first true social-media “infodemic”
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615184/the-coronavirus-is-the-first-true-social-media-infodemic/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1583514851 Social media has zipped information and misinformation around the world at unprecedented speeds, fueling panic, racism … and hope. by Karen Hao and Tanya BasuFeb 12, 2020 On January…
What AI still can’t do
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615189/what-ai-still-cant-do/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1583515248 Artificial intelligence won’t be very smart if computers don’t grasp cause and effect. That’s something even humans have trouble with. by Brian BergsteinFeb 19, 2020 In less than a…
Want to be successful? Be inconsistent
https://joel.is/want-to-be-successful-be-inconsistent/?utm_source=wanqu.co&utm_campaign=Wanqu+Daily&utm_medium=website Recently 37signals published an article titled Some advice from Jeff Bezos. This wasn’t your usual advice, and I found it interesting to read and how familiar it felt as…
Physical Gold Will Soon Break Free From The Paper Market In Spectacular Fashion
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/physical-gold-will-soon-break-free-paper-market-spectacular-fashion Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Marklet.com, Not long ago, the idea of gold and silver market manipulation was considered the realm of “conspiracy theory”. Alternative economists and precious metals…
Gradually, Then Suddenly
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gradually-suddenly-tim-o-reilly/?utm_source=wanqu.co&utm_campaign=Wanqu+Daily&utm_medium=website There’s a passage in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises in which a character named Mike is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” he answers. “Gradually, then…