America’s undying empire: why the decline of US power has been greatly exaggerated. he US had attained power preponderance – a degree of global power so great that its very extent served to disincentivise other states from challenging it. - Link
Microsoft and OpenAI - Link
Munger’s legacy will be in his own words, and it’s unwise and unnecessary to try to comment on them. - Link and Link
Charlie Munger: These ‘basic rules’ made me successful in life—‘with Warren Buffett, I had all 3’ - Link Transcript - Link
The use of measurement and mathematical calculations to tackle real-world problems. We call this ‘the calculating paradigm’. the rise of the modern world is linked to the spread of the calculating paradigm. - Link
Jaron Lanier an unfiltered look into what lessons tech booms past can provide us about artificial intelligence's future. - Podcast
Thoughts on peak performance, the value of patience, the fear that prevents us from performing our best, imposter syndrome, - Podcast
“The genius of Shane’s contribution includes the fact that his songs capture within them, as Shane would put it, the measure of our dreams – of so many worlds, and particularly those of love, of the emigrant experience and of facing the challenges of that experience with authenticity and courage, and of living and seeing the sides of life that so many turn away from. - Link
As therapy sees it, the chief difficulty is not to identify someone’s problem, it is to help them see, feel and accept it properly. - Link
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