Weekend Reads #435
A collection of cross-disciplinary thoughts, perspectives, and opinions
To a frightening degree, our national future will depend on the continuing education of Silicon Valley leadership, on their changing relationship both to a “canon” of books and to the sense, however obscurely felt, that their own human type, with all its characteristic powers to exemplify the American spirit, needs critical supplements from beyond its own resources. - Link
What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood - Link
Who Is On the Other Side? A Framework for Understanding Market (In)Efficiency - Link
Wharton Stablecoin Toolkit - Link
Ernie Garcia at RV Capital - Podcast
Jayshree Ullal - CEO of Arista Networks - Podcast
Boredom didn’t make Hendrix a genius. Practice made Hendrix a genius. Trying to do different things made Hendrix a genius. - Link
In the 19th century, the linear idea of time became dominant, forever changing how those in the West experience the world - Link
NFL teams that win the coin toss now face a 50-50 call about whether to kick or receive. There’s no right answer - Link
No one has yet been able to break down the findings of English literature departments – what makes literature work – into sufficient granular detail to reformulate as instructions actionable by an LLM. - Link
