“knowledge travels at the speed of beer”
#bookclub #Breakneck #DanWang
28.02.2026 18:52
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“knowledge travels at the speed of beer”
#bookclub #Breakneck #DanWang
Reading #TheComingWave by @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social for this month’s book club meeting
Surprised/not surprised that agriculture is mentioned
#artificialintelligence #syntheticbiology
“The word deadline comes from the American Civil War, when prison camps set boundaries and any prisoner who crossed a line was shot”
#BentFlyvbjerg
#HowBigThingsGetDone
“wheel of fortune” psychology experiment demonstrated how easy it is to settle on a “bad anchor”
#BentFlyvbjerg
#HowBigThingsGetDone
“The first mover advantage is greatly overstated… almost half of pioneers failed, compared to 8% of settlers”
#BentFlyvbjerg
#HowBigThingsGetDone
“iteration frees people to experiment”
#BentFlyvbjerg
#HowBigThingsGetDone
Article: AI identifies early signs of ratings downgrades
“akin to crowdsourcing credit analysis to a large group of institutional investors”
@chicagoboothreview.bsky.social
Is the list an order? Because then it would seem strange to me that #7 and #8 are so much lower than #1
Recent exchange with ChatGPT [condensed]
Me: What if I disagree?
ChatGPT: Pushing back is healthy
Me: I don't want to post something written by AI
ChatGPT: I really respect that
Me: What person is most like you?
ChatGPT: @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
Where is that?
They are getting DC ready for the inauguration
Every time someone asks me for a headshot, I’m going to try to take a new picture
“anything we ask for should be useful enough to report to everyone, otherwise it’s not important”
If only more donors felt the same way