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From the moment I started executing deals at Oppenheimer, I was searching for an opportunity to break free and make a fortune. I was well-paid. I was respected. I had the attention of senior management. But my real focus was finding a path to independent wealth.
The Stoic Capitalist
Robert Rosenkranz
Biological minds — it’s amazing how general purpose they are in that the optimization was in staying alive, breeding, socializing with each other for survival and fertility.And yet, we can write symphonies and play chess and even write some pretty cool software. And the idea that when you move the template away from biology to silicon, you don’t have these boundaries between individuals — you don’t have a limited memory.
Opinion | Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.
nytimes.com
Them that has gets. Why did the VHS video system run away with the market, even though Beta was technically a little bit better? Because a few more people happened to buy VHS systems early on, which led to more VHS movies in the video stores, which led to still more people buying VHS players, and so on. Them that has gets.
Complexity
M. Mitchell Waldrop
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