Eric Lavin

Eric Lavin

@ericscott

curiosity maximalist; edtech investor & entrepreneur

Joined Nov 10, 2022

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Iain McGilchrist, Rupert Sheldrake and Alex Gomez-Marin in conversation - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O3ITKAG4_8

Mar 22, 2023

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AI develops cancer treatment in 30 days, predicts survival rate

nypost.com/2023/03/20/ai-develops-cancer-treatment-in-30-days-predicts-survival-rate/

Mar 20, 2023

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Cyber-Solar-Lunar𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘬

microkosm.substack.com/p/cyber-solar-lunar?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Mar 20, 2023

1

Time-consciousness in computational phenomenology: a temporal analysis of active inference

academic.oup.com/nc/article/2023/1/niad004/7079899?login=false

Mar 19, 2023

1

A $500 million term sheet in 12 hours: How Rippling struck a deal as SVB was melting down

techcrunch.com/2023/03/17/a-500-million-term-sheet-in-12-hours-how-rippling-struck-a-deal-as-svb-was-melting-down/

Mar 17, 2023

1

The strange death of education reform, part one

www.slowboring.com/p/the-strange-death-of-education-reform

Mar 17, 2023

1

The strange death of education reform, part two

www.slowboring.com/p/the-strange-death-of-education-reform-3f5

Mar 17, 2023

1

Everyone will have their own AI

subconscious.substack.com/p/everyone-will-have-their-own-ai?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=307993&post_id=106048921&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Mar 15, 2023

1

Measuring Learning Growth: Competencies and Standards

www.gettingsmart.com/2023/03/14/measuring-learning-growth-competencies-and-standards/

Mar 14, 2023

1

The Business of Online Education: A Deep Dive Into Coursera's Financials

www.classcentral.com/report/coursera-economics/

Mar 14, 2023

2

Opinion | This Changes Everything

www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/opinion/chatbots-artificial-intelligence-future-weirdness.html

Mar 14, 2023

3

Science’s 2021 Breakthrough of the Year: AI brings protein structures to all

www.science.org/content/article/breakthrough-2021

Mar 14, 2023

1

2022 letter | Dan Wang

danwang.co/2022-letter/?ref=the-diff

Mar 13, 2023

1

What Plants Are Saying About Us - Nautilus

nautil.us/what-plants-are-saying-about-us-264593/?ref=the-browser

Mar 8, 2023

2

High-Quality Teaching and Materials in Every Class are Key to Students’ Recovery

www.the74million.org/article/high-quality-teaching-and-materials-in-every-class-are-key-to-students-recovery/?utm_campaign=GSVN2K&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=249103644&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9a99msBPCDRpL1sJMzhZPdKYVP78LnwxZkeCDwhqcsRTBzxlsNP8OjOD8fUk82ahHVZ35ns8qenXQJtNRUk9YiaOpJXw&utm_content=249103644&utm_source=hs_email

Mar 7, 2023

21

Restricting Life at Its Core

lauralondon.substack.com/p/restricting-life-at-its-core

Mar 7, 2023

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The Algorithm Society and Its Discontents; & BRIEFLY NOTED: For 2023-03-06 Mo | Matter

web.getmatter.com/entry/23916956

Mar 6, 2023

4

The Original King of Crypto Is Back

nymag.com/intelligencer/article/arthur-hayes-bitmex-crypto-interview.html?ref=the-diff

Mar 5, 2023

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Iain McGilchrist and Michael Levin in conversation - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAtB-Mwcr54

Mar 2, 2023

1

How Duolingo reignited user growth | Matter

web.getmatter.com/reader?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lennysnewsletter.com%2Fp%2Fhow-duolingo-reignited-user-growth&from=ext&v=4.2.0

Mar 2, 2023

1

Availability Cascades

pmarca.substack.com/p/availability-cascades-run-the-world?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1434963&post_id=105669951&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Mar 2, 2023

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What’s Inside Earth’s Inner Core? Seismic Waves Reveal an Innermost Core.

www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/science/earth-core-seismic-waves.html

Feb 27, 2023

2

The Lost Tools of Learning

gbt.org/text/sayers.html?utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Friday+Finds+%28Enneagram%2C+Colleges%2C+Waitzkin%2C+Learning%2C+Morality%29%20-%2010153306

Feb 25, 2023

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A Historian of the Future: Five More Questions for Stephen Kotkin - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ww4ofe0v70

Feb 24, 2023

1

Technology over the long run: zoom out to see how dramatically the world can change within a lifetime

ourworldindata.org/technology-long-run

Feb 24, 2023

2

Review: Four Dimensions by Eva Jablonka and Marion Lamb

www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jul/23/featuresreviews.guardianreview8

Feb 24, 2023

3

Pace Layering: How Complex Systems Learn and Keep Learning

jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-brand/release/2

Feb 24, 2023

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David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race

nav.al/david-deutsch

Feb 23, 2023

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Tariq Ali: Introduction to The Communist Manifesto

www.versobooks.com/blogs/3104-tariq-ali-introduction-to-the-communist-manifesto?ref=the-browser

Feb 21, 2023

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Inside the New Right’s Next Frontier: The American West

www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-right-civil-war

Feb 21, 2023

4

The theory of constraints and how it can help efficiency

monday.com/blog/project-management/theory-of-constraints/

Feb 20, 2023

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Biden plans to go after social media and kids’ mental health in SOTU speech

www.cnbc.com/2023/02/07/biden-state-of-union-to-target-social-media-and-kids-mental-health.html

Feb 8, 2023

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Curious Kids: Where did trees come from?

theconversation.com/curious-kids-where-did-trees-come-from-92518

Feb 6, 2023

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The Cup of Coffee Theory of AI

every.to/p/the-cup-of-coffee-theory-of-ai

Feb 6, 2023

1

In Israel and India the Civilization State is Taking Over

time.com/6250892/israel-india-and-elsewhere-the-civilization-state-is-taking-over/?ref=the-browser

Feb 3, 2023

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The Cycle Of Civilizations | NOEMA

www.noemamag.com/the-cycle-of-civilizations/

Feb 3, 2023

1

Inside the Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight

www.righto.com/2023/01/inside-globus-ink-mechanical-navigation.html?ref=the-browser

Jan 26, 2023

1

2023 Predictions from 40 Founders, Investors, and Operators

digitalnative.substack.com/p/2023-predictions-from-40-founders

Jan 25, 2023

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What Gen Z Thinks About Work, College, and the Internet

digitalnative.substack.com/p/what-gen-z-thinks-about-work-college?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=38500&post_id=96370251&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Jan 25, 2023

2

The Great Contemplation

every.to/p/the-great-contemplation

Jan 25, 2023

1

TfT #8 / Augmented sensemaking

tftn.substack.com/p/tft-8-sensemaking?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1255113&post_id=97668465&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Jan 24, 2023

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Towards an Appropriate Query, Key, and ValueComputation for Knowledge Tracing - 2002.07033.pdf

arxiv.org/pdf/2002.07033.pdf

Jan 24, 2023

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Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past

www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63830490?ref=the-browser

Jan 23, 2023

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Teach For America to see major layoffs as nonprofit seeks to ‘transform’

www.chalkbeat.org/2023/1/20/23564659/teach-for-america-layoffs-recruitment-teachers-pandemic

Jan 23, 2023

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The spelled-out intro to neural networks and backpropagation: building micrograd - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMj-3S1tku0

Jan 22, 2023

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Let's build GPT: from scratch, in code, spelled out. - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCc8FmEb1nY

Jan 20, 2023

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After Socrates: Episode 1 - Introduction | Dr. John Vervaeke - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIJuIN6kUcU

Jan 20, 2023

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The Five Dimensions of Curiosity

hbr.org/2018/09/the-five-dimensions-of-curiosity

Jan 20, 2023

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Assessment as Revelation, not Destination

www.gettingsmart.com/2023/01/16/assessment-as-revelation-not-destination/?utm_source=Smart+Update&utm_campaign=65f1feeaa6-SMART_UPDATE_2023_1_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_17bb008ec3-65f1feeaa6-321393101

Jan 20, 2023

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(1) Fireside Chat: Reid Hoffman, w/ Elad Gil (AI, Big Tech, & Startups) - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QySKWkYlPc

Jan 19, 2023

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