What's the Point of Capital?

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The Race to Build AI's TikTok

theankler.com/p/race-to-build-ai-tiktok-dreamflare-elon-musk-visual-dome?utm_source=substack&publication_id=15657&post_id=148164885&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=24lim&triedRedirect=true

How Livestreaming Shatters the Fourth Wall

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This rare earth metal shows us the future of our planet’s resources

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Starting Status

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How Ava DuVernay Raised $38 Million For ‘Origin’

www.forbes.com/sites/danafeldman/2023/12/20/how-ava-duvernay-raised-38-million-for-origin/

Bootstrapping a Solar System Civilization

obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/10/14/bootstrapping-solar-system-civilization

From Science Fiction to Science Fact

obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/10/21/science-fiction-science-fact

You Guys Have No Idea Just How Much People Hate Generative AI

www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/you-guys-have-no-idea-just-how-much?utm_source=substack&publication_id=883883&post_id=147061078&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=24lim&triedRedirect=true

The Case for a NIST Foundation — IFP

ifp.org/nist-foundation/

How DARPA Can Proactively Shape Emerging Technologies - Institute for Progress

ifp.org/how-darpa-can-solve-market-failures-in-emerging-technologies/

How to Invest Federal Funds Like a VC

www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-invest-federal-funds-like

AI in Developing Countries: Catalyzing Transformation and Innovation

www.unaligned.io/p/ai-developing-countries-catalyzing-transformation-innovation?utm_source=www.unaligned.io&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=ai-in-developing-countries-catalyzing-transformation-and-innovation

The solar industrial revolution is the biggest investment opportunity in history

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GenAI in Hollywood: Threat or Opportunity?

dougshapiro.substack.com/p/genai-in-hollywood-threat-or-opportunity

A Vision for the Future of Science Philanthropy

issues.org/future-science-philanthropy-sloan-michelson-falk/

2024 President's Annual Note: Risk and Reward in the Climate Era

www.rockefellerfoundation.org/insights/risk-and-reward-in-the-climate-era/?mc_cid=5894eadc12&mc_eid=78364bf1a0&utm_source=Rockefeller+Foundation+eAlerts&utm_campaign=5894eadc12-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_05_30_eNews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5894eadc12-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Accelerating science through evolvable institutions

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Better Tools, Bigger Companies

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(2) Future of Products Workshop by LCA - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uod6AA1ClTo

Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?

www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/11/1090718/household-robots-ai-data-robotics/?truid=&utm_source=the_download&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_term=&utm_content=04-11-2024&mc_cid=a7388351d1&mc_eid=c2bd484fe6

Stumbling Towards First Light

longnow.org/ideas/stumbling-towards-first-light/

Crypto as the next iteration of the attention economy

www.lisnewsletter.com/p/cryptos-attention-economy?utm_source=substack

☞ Living with the Veil of Progress

arbesman.substack.com/p/living-with-the-veil-of-progress

AI Could Actually Help Rebuild The Middle Class | NOEMA

www.noemamag.com/how-ai-could-help-rebuild-the-middle-class/

Algorithms are everywhere

www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/27/1088164/algorithms-book-reviews-kyle-chayka-chris-wiggins-matthew-l-jones-josh-simons/

Honoring Black History Month: The Evolution And Influence Of Afrofuturism

peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/honoring-black-history-month-the-evolution-and-influence-of-afrofuturism/

Imaginary Papers, Issue 17

mailchi.mp/asu.edu/imaginarypapers17-feb2024?e=86de532334

How Americans’ confidence in technology firms has dropped: evidence from the second wave of the American Institutional Confidence poll

www.brookings.edu/articles/how-americans-confidence-in-technology-firms-has-dropped-evidence-from-the-second-wave-of-the-american-institutional-confidence-poll/

The Americans Who Need Chaos

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/need-for-chaos-politicsl-science-concept/677536/

quick.study/soloculture-1

Necessary and Sufficient Conditions - Apex Magazine

apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/necessary-and-sufficient-conditions/

At least five interesting things to start your week (#28)

www.noahpinion.blog/p/at-least-five-interesting-things-7fa?utm_source=substack

www.nfx.com/post/ai-like-water

The Era of Abstraction & New Creative Tensions

www.implications.com/p/the-era-of-abstraction-and-new-creative?publication_id=1256656&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&isFreemail=true

The future of building startups

gregisenberg.ck.page/posts/the-future-of-building-startups?token=d0u6r2k9pqb2azhk4xx64otmvm2q44&subscriber_code=747680

Requests for Startups | Y Combinator

www.ycombinator.com/rfs

The Year(s) Ahead in Media - Virtualization

dougshapiro.substack.com/p/the-years-ahead-in-media-part-4?publication_id=535846&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=zc5g3

The Year(s) Ahead in Media - Concentration

dougshapiro.substack.com/p/the-years-ahead-in-media-part-3?publication_id=535846&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&isFreemail=true

The Year(s) Ahead in Media - Concentration

dougshapiro.substack.com/p/the-years-ahead-in-media-part-3?publication_id=535846&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=zc5g3

Future of media monetisation

www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/telecommunications/future-of-media-content-monetization.html

The Year(s) Ahead in Media - Disintermediation

dougshapiro.substack.com/p/the-years-ahead-in-media-part-2

The Year(s) Ahead in Media - Fragmentation

dougshapiro.substack.com/p/the-years-ahead-in-media-part-1?publication_id=535846&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=zc5g3

How to Attract, Develop, and Retain AI Talent

www.bcg.com/publications/2023/how-to-attract-develop-retain-ai-talent

Answer.AI - Lessons from history’s greatest R&D labs

www.answer.ai/posts/2024-01-26-freaktakes-lessons.html?utm_source=www.homescreen.news&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=chip-it

Bonus: More details on how Bell Labs operated

www.freaktakes.com/p/bonus-more-details-on-how-bell-labs

How did places like Bell Labs know how to ask the right questions?

www.freaktakes.com/p/how-did-places-like-bell-labs-know

An Alternative Approach to Deep Tech VC

www.freaktakes.com/p/an-alternative-approach-to-deep-tech?utm_medium=email

Engaging the Masses: How Entertainment is Taking Web3 Mainstream

www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/06/22/engaging-the-masses-how-entertainment-is-taking-web3-mainstream/

The company teaching influencers how to get rich without going viral

restofworld.org/2023/hotmart-get-rich-without-going-viral/