Reading List
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Share things you read. Not too much. Mostly articles.
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“The estate tax is a funny levy. These days, it hardly contributes to US coffers, and the earnings are a rounding error when compared to other taxes. But it plays an outsize role in the politics of taxation, with conservatives referring to the “death tax” and the (unsubstantiated) plight of family farms while progressives bring up the disproportionate power of the superwealthy.”
https://sherwood.news/power/who-died-and-left-the-us-7-billion-fayez-sarofim/
https://sherwood.news/power/who-died-and-left-the-us-7-billion-fayez-sarofim/
Great post on ideas distribution in the world of AI
https://mhdempsey.substack.com/p/in-distribution-vs-out-of-distribution
https://mhdempsey.substack.com/p/in-distribution-vs-out-of-distribution
Paywalled. But people not reading fiction is a problem
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-decline-of-the-novel
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-decline-of-the-novel
“For all the richness to be squeezed from knowing of a bee’s life, I sometimes think there is even more to be learned from its demise.”
https://www.threepennyreview.com/the-noblest-of-things/
https://www.threepennyreview.com/the-noblest-of-things/
“You might want to hit your weed pen before reading this one.” Gave me a good laugh.
- @packy on his Friday night drop about “negative time”
https://x.com/packym/status/1842184471023599936?s=46
- @packy on his Friday night drop about “negative time”
https://x.com/packym/status/1842184471023599936?s=46
Another case why kids need to learn how to use their phones in creative ways instead of just doom-scrolling and following each other.
https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/rethink-from-fomo-to-fogo
https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/rethink-from-fomo-to-fogo
Interesting to consider. Most people like the idea of cops wearing body cams to prevent corruption and abuse of power. But as the cost of the technology goes down, how comfortable are you with the idea that every private and public employee you interact with may be wearing a body camera?
And what is lost in the process? Does the parking inspector who would have ripped up the fine for a harried single mother who arrived back at the 5 mins late, now write the ticket because he’s wearing a body cam?
Do we lose some of the social grease and small accomodations that ease the rigidity of modern society because abundant body cameras now mean that everyone starts following the letter of the law inherent to their jobs, rather than the spirit?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-body-cams-create-a-culture-of-fear/
And what is lost in the process? Does the parking inspector who would have ripped up the fine for a harried single mother who arrived back at the 5 mins late, now write the ticket because he’s wearing a body cam?
Do we lose some of the social grease and small accomodations that ease the rigidity of modern society because abundant body cameras now mean that everyone starts following the letter of the law inherent to their jobs, rather than the spirit?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-body-cams-create-a-culture-of-fear/
(Most of my thoughts used to easily fall into channels, these days my brain is too foggy to compress to that level)
https://ia.samaltman.com/
https://ia.samaltman.com/
Memo from MrBeast. Great read
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YaG9xpu-WQKBPUi8yQ4HaDYQLUSa7Y3J/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YaG9xpu-WQKBPUi8yQ4HaDYQLUSa7Y3J/view
Reading aloud isn't weird or cringe.
It's actually how we can often appreciate the written more. Especially for poetry.
But even with personal writing, thinking about how it sounds gives you the best clue toward if this is really your voice or not.
Also it's fun reading to others :))
https://www.raptitude.com/2024/09/in-favor-of-reading-aloud/
It's actually how we can often appreciate the written more. Especially for poetry.
But even with personal writing, thinking about how it sounds gives you the best clue toward if this is really your voice or not.
Also it's fun reading to others :))
https://www.raptitude.com/2024/09/in-favor-of-reading-aloud/
Sometimes the real wonder comes at sheer recognition that it's a marvel how things exist at all - and how we get to experience them, just like that.
https://psyche.co/ideas/the-most-profound-wonder-is-stirred-by-what-is-most-ordinary
https://psyche.co/ideas/the-most-profound-wonder-is-stirred-by-what-is-most-ordinary
that time of the year, i have just opened Meaningness' seminal "Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolution" in 4 different browser windows:
https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths
https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths
Something for readers and fans of techno-thrillers - @SlopeOfHope on X - is publishing his new novel "Solid State" for free via daily Substack subscriber emails 🤓 Love the concept ... could have been Paragraph, but readers will read no matter what 😉
Subscribe for free if you're a reader
https://solidstatenovel.substack.com/?utm_campaign=subscribe-page-share-screen&utm_medium=web
Subscribe for free if you're a reader
https://solidstatenovel.substack.com/?utm_campaign=subscribe-page-share-screen&utm_medium=web
Had no idea how insanely eccentric Palmer Luckey's life was until reading this profile.
Also pretty ironic that he got ousted from Oculus for doing the same thing many tech leaders are doing today: endorsing Trump.
https://www.tabletmag.com/feature/american-vulcan-palmer-luckey-anduril
Also pretty ironic that he got ousted from Oculus for doing the same thing many tech leaders are doing today: endorsing Trump.
https://www.tabletmag.com/feature/american-vulcan-palmer-luckey-anduril
Still the most goated reading list in tech circles in my opinion.
Who else has a great public bookshelf?
https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelf
Who else has a great public bookshelf?
https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelf
Found this amazing reading list from Curve Labs about cypherpunk souls. Lots of regen, philosophy, decentralization, ownership type of articles https://www.curvelabs.eu/anarchive
anyone have good book suggestions?
“-Community and culture are important, but it's a cop out answer.
- Economic mechanisms are important, but it's a cop out answer.
- Given L2s/Solana as a baseline, faster TPS is important, but it's a cop out answer”
“The future of blockchain infrastructure — and of genuinely new applications in crypto — is Purpose Built.”
https://x.com/jasonjzhao/status/1826236451954286946?s=46
- Economic mechanisms are important, but it's a cop out answer.
- Given L2s/Solana as a baseline, faster TPS is important, but it's a cop out answer”
“The future of blockchain infrastructure — and of genuinely new applications in crypto — is Purpose Built.”
https://x.com/jasonjzhao/status/1826236451954286946?s=46
Great read
"Some of these places want you to do the apology show for what you believe in, and we don’t apologize for what we believe in."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/style/alex-karp-palantir.html
"Some of these places want you to do the apology show for what you believe in, and we don’t apologize for what we believe in."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/style/alex-karp-palantir.html