Dario Amodei SNL
This is exactly what AI CEOs sound to me.
Internet and Blockchain Will Kill Nation-States
Information rules. “The clergy was generally educated. They knew, among other things, the local vernacular, latin, and could read. Since the commoners didn’t speak Latin anymore, they couldn’t read the Bible directly, so the clergy became gatekeepers of the relationship… Read More »Internet and Blockchain Will Kill Nation-States
Why Is Japan So Populated Despite So Little Land?
Search currents matter. “And this is why sushi is the most Japanese type of food. It’s where rice meets fish: the rice from the continent, migrating from south to north through the islands, and increasing the population through rice farming… Read More »Why Is Japan So Populated Despite So Little Land?
How Earthquakes Made the Biggest City in the World
This is crazy. “Tokyo contains 30% of Japan’s population, yet it has been the capital of Japan for less than 200 years, and had just ~60k people around 1600! Yet by 1700, it might already have been the biggest city… Read More »How Earthquakes Made the Biggest City in the World
How to rage bait
Just don’t watch shit you do not know the source of.
Why America keeps losing wars
Willpower matters.
How Enigma Worked
Nice explainer.
Everybody’s Lost Their Minds
Yes they did. “despite having found literally thousands of new vulnerabilities (only a fraction of which were reported to Open Source projects, by the way), I don’t think that we’re any safer than before. That’s because finding vulnerabilities has never… Read More »Everybody’s Lost Their Minds
Did Odysseus Cause the Bronze Age Collapse?
Is there any truth in it? “Near the film’s climax, Penelope talks to Odysseus and finally realizes the truth—they are the Sea People. The ravaging horde destroying civilization is simply their triumphant warriors, returning home, having lost all sense of… Read More »Did Odysseus Cause the Bronze Age Collapse?
Interview with Big Data engineer in 2026
Eventual consistency was too hard so we opted for immediately wrong.