Dubai
Turning weaknesses into strength. “Why did it work for Dubai? A big reason was that it was weak. That weakness was an asset, not a liability: The port was not huge, the Sheikh was not powerful, so if he tried… Read More »Dubai
Herpetologists Answers Snake Questions
Fascinating.
Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later
It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission. And the energy is amazing.
Why We Didn’t Kill More Diseases?
Because we don’t care that much mostly.
Why Is AI So Dumb?
And it is very dumb.
EU Tech
Is it actually bad that it is like this?
Optimizing things in the USSR
And more like this. “To reduce the dimensionality of the problem, administrators would often track the total tonnage of a few broad classes of steel tubes in the models, rather than using a more detailed classification scheme. While their models… Read More »Optimizing things in the USSR
Why Could Lebanon Be Rich, but Is so Chaotic?
The OGs. “The Phoenicians were thus the main vector of civilization and technology spread in the Mediterranean. The Greeks and Romans are simply their technological heirs, learning from them how to navigate and trade.” https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/why-could-lebanon-be-rich-but-is
Money
In many places Money = Power * Unscrupulousness^2. If you find yourself in a place where it works like this and you lack Unscrupulousness, run. Even if you have Power, Unscrupulousness is exponential and will trump you.
Why IKEA Wins
They are bad at most stuff. So what is the secret?