“Because the people at these labs made fortunes betting on ideas that once looked insane, the world now takes nearly everything they say on faith. That, I think, is a mistake. It is not a given that AI will solve… Read More »Intelligence is not the main bottleneck
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
Fascinating.
It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission. And the energy is amazing.
Because we don’t care that much mostly.
And it is very dumb.
Is it actually bad that it is like this?
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
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
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.