Dostoevsky's
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The Unforgiving Years | Brigitte, Lightning, Lilacs
Systems are such heavy chains that they exonerate the infinitesimal individual, the thinking reed, the trampled reed.
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Regulatory Title Collapse
For a hundred years, Broker meant something to people. It had a particular meaning which invoked scenes of salesman speaking into telephones.
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AI and Silver Bullets
Fred Brooks wrote 'No Silver Bullet' in 1986, addressing the primary concern that software has no one quick fix, no silver bullet.
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The Mercy of the Executioner
The executioner, artisan of death, became an ambiguous figure when to the condemned man he threw a crumb of helpless goodness.
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AI Bias: Stupid Simple
The best way to understand how AI models can be biased in their outputs is through the case of Amazon’s failed AI recruiting tool.
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The Provisioning Trilemma: Cost, Quality and Universality
I believe goods and services in an economy suffer from a trilemma similar to those found in other fields.
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On Vassily Grossman's Life and Fate
Vassily Grossman has managed to create a compelling grand narrative that speaks plainly to the reader.
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Life and Fate | Part 2: Chapter 15
Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness.
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How to Read More
Reading more books compounds your life in unexpected ways, akin to the serendipity machine that is Twitter.
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Stablecoin Thoughts
What percentage of transactions in a day are settled in USD across the world?
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