What's Sid Meier really like?
Humans Create Empires For The Same Reason They Create Egos
Reading by Tim Foley:
AI’s Imperial Agenda
“Empire of AI” author Karen Hao on how Silicon Valley’s young AI companies parallel colonial empires of old.
The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering.
The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering.
Odysseus at the End of Civilization
Nolan’s film confronts the betrayal of the West’s own values.
Odysseus at the End of Civilization
Nolan’s film confronts the betrayal of the West’s own values.
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In “The Seventh Sally,” a story by the great Polish science-fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, a god-like “constructor” named Trurl comes upon a former tyrant named Excelsius, now exiled to a lonely asteroid by the peoples of the planets he used to terrorize. Upon learning of Trurl’s powers, Excelsius demands that he restore him to his throne. Trurl, however, is wise enough to consider what suffering Excelsius’s reinstatement would bring to his subjects. So, he instead fashions an intricate simulacrum of a kingdom for Excelsius to rule over.
A Star Investor's Tale of Risk, Ruin & Reinvention w/ Victor Haghani (RWH071)
Confessions of an AI Clickbait Kingpin
Serbian DJ turned internet entrepreneur Nebojša Vujinović Vujo floods abandoned news sites with AI-generated articles. But he wants you to know he's a nice guy.
Does Silicon Valley dream of Philip K Dick?
[FREE TO READ] His 1960s science-fiction visions are a guide to our age of erratic billionaires, wild space fantasies and glitchy, invasive technology
Vitalik: An Ethereum Story // Full Film
Ursula K. Le Guin — The Dispossessed
A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—a civilization of warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to reunite the two planets, which have been divided by centuries of distrust. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart.
Go Lives
The greatest Go player of all time just did something amazing. What can this tell us about life in the era of superhuman AI?
