An engineer argues the AI he was working with was alive
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Summer novel list from LitHub lithub.com/35-novels-you-nee… via @lithub
The metaverse could be a trillion-dollar market by end of decade.
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Can the Fed pull off “immaculate disinflation”? economist.com/finance-and-ec…
Tough call but I'm gonna say Kubrick.
Well, folks - we've made it to the finals.
The 20th Century Directors bracket comes down to a battle between two major directors, each with fascinating filmographies.
It's STANLEY KUBRICK (1) vs ORSON WELLES (2).
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In which Cormac McCarthy gives a rare interview. "Writing is very subconscious and the last thing I want to do is think about it."
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“The not-knowing is crucial to art, is what allows art to be made.”
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Why Did Almost Nobody See Inflation Coming? by Jason Furman @ProSyn prosyn.org/TyW7Bq4
Highly recommend this guy. A little reclusive and paranoid, and tends to digress, but very hard worker who knows a lot about rockets. #pynchon
The Economist Asks: Armando Iannucci – How do writers find humor in the darkest days? economist.com/podcasts/2021/…
That feeling when the full 20-volume set of the greatest collection of words in the English language ever assembled shows up at your door. @OED







