Cosy Sunday Reads v.4
This week: Moore's Law for everything, Quantum field Theory visualised, Understanding Ethereum and NFTs and much more
Olá my friends,
Oh Boy! You haven't heard from me in a while. Sorry about that. I hope you had a great couple of months! Mine have been packed with events, experiences and personal insights. This led me to be unable to share my thoughts in recent times. However, I am back with a Cosy Sunday Reads v.04 and will share more blog posts on other topics in the near future. To quote a famous Italian plumber designed by a Japanese media giant: "Here we go!"
Blog Post: Sam Altman - Moore's Law for everything (5 min read)
Sam Altman is a prolific personality in the startup ecosystem. He has led the infamous YCombinator for many years and is currently leading OpenAI as CEO. Due to his day-to-day work at OpenAI and experience with YC, he has a thorough understanding of technology and its capabilities in the coming decades. In this recent blog post, he outlined the possibilities of harnessing the power of AI collectively as a society to create a future where everybody is profiting from the generated wealth. Taking a progressive stance toward economic and political renewal, he proposes a new taxation model. By implementing his model, he postulates a fairer distribution of wealth and opportunities in the coming decades.
Video: Quantum field theory visualised - ScienceClic (15:52 min)
Okay, this one is for the science nerds among us. I have always struggled with creating a simple mental model around quantum field theory. Led alone understand it! I recently found this video explaining it in great visuals without going too much into the mathematical details. It outlines our struggle to describe the microscopic world given its inherent uncertainty and how quantum field theory resolves some of those problems. I hope you find it as illuminating as I did!
Blog: What I worked on - Paul Graham (60 min read)
Paul Graham is the founder of YCombinator and a knowledgeable guy all things startups, science and technology. While being tremendously successful with several startups, his life has not always been straightforward. In this lengthy but very engaging blog post, he outlines his journey from dabbling in programming, being at art school for several years, to starting his own first business. An insightful read displaying the personal journey of a man just following his interests.
Podcast: Understanding Ethereum - Tim Ferris, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin (2:11h listen)
Tim Ferris and Naval Ravikant interview one of the founders of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin. Being well known in the crypto world for his creation and contribution to the development of Ethereum, Viatlik gives a great explanation of what Ethereum is. Furthermore, he dives into the ways the Ethereum Foundation and the Ethereum Community is planning to evolve the Blockchain Protocol in the coming years. Perfectly narrated and guided by Naval, this is a great listen for people just dipping their toes into the crypto-world as much as experts alike.
Blog Post: NFT Bible - OpenSea (ca. 60 min read)
Okay, you heard in the media of this NFT thing recently. But somehow it is still just all too vague! What is this? How does it work? And why is currently everybody from Elon Musk to your artist friends talking about it? No worries, I got your back. OpenSea is an NFT Marketplace that wrote an excellent overview of all things NFT. This document goes in-depth on the whole topic. But don’t get discouraged by its length! Even the first couple of paragraphs give a great introduction to the topic. So take 5-10 mins on the page, and find out why this is a great development for all digital artists around the world! And if you are an expert, this is a great resource to come back to.
So this is it for today. Hope you found the selection insightful. In case of feedback or questions, always feel free to reach out!
Clepp
Sunday Quote:
“Not happy he who thinks himself not so” - Seneca