Review of Rutger Bregman's new book Moral Ambition

Review of Rutger Bregman's new book Moral Ambition https://continuations.com/moral-ambition-by-rutger-bregman-book-review

Resurfacing this from Oct 2023 - since then nations have failed to push for a credible post-Hamas Palestinian state & the US has enabled Israel to use that as an excuse for escalating the death toll & allowing expansionist voices in government. Truly awful on all counts.

Resurfacing this from Oct 2023 - since then nations have failed to push for a credible post-Hamas Palestinian state & the US has enabled Israel to use that as an excuse for escalating the death toll & allowing expansionist voices in government. Truly awful on all counts. https://continuations.com/israelgaza

Resilience of decentralized systems will be a big advantage as AI-enabled cyber attacks ramp up.

Whither Universities: Reinvention or Obsolescence?

Whither Universities: Reinvention or Obsolescence? https://continuations.com/whither-universities-reinvention-or-obsolescence

Philosophy Monday: Part 3 https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-values-part-3

Why are trail cams such a mess? Terrible software. Either wifi or cellular but not both. No RTSP support. No APIs. Someone please make a quality product.

A sufficiently decentralized social network. farcaster.xyz

Apple court decision + mini-apps on @farcaster: amazing news for app developers!

Book review: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

Book review: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson https://continuations.com/abundance-book-review

Medical Progress: A Personal Example https://continuations.com/medical-progress-a-personal-example

Philosophy Mondays (admittedly on a Wednesday): Values, Part 2

Philosophy Mondays (admittedly on a Wednesday): Values, Part 2 https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-values-part-2

New blog post: A Star Trek Vision for the US

New blog post: A Star Trek Vision for the US https://continuations.com/a-star-trek-vision-for-the-us

New blog post: We Must Resist Trump https://continuations.com/we-must-resist-trump - includes a call for Senator Schumer to resign to make room for new people wirh new ideas

Philosophy Mondays: Values https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-values

Reasonable people can disagree on policies such as tariffs but abducting foreigners and threatening citizens with the same is straight up totalitarian.

We're excited to announce our investment in Pluralis Research, advancing "Actually Open AI" through decentralized, collaborative model training. @usv and @coinfund-io co-led the $7.6M seed round, with @variant, Topology, and others participating

more thoughts: https://blog.usv.com/pluralis-towards-actually-open-ai

Super excited about this potential path to "actually open" AI

Blog post: Some Thoughts on the Trump Presidency

Blog post: Some Thoughts on the Trump Presidency https://continuations.com/some-thoughts-on-the-trump-presidency

Philosophy Mondays: Randomness, Replication, Selection and Free Will

Philosophy Mondays: Randomness, Replication, Selection and Free Will https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-randomness,-replication,-selection-and-free-will

Wrote a post on Musk as a potential scapegoat for Trump: A Scenario

Wrote a post on Musk as a potential scapegoat for Trump: A Scenario https://continuations.com/a-scenario

Philosophy Mondays: Judgment https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-judgment

Albert Wenger

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