July 2, 2023
BEN ERSING
If you only have 30 minutes this week, watch (at 2.0x) this video about whether free will is an illusion and why it would matter.
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Entrepreneurial Careers & The Future of Work
- Stanford Business School – Future Proof Yourself in the Reinvention Revolution
- Paul Graham – How to do great work
- HBR – Why Entrepreneurs Don’t Need Venture Capital
- Stanford Business School – Build Impactful Expert Networks
Macroeconomics & Innovation History
- The Fed – Distressed Firms and the Large Effects of Monetary Policy Tightenings
- Bloomberg – China Has $3T ‘Hidden’ Currency Reserves
- CNBC – Apple Market cap Tops $3T for First Time Ever
- AP – The S&P500 is in a Bull Market. Here’s What that Means and How Long the Bull Might Run
- Morgan Stanley – Bracing for a U.S. Earnings Recession
- Business Insider – Wall Street Can’t Agree on Where Stocks Are Headed in the 2nd Half of this Year
Alternative Investments
- Clarify Capital – GPT-4 Outperforms Humans in Pitchdeck Creation
- SSRN – Using Deep Learning to Identify the Next Unicorn
- JSTOR – Can VCs Time the Market?
Global Real Estate, Hospitality & Travel
- FlyingMagazine – Flying Car Manufacturer, Aska Nabs Milestone FAA Airworthiness Approval
- Business Insider – It’s a Cruel Summer for AirBnB and Vrbo Hosts as Listings Get Squeezed
Transformative Technologies
- New Product – InflectionAI
- Gizmodo – Meta Offers a Glimpse into the Black Box of AI Ranking
- Aarthi & Sriram – Vitalik Buterin on Crypto’s Future
- Vivek Goyal – AI Agents – Next Frontier to Access the Web
- Alec Torelli – The Next Crypto Cycle
STEM: Expanding Your Horizons
- Scientific American – Where’s Waldo? How to Mathematically Prove You Found Him Without Revealing Where He Is
- World Science Festival – The Golden Age of Space Exploration
- com – SpaceX Launches Rocket to Map the ‘Dark Universe’
- Discover – If We Can’t Send People Back in Time, Can We Send Information?
Art, Culture & Entertainment
- The Living Philosopher – Camino de Santiago: Why I Hiked and What I Learned
On LIFE: Spirituality, Philosophy & Parenting
- WSJ – Is ‘this’ it? When Success isn’t Satisfying
- Warren Buffet – How We Gauge Someone’s Reputation
- Philosophize This – What if Free Will is an Illusion?
- Chief Executive – The Strategic Value of Kindness
- Bronnie Ware – The Regrets of the Dying