All the world’s a stage,
Shakespeare
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts.
Life is a complex system of interlocking chemical reactions, driven by feedback and free energy.
Sean Carol: The Big Picture
Paul Kalanithi: Before I go
Stanmed.stanford.edu
We stand on the shoulders of giants who bothered to login to StackOverflow and explain their problem in words easily indexed by Google.
— SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) June 1, 2017
It appears that it was all a misunderstanding.
New and Collected Poems, 1931 – 2001
What was only a trial run was taken seriously.
The rivers will return to their beginnings.
The wind will cease in its turning about.
Trees instead of budding will tend to their roots.
Old men will chase a ball, a glance in the mirror-
They are children again.
The dead will wake up, not comprehending.
Till everything that happened has unhappened.
What a relief! Breathe freely, you who suffered much.
True words are not fine-sounding;
Chapter 81, Tao Te Ching
Fine sounding words are not true.
The good man does not prove by argument;
And he who proves by argument is not good;
True wisdom is different from much learning;
Much learning means little wisdom.
Thank you.
The following sites inspired this sammelsurium
Unsorted:
| 25iq | Tren Griffin | Views on the market, tech, and everything else |
| 80000 hours blog | . | . |
| A wealth of common sense | Ben Carlson | . |
| Above the Crowd | Bill Gurley | . |
| Academically Interesting | Steinhardt | Where i exposit about whatever interests me |
| Adam Townsend | Adam Townsend | . |
| Adventur.es | Brent Beshore | Writings |
| AI Impacts | Katja Grace | . |
| All Things Distributed | Werner Vogels | Weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems |
| Alleged Wisdom | . | Musings of a social scientist |
| Andre Staltz | Andre Staltz | Open source hacker |
| Andrew Chen | Andrew Chen | Essays on tech, growth and startups |
| Apophany Hourly | . | Safe space for tenuous connections and irresponsible speculation |
| Approximately Correct | Zachary Lipton | Technical and social perspectives on machine learning |
| Ars Arcana | Satvik Beri | All writing is wrong, some is useful |
| Asymco | Horace Dediu | . |
| Atul Jha | Atul Jha | . |
| AVC | Fred Wilson | . |
| Base Hit Investing | John Huber | . |
| Becoming Eden | . | Reflections and self-reflections |
| Ben Evans | Benedict Evans | . |
| Ben Kuhn | Ben Kuhn | . |
| Bit-player | Brian Hayes | An amateur’s outlook on computation and mathematics |
| Bits of Quantum | Christian Dickel | A blog by QuTech |
| Bits or Pieces | Simon Wardley | A node between the physical and digital |
| Black Label Logic | . | The sophisticated man’s shitlord |
| Blake Masters | Blake Masters | . |
| Brain Pickings | Maria Popova | An inventory of the meaningful life |
| Breaking Smart | Venkatesh Rao, Marc Andreessen | Seeking serendipity through technology |
| Brilliant Maps | . | Making sense of the world, one map at a time |
| Carcinisation | . | One of nature’s many attempts to evolve a crab |
| Casey Accidental | Casey Winters | . |
| Cdixon blog | Chris Dixon | . |
| Center for innovative governance research blog | Mark Lutter | Up to date commentary on new cities, charter citcities, spacial economic, and all forms of decentralization |
| Cognicrafting | . | Seeker of knowledge wisdom and financial independence |
| Emil Kirkegaard | Emil O.W. Kirkegaard | Clear language, clear mind |
| Cinema Discourse | . | . |
| Coding Horror | Jeff Atwood | . |
| Collaborative Fund Blog | Morgan Housel | . |
| Commiting Sociology | . | Random acts of sociology & philosophy |
| Compass Rose | Benjamin Ross Hoffman | The territory is a map of the map |
| Complexity Explorables | Dirk Brockmann | Interactive explorations of complex systems in biology, physics, mathematics, social sciences, ecology… |
| Compound Learning | Justin Hoyer | |
| Continuations | Albert Wenger | . |
| Counternotions | . | Musings om strategic design and res publica |
| Cybersecpsych | . | Bringing psychology topics to light as they relate to the Darknet and Cybersecurity |
| Dan Luu | Dan Luu | . |
| Dan Wang | Dan Wang | The secure transport of light. Investigating industry and technology at Gavekal Dragonomics |
| David Perell | David Perell | |
| Dani Rodriks weblog | Dani Rodrik | Unconventional thoughts on economic development and globalization |
| Daniel Miessler Blog | Daniel Miessler | |
| Data-driven intelligence | Michael Nielsen | |
| Deep Learning Weekly | ||
| Denz Cem Önduygu | ||
| Designcoders | . | Thinking in services |
| Devon’s Site | Devon Zuegel | |
| Dilbert Blog | Scott Adams | |
| Discover Magazine Blogs | Science for the curious | |
| Dominic Cummings | Dominic Cummings | . |
| Don’t wory about the vase | . | Trying to dig out from minus a million points |
| Economist’s View | Mark Thoma | . |
| Econtalk | Russell Roberts | The library of economics and liberty |
| Ederman | Emanuel Derma | Models behaving badly |
| Edge | . | . |
| Effectutation | Society or effectual action | |
| Eleganthack | Christina Wodtke | Designing business, and the business of design |
| Elaineou | Elaine Ou | Idle mind |
| Elizabeth Yin | . | Bringing transparency to seed investing |
| Epsilon Theory | Ben Hunt | saa |
| Ergodicity Economics | Ole Peters | . |
| Error Statistics Philosopy | Deborah Mayo | . |
| Eukaryote writes blog | Georgia | A blog about risk, research and life as a membrane-bound organism |
| Farnam Street | Shane Parrish | A collection of signal in a world full of noise |
| First Round Review | . | . |
| Flight from Perfection | Milan Griffes | . |
| ForeVix | Jess Riedel | Meta humor means you’re smarter |
| Fundoo Professor | Sanjay Bakshi | Thoughts of a teacher & practitioner of value investing and behavorial economics |
| Gwern | Gwern Branwen | Essays |
| Hbd chick | The exception that proves the rule | |
| Heterodox Academy Blog | . | . |
| History of Philosophy | . | History of philosophy without any gaps |
| Hunterwalk | Hunter Walk | 99% humble 1% brag |
| Hurricane Capital | . | Business analysis & investing |
| I done this blog | . | The science of small wins |
| Idle Words | Maciej Ceglowski | Brevity is for the weak |
| Illimitable Men | . | Destroy your delusions, actualise your potential, cultivate your masculinity |
| Indian Philosophy Blog | . | A group blog of scholars exploring indian philosophy |
| Information Processing | Stephen Hsu | Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will |
| Infraculture | Liz Voeller | Infraculture (the underlying foundation of orgs and systems) + interaction with culture |
| Insecurity Analysis | . | Wall Street Conversations |
| In the Pipeline | Derek Lowe | Commentary on drug discovery and the pharma industry |
| Intelligent Fanatics | . | Standing on the shoulders of giants |
| Inverse Probability Blog | Neil Lawrence | Thoughts and reports on machine learning and privacy |
| Jaffer Ali’s Blog | Jaffer Ali | Perspectives from a media and marketing contrarian |
| James Clear | James Clear | Articles |
| Jason Collins Blog | Jason Collins | Behavioural economics, behavioural and data science, economics, evolutionary biology |
| Jason Zweig | Jason Zweig | A safe haven for intelligent investors |
| Jeff Kaufman | Jeff Kaufman | . |
| John Egan | . | . |
| Jordan Hall | Jordan Greenhall | . |
| Judith Curry | Judith Curry | Climate etc. |
| Justin Owings | Justin Owings | Working out complexity from Atlanta. I think and lift heavy things. |
| Jwnorman Blog | Joseph Norman | . |
| Kalzumeus Software | Patrick McKenzie | . |
| Ken Norton | Ken Norton | . |
| Ken Schwaber | Ken Schwaber | Telling it like it is |
| Kevin Anderson | Kevin Anderson | Comment on climate |
| Kottke.org | Jason Kottke | Home of fine hypertext products |
| Kwokchain | Kevin Kwok | . |
| Lars P Syll | Lars Syll | Non-ergodic, realist and relevant economics |
| Lawfare | . | Hard national security choices |
| Learning by Shipping | . | . |
| Less Wrong 2.0 | Eliezer Yudkowsky | A community blog devoted to refining the art of rationality |
| Literary Hub | . | The best of the literary internet |
| Luca Dellana | Luca Dellana | . |
| Luke Muehlhauser | Luke Muelhauser | . |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute Blog | . | |
| Marc Andreessen Blog | Marc Andreessen | . |
| Marginal Revolution | Tyler Cowen | Small steps toward a much better world |
| Mark Burgess | Mark Burgess | . |
| Martin Fowler | Martin Fowler | . |
| Matt Turck | Matt Turck | . |
| Meaningness | David Chapman | Better ways of thinking, feeling and acting-around problems of meaning and meaninglessness, self and society, ethics, purpose, and value |
| Measure of Doubt | Julia Galef, Jesse Galef | . |
| Melting Asphalt | Kevin Simler | Essays |
| Memos from Howard Marks | Howard Marks | . |
| Meteuphoric | Katja Grace | . |
| Michael Mouboussin | Michael Mouboussin | . |
| Michael Pettis China Financial Markets | Michael Pettis | . |
| Milos Vojinovic | Milos Vojinovic | Historian writing pieces and pieces of the past he encounters |
| Mises | . | Austrian economics, freedom, and peace |
| Musings on Markets | Aswath Damodaran | Not-so-profound thoughts about valuation, corporate finance and the news of the day |
| My so amzing life | . | Writing about thinking about things |
| Nakamoto Instiute | . | . |
| Nancy Hua | Nancy Hua | . |
| Narrative Insights | Marcus Guest | . |
| Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Nassm Nicholas Taleb | Editor of incerto, opacity, and east med project: history, philosophy, and genetics |
| Nautilus | . | Science connected |
| Nec pluribus impar | Philippe Lemoine | Just because everyone says something doesn’t mean it’s true |
| Network Science | Albert-Laszlo Barabasi | . |
| Network Science Institute Publications | Alessandro Vespignani | . |
| Nick Vitcuci | Nick Vitccui | . |
| Nintir | Artir | Veritas gratia veritatis |
| NLW | Nathaniel Whittemore | Bitcoin, crypto, blockchains |
| Noahpinion | Noah Smith | Economics, stale memes, and distraction from productivity activity |
| Nothing is mere | Rob Bensinger | . |
| NoTricksZone | . | Not here to worship what is known, but to question it |
| Nuggets of Thought | . | Unexpected lessons in philosophy, business and everyday life |
| Occam’s Razor | Avinash Kaushik | |
| Open Culture | . | The best free cultural & educational media on the web |
| Optimize Everything | Spencer Greenberg | Essays |
| Otium | Sarah | Speculations and hand-wavy ideas |
| Overcoming Bias | Robin Hanson | . |
| Oversharing | Alison Griswold | . |
| Oxford University Press Blog | . | Academic insights for the thnking world |
| Paul Graham | Paul Graham | Essays |
| Paul Romer | Paul Romer | . |
| PAXsims | . | Conflict simulation, peacebuilding, and development |
| Pedestrian Observations | Alon Levy | For walkability and good transit, against boondoogles and pollutions |
| Peter Hurford Blog | Peter Hurford | Writings |
| Petervan’s Blog | Peter Van | Independent creator |
| Philosophical Economics | . | . |
| Philosophy blog | . | Thoughts on life and culture |
| Piekniewski | Filip Piekniewski | On limits of deep learning and where to go next with ai |
| Podcast Notes | ||
| Psycritic | . | A child’s psychiatrist’s blog, critically examining psychiatry, wellness, parenting, modern culture, etc |
| Psychohistory | Adam Nash | |
| Quanta Magazine | . | Illuminating science |
| Quantum Frontiers | . | A blog by the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter @CalTech |
| Quas lacrimas peperere minioribus nostris | . | |
| Quillette | Claire Lehmann | . |
| Rationality | Eliezer Yudkowsky | From ai to zombies |
| Raw Thought | Aaron Swartz | . |
| Reaction Wheel | Jerry Neumann | . |
| Real Psychiatry | George Dawson | The reality of psychiatry rather than the perception |
| Reducing Suffering | Brian Tomasik | Essays on reducing suffering |
| Relinquishment | Neerav Kingsland | Writing about handling power back to educators and families – and other thoughts |
| Ribbonfarm | Venkatesh Rao, Sarah Perry | Experiments in refactored perception |
| Robert Heaton | Robert Heaton | One track lover down a two-way lane |
| Roosh V | Daryush Valizadeh | . |
| Safal Niveshak | Vishal Khandelwal | Value investing india |
| Sam Altman | Sam Altman | . |
| Samo Burja | Samo Burja | . |
| Sam’s Research Blog | Sam Greydanus | . |
| Samzdat | . | Antecedents have consequences |
| Saner than lasagna | . | . |
| Santa Fe Institute Research | . | . |
| SciLogs | . | Tagebücher der Wissenschaft |
| Scott Belsky | Scott Belsky | . |
| Scott Sage | Scott Sage | . |
| Sean Carroll | Sean Carroll | In truth, only atoms and the void |
| Sean McGrath | Sean McGrath | . |
| Seeing both sides | Jeff Bussgang | VC perspectives from a former entrepreneur |
| Seeking Wisdom | Jana Vembunarayanan | Mastering the bost of what other people have already figured out |
| Selfdiscovery Portal | Art Ticknor | . |
| ShadowStock | . | Deep value, contrarian investing |
| Shetl-Optimized | Scott Aaronson | . |
| Signal vs Noise | Jason Fried | Strong opinions and shared thoughts on design, business and tech |
| Slate Star Codex | Scott Alexander | The joyful reduction of uncertainty |
| Son of Sun Tzu | . | . |
| Stanford AI100 | . | One hundred year study on artificial intelligence |
| Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | . | . |
| Starting Stength | Mark Rippetoe | |
| Startup Jackson | . | Startups and Shit |
| Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science | Andrew Gelman | . |
| Stephan Guyenet | Stephan P. Guyenet | The science of body weight and health |
| Steve Blank | Steve Blank | |
| Steven Strogatz Essays | Steven Strogatz | |
| Stevey’s Blog Rants | Steve Yegge | Random whining and stuff |
| Still Drinking | Peter Welch | . |
| Stratechery | Ben Thompson | On the business, strategy, and impact of technology. |
| Strategyzer Blog | Alexander Osterwalder | . |
| Strong Brain Blog | . | Blogging about mental agility |
| Stumbling and Mumbling | . | Am extremist, not a fanatic |
| TaoSecurity | Richard Bejtlich | Blog on digital security, strategic thought, and military history |
| Teal Tensor | Elizabeth Morningstar | . |
| The AI Programmer’s Bookshelf | Jeff Orkin | A list of useful books for game AI programming |
| The Angel VC | Christoph Janz | Thoughts on internet startups, SaaS and early stage investing |
| The Brains Blog | Gualtiero Piccinini | Since 2005, a leading forum for work in the philosophy and science of mind |
| The Charlieton | . | . |
| The Consequentialist | . | Strategies, algorithms, and schemes for making the future a better place |
| The Cosmic Shambles Network | Dean Burnett | Brain yapping |
| The Exponential View | Azeem Azhar | . |
| The Functional Art | Albert Cairo | Weblog on visualization, infographics and data journalism |
| The Happy Philosopher | . | A guide to freedom and happiness |
| The IT risk manager | . | …based on practice rather than theory |
| The Investor’s field guide | Patrick O’Shaughnessy | . |
| The Lagrangian | Adam Strandberg | . |
| The Last Conformer | . | Thinking inside boxes everyone wants me to think outside of |
| The Mitrailleuse | Arthur Bloom | . |
| The Money Illusion | . | A slightly off-center perspective on monetary problems |
| The Origins Project | Arizona State University | . |
| The Personal Finance Engineer | Daniel Sotiroff | . |
| The Rational Walk | . | Intelligent investing is not a random walk |
| The TRIZ Journal | Darrell Mann | . |
| The Unit of Caring | . | You gave me wings when you showed me birds |
| The whole sky | Julia | . |
| Thing of Things | . | The gradual supplanting of the natural by the just |
| This is going to be big | Charlie O’Donnell | Venture capital, seed and pre-seed |
| Thom Langford | Blogging, so you don’t have to | |
| Three-Toed Sloth | Cosma Shalizi | Slow takes from the canopy |
| Tomgunuz | Tomasz Tunguz | . |
| Tonsky | Nikita | . |
| TrueIndology | . | . |
| Unenumerated | Nick Szabo | An unending variety of topics |
| Unfettered endeavor | . | Free thoughts and freed thoughts |
| Wait but why | Tim Urban | . |
| Wallstreet Playboys | . | Advice from real wall street professionals |
| Watts up with that | . | The worlds most viewed site on global warming and climate change |
| West Hunter | Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending | Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat |
| Y Combinator Blog | . | . |
| Yonatan Zunger | Yonatan Zunger | Either political analysis of authoritan regimes, or interesting facts about science |
| Wavell Room | . | Contemporary british military thought |
| Zompist | Mark Rosenfelder | Mark Rosenfelder’s Metaverse |
And then there is this guy, out in his own universe
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