In This Issue: * Bubbles. Are We? Aren't We? Read more below for my current take... * On Unpredictability and
We act in the parts of reality AI can’t predict because they don’t yet exist.
Three Things Thing One: Summit 2026 Tickets for the Artificiality Summit 2026 are now available! Same place (Bend, Oregon) and
In this episode, we dive into the paradox of explainability Why are there so many paradoxical observations in AI?
Autonomy relies more on relative power of the designer than it does on the quality of the explanation.
Take a listen as we take a deep dive into the paradox of personalization.
Paradoxically, the prediction of our future selves reduces our ability to freely find those selves. The younger we are, the more pernicious this effect may be. Perhaps the ultimate protection we can give our kids is the right to figure themselves out before an AI does it for them.
If Clearview is normalized, we're not who we think (or hope) we are.
What is the strategy behind this storytelling?Building loyalty when you're a monopoly.
In 2019, 6.9% of deals and 2.9% of invested capital went to all-women founding teams. Clearly, the venture industry has a long way to go.
We see eight trends that will shape the next decade of venture.
Venture capitalists are paid to take risk—or at least that’s how it’s supposed to work.
The venture industry invested more than four times as much capital in 2019 as in 2010. But while the industry invested four times the amount of capital, it only invested in twice the number of companies.
Why we need to keep talking about Ring and "plug-in surveillance."
