GANs
Two networks trained against each other, one generating fake examples and one judging them, until the generator's output is convincing.
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Seth Godin quoted
Marketing author and daily blogger
Their wordsThe job of the Chief Decision Officer, then, isn't to make decisions. It's to create the conditions for the organization to do a better job of it.
↗Caveman leadership and the CDO*seths.blog 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Jennifer Shahade quoted
American chess player, poker player and writer
Their wordsWhat feels like a random, organic process may be leading us down a narrow path of cool sounding numbers and ideas.
↗See the Sideways Movejenshahade.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Nate Silver quoted
Forecaster, founder of FiveThirtyEight
Their wordsOne consistent story this cycle is that Democratic Senate candidates are doing surprisingly well in traditionally red states such as Texas, but in bluer states — most obviously Michigan and Minnesota — their polling has been less than stellar. Don’t bet on that changing dramatically in the final days leading up to the election.
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Adam Kucharski quoted
Epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical…
Their wordsIf we look at school-age children (5 to 14), the rise was later and smaller, and began in late August, during the summer holidays (English schools go back in early September). Schools out... as a theory currently, it would appear.
↗Understanding the unseenkucharski.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Josh Blackman quoted
American legal scholar
Their wordsKagan's point seems to be that ruling against the President that appoints you makes you a fair justice. That premise is only true if in fact that law does not support the appointing President's policy.
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Kieran Healy quoted
Sociologist at Duke University writing on markets
Our readingProfessionalization and organizational homogenization cause outputs in a field to converge in form.
Their wordsProfessionalization is one of the main engines of organizational homogenization. In a field whose members are trained in similar programs, credentialed in similar ways, competing for a limited number of positions, and evaluated by somewhat vague but widely shared criteria, organizations and their outputs will tend to converge in form.
↗kieran healy ·kieranhealy.org 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Kent C. Dodds quoted
Software engineer and educator
Their wordsTurns out that you need a lot of code to support teams/orgs.
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Federico Viticci quoted
Founder and editor-in-chief of MacStories
Their wordsI strongly believe that there’s more to a great app experience than elegant code that passes tests.
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M.G. Siegler quoted
Technology writer of Spyglass
Their words$299 feels downright reasonable for what is clearly a thoughtfully designed and elegant looking home computer centerpiece.
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Julie Zhuo quoted
Co-founder of Sundial; former vice president of product…
Their wordsSocial apps used to be about connecting more meaningfully with friends and family. But then they got overrun by algorithms and short-form videos and an endless stream of enticing content from people all around the world whom we will never meet face-to-face.
↗What would make AI truly social?lg.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Raquel Varela quoted
Portuguese labour historian; professor at FCSH
Their wordsMas o Chega é uma criação monstruosa das classes dirigentes portugueses que, com medo de greves e resistência popular aos salários miseráveis e horários de escravatura, financiam, apoiam, e entrevistam, nos jornais e nas TVs do Estado e nas privadas, esta organização de violência e morte, que espalha pelo país a mais elementar manipulação e violência.
↗Skip to primary contentraquelcardeiravarela.wordpress.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Brian Merchant quoted
Journalist and author; writes Blood in the Machine
Their wordsthe real Luddites were not dumb reactionaries who wanted to smash machines because they did not understand them. They were a well-organized and militant labor movement whose members fully grasped the threat certain machines posed to their livelihoods, when used by factory bosses to drive down wages and exploit child labor.
↗The 15 best Luddite horror filmsbloodinthemachine.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Matthew Yglesias quoted
Writes Slow Boring, a near-daily newsletter on American…
Their wordsBeyond Michigan or the specifics of that race, though, it’s just a lot easier to run against the backdrop of an unpopular Trump presidency than an unpopular Biden presidency.
↗An honest framework for assessing electoral performanceslowboring.com
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Paul Graham quoted
Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
Their wordsOrganizations can become somewhat aligned with AI by using AI-powered apps, but the deepest change takes the form of code.
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Noah Smith quoted
Economics writer; author of the Noahpinion newsletter
Our readingThe real estate bust began an era of crushed expectations that shows no sign of ending soon.
Their wordsThe reality is that the real estate bust inaugurated an era of crushed expectations that shows no sign of ending soon.
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António Tadeia quoted
Portuguese football journalist and TV commentator
Their wordsNão tinha muitas dúvidas de que a equipa tinha futebol suficiente para ganhar ali, onde nos últimos quatro anos só a Espanha vencera e onde, há ano e meio, ela própria tinha sofrido horrores (e perdido por 1-0).
↗Uma equipa adultatadeia.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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M.G. Siegler quoted
Their wordsThe body may well reject such organs! But yeah, you sort of have to try if you truly believe AI is going to fundamentally alter the way business is done.
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Ryan Broderick quoted
Founder and writer of Garbage Day
Their wordsA hit like "Choosin' Texas" is not just a case of Spotify playlists inventing a pop song out of thin air. The record labels, radio stations, and TV channels of the old world devolved into fiefdoms of the already established and already famous
↗Why "Choosin' Texas" doesn't feel like a hitgarbageday.email 1st of 2 in this piece
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Alon Levy quoted
Mathematician turned transport researcher
Their wordsBut once one gets to the second millennium and cities are more visible to us in economic history, this is no longer the only origin of cities. Some emerge for commercial purposes, and only become sites of royal extraction after they've proven their economic value.
↗The Origin of Premodern Western Citiespedestrianobservations.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Molly Graham quoted
Co-founder of Glue Club and The Guild
Their wordsCEOs like shipping a strategy memo that was clearly written by AI that is you role modeling for your organization that it's fine to outsource your thinking and it's fine to outsource your strategy.
↗Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transitionyoutube.com 10th of 20 in this recording
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Heather Cox Richardson quoted
Professor of History at Boston College
Their wordsMAGA is falling apart, and he either lives in a fantasy world or hopes to stem that collapse by issuing propaganda that will convince voters he is actually winning.
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Elon Musk quoted
Founded SpaceX in 2002
Their words“Homeless” is a propaganda word used to describe people on the street who are mentally ill or severely addicted to drugs.
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Joel Kotkin quoted
American writer on cities and demography
Our readingLow fertility rates may increase dependence on the welfare state as informal social networks weaken.
Their wordsLow fertility rates may boost dependence on the welfare state, particularly as informal networks - children, grandchildren, extended families, churches, and community organizations - weaken.
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Matt Taibbi quoted
Journalist and author; writes the Racket News newsletter…
Their wordsHowever, it absolutely violates the First Amendment when the Executive gives benefits to some organizations, and denies others because of what they say.
↗Trump is Wrong on Speech. Don’t Forget the Backstoryracket.news 1st of 2 in this piece
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Peter Sellis quoted
Former head of product at Discord
Their wordsI think it's like essential to be able to create an organization that can adopt that type of talent.
↗90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from Snap and Discord’s product chief | Peter Sellisyoutube.com 2nd of 18 in this recording
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Peter Sellis quoted
Their wordsI think to be a really good really good PM you kind of have to be like really confident and that borders on arrogance a lot of the time.
↗90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from Snap and Discord’s product chief | Peter Sellisyoutube.com 18th of 18 in this recording
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Brad DeLong quoted
Economics professor at the University of California
Their wordsAnd more than half the rise in the top 1% share since 1985 flowed through the pass-through businesses that was a "tax efficiency innovation" feature of the Reagan Revolution.
↗Passthrough Tax Loopholes & the Rise of the American Gentry: CHART OF THE DAYbraddelong.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Brad DeLong quoted
Their wordsThe Reagan Revolution promised faster growth in exchange for lower taxes on the rich. The rich won; the growth never showed up.
↗Passthrough Tax Loopholes & the Rise of the American Gentry: CHART OF THE DAYbraddelong.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Noah Smith quoted
Their wordsExport controls work. "Export controls just make Chinese companies work harder or catch up" is propaganda ass shite
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Richard Stallman quoted
Founder of the Free Software Movement and the GNU Project
Their wordsRepublicans' long-term strategy, since Reagan, is to spend a lot of money (mainly on things that won't benefit non-rich Americans), refuse to raise taxes, and therefore greatly increase the national debt.
↗Urgent: Raise the Wage Actstallman.org 11th of 10 in this piece