Weekend Reading
Writing worth reading - 18th/19th November 2023
Thiel’s Unicorn Success Is Awkward for Colleges by Aaron Brown and Richard Dewey
“Available evidence supports the opposite conclusion. Thiel fellows have achieved shocking success, enough to merit a reconsideration of our current approach to college. A recent book, Paper Belt on Fire, by one of Thiel’s colleagues, fills in the backstory of the fellowship and refines the argument against traditional higher education. The most notable Thiel fellow to date is Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain. As of this writing, Ethereum has a market capitalization of about $200 billion and has spawned an unprecedented ecosystem of decentralized software development. There are nearly 7,000 Ethereum-based projects, including some of the most innovative and promising ideas today.…”
AI Experts Are Worried About Regulation. There’s a Good Reason Why, Says Bill Gurley. By Tae Kim
“Big Debate. Hi everyone. The regulation of artificial intelligence is once again sparking heated discussion among regulators, lawmakers and industry insiders. The future of AI could be at stake depending on the debate’s outcome.…”
Real peer review has never been tried By Saloni Dattani
“As you might guess, the absence of peer review also meant there were different standards for journals to decide what to publish. When the editors of journals trusted scientists, they tended to print their studies without question; when they were in doubt, they would send their papers to external reviewers they trusted – but even so, it was primarily the editors who would decide which papers were printed.…”
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