Weekend Reading
Writing worth reading - 21st/22nd December 2024
The FT’s 25 most influential women of 2024 by Bijou Karman
“She’s a mastermind who has upended an industry. She’s a tortured poet who bears her soul yet always stays bejeweled. She’s fearless, a Miss Americana who unites people across countries and cultures. Her Eras Tour is the highest grossing of all time, but Taylor’s impact is far greater than the sum of her ticket sales. Her true power is in the global community she has built — one that shimmers with joy, deep connection and friendships forged by trading bracelets and screaming lyrics in unison…”
#80: What's in 2025? From Elad Gil, Francois Chollet, Maxime Labonne, Swix and others by Ksenia Se
“John K. Thompson, Global AI Leader in EY and an author of 4 books on AI, Data, & Analytic Teams (his new book coming next year!) remains skeptical about AGI: “AGI does not arrive in 2025; more like 2250 in reality. I am not talking about glimmers of AGI; I am talking about real intelligence in a non-human form. This accomplishment will be game-changing, and it will take another 100 to 200 years.…”
What Is Venture Capital Now Anyway? by Erin Griffith
“The gap between the two firms — one clinging to venture capital’s traditional model and the other aggressively not — underscores the profound divergence in the industry that funds and fosters American innovation. As venture capital grew and Sand Hill Road took on the same mythological proportions as Wall Street, many top venture firms followed Andreessen Horowitz’s lead by supersizing. That propelled venture capital out of its longtime finance niche, turning it into a $1.2 trillion juggernaut last year, from $232 billion under management in 2009…”
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