Aloud Issue No. 17 - Graham, Gillett
Your weekly dose of the best writing on the internet, read aloud.
Black Swan Farming
Paul Graham | September 2012 | Original Source
Essay by Y-Combinator co-founder and startup investor Paul Graham on precisely why investing in startups is such a difficult thing to consistently get right. (10 minutes)
Epistemic Helplessness in Society
Chris Gillett | July 2019 | Original Source
Blog post by student writer and data scientist Chris Gillett about how the complexity of the world forces humans to come up with explanations and models that are far too simple, and often times harmful. (18 minutes)
Something Worth Pondering
“Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.”
― Richard Nixon
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