Uber's IPO caps an era of mediocrity and small thinking in Silicon Valley cnb.cx/2VvhbPB

This graph is staggering to me! The virus is not like abortion or gay marriage. It does not care whether you are a Republican or a Democrat and also does not care about borders.. How could something so scientific and uniform be so partisan?

fascinating... and, frightening.

Please consider donating to this incredibly worthwhile effort by IDEO designers to deliver affordable shields for front line health workers — and fill a speed gap as major suppliers ramp up production. I’m so proud of this incredible crew.

If we ever open museums again, can we put this Feb 27 Hannity screenshot in one

After 5 minutes of trying to use my new hair clippers, I can confidently say hair salons need to be deemed as essential services right now.

Grandma totally gets it.

I am shaking. I went to the dog park to walk my dog. These people came very aggressively towards me (without a mask), called me an oriental & told me to go back to where I came from. I asked her to pls stop coming towards me, she wouldn’t stop, finally I had to get out my camera.

Weird potential idea: competence tourism. E.g. Goldman Sachs has a bunch of people who really need to work in an office together. They can't in the US because of the coronavirus. So instead they all go and work for a while in a country where they can, like Taiwan.

Best China policy suggestion in 20 years: Admit Taiwan to the WHO.

Donald Trump seems to think he can direct funding based on which politicians are nice to him, which states he’s trying to win in November, and which businesses he wants to enrich — all without any accountability. @EWarren and I think that’s unacceptable. kansascity.com/opinion/articl…

Growth comes from doing things you don’t want to do.

How long until we see new homes listed as 3bd/3ba/2office?

The Most Important Policy Decision In Our Lifetimes In a week dominated by horrible news, there are signs that the Senate may make the right choice when it passes a new response to the pandemic in July: 0/18

For all his weaknesses, Donald J. Trump has played a crucial role in forcing the neoliberal establishment to rethink many aspects of globalization, etc. I hope, whatever the final count, the outcome of this election will sustain that pressure. More on this soon.

With many 🧩 dropping recently, a more complete picture is emerging of LLMs not as a chatbot, but the kernel process of a new Operating System. E.g. today it orchestrates: - Input & Output across modalities (text, audio, vision) - Code interpreter, ability to write & run

The Rise of Dopamine Culture You’ll know that everything on the left is real and offline. whereas everything on the right is virtual and online. Perhaps obvious but it seems like the endpoint for digital experiences is the give people what they want. And coupled with an

"World Bank: a 10% increase in a country's broadband connection leads to a 1.38% rise in its gross domestic product." economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/41…

How Atlantic City's Revel casino lost the urban planning gamble f-st.co/HCR1F2y

How Instagram's time lapse app is changing the way we see our cities: dezeen.com/?p=538008 #architecture #tech