Berlin is a weird place sometimes thesun.co.uk/news/23123932/…

The Blue Banana—an arc through Western Europe containing an exceptionally high % of GDP and population—is one of those fashionable concepts like BRICS that looks nice at first glance, but doesn’t necessarily reveal anything deeper. But supposing it does, what is it? Thread.

Love some good science news! Hopeful it checks out 🤞

🪩The State of AI 2023 is now here. Our 6th installment is one of the most exciting years I can remember. The #stateofai report covers everything you *need* to know, covering research, industry, safety and politics. There’s lots in there, so here’s my director’s cut 🧵

One single chart to explain so much of what's going on in tech / venture

This will do so much for the ecosystem. Anyone who’s received VSOP/ESOP shares and tried to understand triggers and terms - let alone set up a program - has felt the pain. Excited about the progress

One of my favourite slides from the new European Deep Tech Report.

Hydrocarbons are good, actually

Recently, I decided I wanted to read every page of one of my favorite websites, Our World in Data. I’m about halfway now. Here are the 30 most surprising things I’ve learned about the world so far! 🧵

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IMO an under-discussed thing about AI is its ability to actually be a huge accelerant towards a world with carbon-free energy ‘too cheap to meter.’ The fact that the companies who need massive amts of net new energy *are also* the ones who have the ability to pay a premium for

I still cannot believe that I can: - look at a world map and tap anywhere to zoom in at street level - instantly access any song, book, movie, tv show, or podcast ever made - have any conceivable question and get an immediate answer or video explanation - take a photo or

'4000 weeks' is by far the most insane framing for how short life is.

Tech finance is embarrassingly vanilla. The greats of Wall Street were true innovators. Kravis gave us LBOs. Milken gave us junk bonds. Jim Simons gave us quant-driven algo trading. Silicon Valley gives us… a YC SAFE notes with … a discount? BORING. Wake me up when I can buy

for all my vc friends. Francesca Baillieu made this 📄 scout-vc.app/report

Reminder: this is still the greatest ad ever made.