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Patrick Collison • Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck
To hold large volumes of knowledge and knowhow, therefore, we need large networks of people. Yet the relationship between the size of a network and the volume of knowledge and knowhow that it can hold not only makes the accumulation of knowledge and knowhow difficult but also implies that moving or copying the knowledge and knowhow embodied in a la
... See moreCesar Hidalgo • Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
Ryan Muller • Crypto-collective knowledge management
Bitcoin, invented by a mysterious figure, Satoshi Nakomoto, whose true identity is the subject of many a conspiracy theory, experienced even more of a rollercoaster ride than gold in 2011, soaring in value from less than $1 a bitcoin to almost $30, before plunging below $5. Many thought that this apparent bursting of a bitcoin bubble would put an e
... See moreMichael Green • In Gold We Trust? The Future of Money in an Age of Uncertainty (Kindle Single)
One analysis estimates that the introduction of the printing press in the fifteenth century caused a 340-fold decrease in the price of a book, further driving adoption and yet more demand.
Mustafa Suleyman • The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
Eventually, Max Newman, a Bletchley mathematician, came up with a way to mechanize the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher. Drawing heavily on Alan Turing’s concept of the universal machine, Newman designed a machine that was capable of adapting itself to different problems, what we today would call a programmable computer.