10 Tips for a Great Career, Will AI Help Us Talk to Animals, an Economic Fairness Metric to Rival GDP and +++ [link blog]
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Using AI to talk to animals [Ina Fried/Axios] — Animals probably talk. So it seems reasonable to believe that AI will help us decode the ‘language’ of at least one species in the near future.
Defining Economic Fairness [Philip Rosedale/founder, Second Life] — I appreciate that Philip, a technologist at heart, is writing about fairness as related to, but separate from, economic equality. Fairness is a really powerful concept — there’s a logical and emotional component to it. Optimizing for progress without considering fairness leads us to some of the political and societal issues in America (and the world) today. As well as leaders who seek to exploit the sense of unfairness to their own gains. As Philip lays out in this post from 2023,
I write about this because I think a fairness metric of this type is doable, and in my opinion should be as or more important than a statistic like GDP. Further, I suspect that perceived economic fairness has steadily decreased over time in the same way that the world’s Gini index has gradually increased. I also suspect that in many countries perceived fairness is so low that before long we will see violent revolutions or other disruptive and damaging resets happening. If we were aware of our collective sense of unfairness, we would be more likely to take action before it is too late.
After twelve years of writing about bitcoin, here’s how my thinking has changed [JP Koning/Moneyness] — I’m only ankle deep in the crypto world but much of this post resonates for me. The author, bullish or at least supportive of many uses for BTC, basically is wary of the industry using its power to force governments to acquire Bitcoin as part of a national reserve strategy.
Although I never wanted to ban Bitcoin, I can’t help but wonder whether a prohibition wouldn’t have been the better policy back in 2013 or 2014 given the new bitcoin-by-force path that advocates are pushing it towards. But it’s probably too late for that; the coin is already out of the bag. All I can hope is that my long history of writing on the topic might persuade a few readers that forcing others to play the game you love is not fair game.
10 things I wish I knew about careers when I started [Molly Graham/Glue Club] — I think about 75% of my link posts include something from Molly, and we’d probably all be better off if it was 100%. Title is self-explanatory here.
I also spent a lot of my early career rushing to the top of a ladder. If I could go back and give my 20-year-old self some advice, it would be to stop obsessing about leveling up and focus more on learning about myself and the world. A powerful foundation for a great career is a clear and deep sense of what you’re exceptional at (which is built from experiences) and a strong, deep network full of people who love working with you.
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Originally published at https://hunterwalk.com on December 29, 2024.
