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Ben Horowitz and Balaji Srinivasan on Netscape and Network States

Can a country be built from the internet up? Not as a metaphor or an online community, but as a system that replaces institutions we usually think of as fixed, money, law, and governance. In this conversation taken from The Network State Podcast, a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz joins Balaji Srinivasan to explore how internet native institutions are beginning to mirror and challenge traditional state structures. Drawing parallels to China’s early special economic zones, they discuss how constraine...

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Blessed Fulton Sheen, a Modern Evangelist for Christ

No doubt many people will offer their own reflections on the life of Archbishop Fulton Sheen now that the Vatican has approved his beatification. I offer these reflections on. The post Blessed Fulton Sheen, a Modern Evangelist for Christ appeared first on First Things

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Rebuilding our world, with reference to strong AI

When 2012 passed into 2013, we did not have to rebuild our world, not in most countries at least. It sufficed to make adjustments at the margin. After the Roman Empire fell, parts of Europe had to rebuild their worlds. It took a long time, but they ended up doing pretty well. After the American […] The post Rebuilding our world, with reference to strong AI appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesNatural and Artificial IceOptimal timing for superintelligenceMalthus had real influ...

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