Various Consequences

The Sovereign Individual

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Tue, 25 May 2021 10:35:42 +0000

The Sovereign Individual

Cryptoeconomics

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Tue, 25 May 2021 10:35:07 +0000

Cryptoeconomics

How Should the U.S. Respond to China’s Military-Ci...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Tue, 25 May 2021 10:34:17 +0000

How Should the U.S. Respond to China’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy?

How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Fri, 21 May 2021 10:13:38 +0000

How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously

"The AI competition is also a values competit...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Thu, 13 May 2021 13:58:39 +0000

"The AI competition is also a values competition. China’s domestic use of AI is a chilling precedent for anyone around the world who cherishes individual liberty. Its employment of AI as a tool of repression and surveillance—at home and, increasingly, abroad—is a powerful counterpoint to how we believe AI should be used."

National Security Commission on Artificial Intelli...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Wed, 12 May 2021 19:56:10 +0000

National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Final Report

The Universal Law That Aims Time’s Arrow

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Mon, 03 May 2021 11:48:02 +0000

The Universal Law That Aims Time’s Arrow

Bayesian Optimization is Superior to Random Search...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Mon, 03 May 2021 11:24:34 +0000

Bayesian Optimization is Superior to Random Search for Machine Learning Hyperparameter Tuning: analysis of the black-box optimization challenge 2020

China's Coming Pro-Natalist Campaign

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Mon, 03 May 2021 11:23:31 +0000

China's Coming Pro-Natalist Campaign

How Maxwell's Demon Continues to Startle Scien...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:29:23 +0000

How Maxwell's Demon Continues to Startle Scientists

https://wtf1971.com/

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:26:39 +0000

https://wtf1971.com/

What is a Cypherpunk? Cypherpunk (wiki) A Cypherp...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:47:09 +0000

What is a Cypherpunk?
Cypherpunk (wiki)
A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
The Cypherpunks

WTF Happened In 1971? podcasts

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:54:41 +0000

WTF Happened In 1971?

podcasts

Southwest Kiln Conference

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:27:29 +0000

Southwest Kiln Conference

Understanding Modern Monetary Theory Part I

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:06:52 +0000

Understanding Modern Monetary Theory Part I

The Ends of Four Big Inflations

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:44:19 +0000

The Ends of Four Big Inflations

"...what makes MMT unique is that it's th...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:42:37 +0000

"...what makes MMT unique is that it's the only school of thought (should it be even considered as such) to combine calls for not only increased, but unlimited deficit spending with the argument that central banks can print money to pay off these debts without prompting inflation. There is simply no truth to this assertion. In fact, the reality is much the opposite: As interest costs consume increasing portions of revenue, at a certain point, the government cannot afford to borrow any longer. If the government resorts to printing money to pay its debts, inflation will ultimately follow.

In searching for radical theories to advocate radical policies, MMT apologists have inadvertently come to endorse an approach to economic theory that not only flies in the face of decades of economic research and historical precedent, but would be devastating if ever tested. By tempting progressive politicians into endorsing "dangerous" and "obviously indefensible" economic theories, MMT advocates are setting the stage for potentially disastrous policymaking."

The Weakness of Modern Monetary Theory There are ...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:30:14 +0000

The Weakness of Modern Monetary Theory
There are theoretical and empirical limits.

Venturing through the Pandemic "Lockheed Ma...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua Stults) — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:03:22 +0000

Venturing through the Pandemic
"Lockheed Martin Ventures lays claim to the earliest investments, dating back to 2007, though 36 of the 56 companies Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested in have joined the portfolio just since 2016.

Airbus Ventures started investing in 2016 and lists 39 companies in its portfolio, including the space debris-mapping company LeoLabs, which operates radars in Alaska, New Zealand and Texas to track objects in low-Earth orbit.

Boeing established HorizonX Ventures the following year and has invested in 34 startups, including nine in 2020.

The companies usually don’t disclose specific investment amounts for competitive reasons. HorizonX says typical investments in earlier-stage companies range from $1 million to $10 million.

The big three may make investments that are less about a near-term profit, as the executives tell it, and more about advancing technology that could further certain broader strategic goals, either for the corporation itself or for the startups in its portfolio."