Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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Predictions are hard, especially when they are about the future. A quote that is variously attributed to Nils Bohr and Yogi Berra but with an, unsurprisingly, more complicated history, feels perfect when thinking about 2021. The range of possible outcomes includes everything from getting the pandemic behind us rapidly, to a new strain emerging through mutation that the current crop of vaccines doesn’t protect us from (sorry to be a bummer on day 1).
So instead of making predictions, I will simply write about some things that I am excited to be working on this new year.
1. At USV we are expanding deeper into investing with a climate thesis. More about that in a separate post soon.
2. My book The World After Capital is on the home stretch. With a few more tweaks, fixes to the references and the appendix, it will be ready for print publication.
3. Susan and I have a number of exciting projects that we plan to move forward, including the Spark of Hudson, Wally Farms and HudsonUP.
4. Continuations will get more love again with new posts. Between working harder than normal and feeling in a fun about the state of the world it was hard to write much in 2020.
I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to write this, knowing how many people are starting this year wondering how they will make rent instead and others who are missing loved ones lost to the pandemic. Therefore Susan and I are ramping up our giving back as well.
In that spirit: wishing everyone a better 2021.
Predictions are hard, especially when they are about the future. A quote that is variously attributed to Nils Bohr and Yogi Berra but with an, unsurprisingly, more complicated history, feels perfect when thinking about 2021. The range of possible outcomes includes everything from getting the pandemic behind us rapidly, to a new strain emerging through mutation that the current crop of vaccines doesn’t protect us from (sorry to be a bummer on day 1).
So instead of making predictions, I will simply write about some things that I am excited to be working on this new year.
1. At USV we are expanding deeper into investing with a climate thesis. More about that in a separate post soon.
2. My book The World After Capital is on the home stretch. With a few more tweaks, fixes to the references and the appendix, it will be ready for print publication.
3. Susan and I have a number of exciting projects that we plan to move forward, including the Spark of Hudson, Wally Farms and HudsonUP.
4. Continuations will get more love again with new posts. Between working harder than normal and feeling in a fun about the state of the world it was hard to write much in 2020.
I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to write this, knowing how many people are starting this year wondering how they will make rent instead and others who are missing loved ones lost to the pandemic. Therefore Susan and I are ramping up our giving back as well.
In that spirit: wishing everyone a better 2021.
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