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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On February 25th we sent a Coronavirus Preparedness email to all of USV’s portfolio company CEOs. Since then it has become clear that many countries, including the US, have far underestimated the severity and spread of COVID19.
As of March 10th any company that can have employees work from home should do so. Of course that is not possible if you are operating a production facility, or distribution center, or other labor that has to be carried out in person. For those companies, they should offer paid sick leave (if it all financially possible), screen anyone coming to work for fever, use surgical masks at work and have employees wash their hands frequently (including right after arrival). Non-essential travel should be canceled for all companies.
We should also call on our mayors, governors, senators and representatives to take urgent measures, including the following:
Transparent reporting of all cases
Rapid, decentralized and free testing
Free medical care for all who test positive
Paid sick leave for anyone funded by government
Temporary ban on all gatherings of more than 100 people
Screening of all airport arrivals for fever
It is not too late to avoid the worst outcome, but we now all need to do our part to slow down the spread in order to avoid overloading scarce medical resources, as explained clearly by this graph
For more suggestions on what to do (and not to do), check out the Flatten the Curve website.
Disclosure: I am writing this from a family trip to Peru, which currently has 11 reported cases, but the number has been doubling so far every 2 days, so I suspect there is significant underreporting still.
On February 25th we sent a Coronavirus Preparedness email to all of USV’s portfolio company CEOs. Since then it has become clear that many countries, including the US, have far underestimated the severity and spread of COVID19.
As of March 10th any company that can have employees work from home should do so. Of course that is not possible if you are operating a production facility, or distribution center, or other labor that has to be carried out in person. For those companies, they should offer paid sick leave (if it all financially possible), screen anyone coming to work for fever, use surgical masks at work and have employees wash their hands frequently (including right after arrival). Non-essential travel should be canceled for all companies.
We should also call on our mayors, governors, senators and representatives to take urgent measures, including the following:
Transparent reporting of all cases
Rapid, decentralized and free testing
Free medical care for all who test positive
Paid sick leave for anyone funded by government
Temporary ban on all gatherings of more than 100 people
Screening of all airport arrivals for fever
It is not too late to avoid the worst outcome, but we now all need to do our part to slow down the spread in order to avoid overloading scarce medical resources, as explained clearly by this graph
For more suggestions on what to do (and not to do), check out the Flatten the Curve website.
Disclosure: I am writing this from a family trip to Peru, which currently has 11 reported cases, but the number has been doubling so far every 2 days, so I suspect there is significant underreporting still.
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