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Recent book recommendations (full list: danschlz.com/2018-reading).
Edwin Land heavily influenced Steve Jobs. Two "Landisms":

“If you are able to state a problem... then the problem can be solved.”

“Optimism is a moral duty.”

amazon.com/Triumph-Genius…
The Dream Machine, comprehensive SV history.

"Technology isn't destiny, no matter how inexorable its evolution may seem; the way its capabilities are used is as much a matter of cultural choice and historical accident as politics is, or fashion."

amazon.com/Dream-Machine-…
Intuition Pumps.

"There is no such thing as philosophy-free science, just science that has been conducted without any consideration of its underlying philosophical assumptions."

amazon.com/Intuition-Pump…
Capitalism without Capital.

What are the properties of intangible investments, how do we measure them, and do they play a role in the present-day secular stagnation?

amazon.com/Capitalism-wit…
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Intangible assets may be one of the most important, least understood phenomenon of the 21st. Innovation, growth, inequality, the role of management, and financial and policy reform can't be understood without a proper measure of intangible assets.
The 2002 Conference on Research in Income and Wealth sought to measure the types of investment people were making in "the new economy." At the time, Microsoft was the world's most valuable company at $250b. $3b (1%) was plant and equipment. This was unheard of.
Intangible investments usually incur a sunk cost. It's difficult to sell the "assets" at a future date. They're often specific to the company who made the investment, but at the same time, others may benefit from them.
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A framework for discovering narrative violations: what seems like X today can be better understood as ~X.

Wrong framework: most people believe X, but actually Y. Dichotomies are distorting.
• An energy company needed a product first.
• Dating apps were better understood as hookup apps.
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A few spectacular reads on Andy Clark's theory of the predictive mind.

newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…
"When the brain strove to minimize prediction error, it was not just trying to reduce its uncertainty about what was going on in the world; it was struggling to resolve the contradictions between fantasy and reality—ideally by making reality more like fantasy."
"The brain had to do two things in order to survive: it had to impel its body to get what it needed, and it had to form an understanding of the world that was realistic enough to guide it in doing so."
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Here's a thread about the books I read this year!

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1. "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by Michael Wolff. Yes, I hate-read this book in a matter of days. Problematically, Bannon comes across as an articulate, insightful source and not an arch nationalist parasite. Will Wolff's depiction be hagiography in the future?
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Mike Pompeo is forming a dedicated group to coordinate and run U.S. policy toward #Iran as the Trump administration moves ahead with efforts to force changes in the Islamic Republic's behavior after withdrawing from the #nuclear deal foxnews.com/us/2018/08/16/…
Thousands of Iranians have protested in recent weeks against sharp price rises of some food items, a lack of #Jobs and state corruption. The #protests over the cost of living have often turned into anti-government rallies reuters.com/article/us-ira…
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'Did a major publishing firm waste seven figures on Unhinged, Omarosa Manigault’s fake book?'

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