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We often hear how the singularity is near, artificial intelligence will eclipse human intelligence and become superintelligent in the words of Nick Bostrom. Machines will be infinitely smarter faster and all round more bad ass at everything. In fact...

“While A’s tend to hire A’s, B’s tend to hire not just B’s but C’s and D’s too”
From the section “The herd effect” in the book How Google Works by former CEO of Google Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
It is unclear the precise meaning of A, B, C and D, but from the context it can be gathered that it is a categorization of employees where the quality is descending with every letter of the alphabet. Presumably it alludes to the American grading system...

The advent of SARS-COV-2 has mobilized many tech people with ample resources and a wealth of ideas. A health crisis like this virus calls for all the help we can get. However, the culture of the tech sector exemplified with the phrase “Move fast and...

It seems evident we are on our way to a recession . This will prove a challenge for many, and our world economies will suffer. Not least the stock market. We are similarly probably headed for a bear market.
But the stock market is ahead of the curve and typically turns around about 5 months before the recession ends. For investors it is therefore important to look for indicators of when the current bear market is turning around since no one wants to invest...