A lot is going on and I have little concentration in me today so I’ll keep this to a few tidbits of things I have on my radar. The artificial intelligence x-risk Doomers are doing absolutely nothing to beat the charges that California SB 1047 was all about their fear of an imagined apocalypse and […]
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I’ve written extensively about preparedness over the lifetime of this blog as we’ve experienced everything from a -40 polar vortex to a wildfire which burned down 3,000 homes in Boulder. What people seem to forget is that life goes on during a disaster. My first taste of this was during Hurricane Sandy. My husband and […]
Welcome to the Q3 2024 update for chaotic.capital LPs. I’m choosing to post a selection of our reporting publicly so prospective founders and LPs can see our thinking. You may be invested in chaotic.capital because we invest in ideas that adapt humanity to our new chaotic era. Enabling resilience in the face of unexpected & […]
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Day 1375 and Titration
My joyful excitement over finally wearing a bathing suit I’d never worn? The peaceful swim in the salty sea ended in disaster within just a few days. On Friday the allergic and autoimmune symptoms were so bad I took 5mg prednisone. On Saturday they were no better and I upped the dose by 2.5mg to […]
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1370 and Ride or Die
Americans aren’t showing the loyalty we used to be known for these days. It’s embarrassing to see the big games we talk from politics to Wall Street. If it’s all big talk then of course the world laughs when we fail to be steadfast. Maybe that’s why we have such a glorious oeuvre of “ride […]
The dead internet theory (or conspiracy theory if you must) supposes that machine generated content outweighs human contributions. I don’t think we are there just yet but I am betting that artificial intelligence speeds up the process of replacing human content in areas where it’s unnecessary. Machines can act on their own and it’s good […]
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Day 1367 and Proper Names
My mother always insisted pharmaceuticals and supplements be called ny their chemical composites rather than a company’s brand name for it. She believed medicine shouldn’t requiring marketing & branding. Instead of Benadryl it was diphenhydramine. For a headache we used ibuprofen not Advil. Acetaminophen was the proper name not Tylenol. She taught me what went […]
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Day 1359 and Some Dirty Reading
It would appear I have pneumonia. Healthcare being what it is, doctors say there little point in doing clinical testing to find out if it’s bacterial, viral or fungal (unlikely given climate) as the treatment is basically the same. I did a round of antibiotics because why not. Nuke it from orbit. I’m stuck in […]
Through Robin Hanson’s link round up today I came across a review of a book by Joyce Beresen “Warriors and Worriers” that has a novel thesis on how different sexes cooperate and compete. Human males form cooperative groups that compete against out-groups, while human females exclude other females in their quest to find mates, female […]
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1347 and Economic Paternalism
In all the hubbub about taxing unrealized gains and its downstream effects I found myself explaining the basics of early stage venture economics to more regular folks than I’d expected. Most America s don’t know that it’s not legal for them to invest in startups. I was explaining how one becomes an “accredited investors” with […]