Alex Brogan
@_alexbrogan
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Joined January 2022
Australia would do well to take note
The UK is a great country with an extraordinary history. Our stagnation is real, but it's fixable and worth fixing. Enjoyed giving this talk at @lfg_uk last week and so encouraged by the optimistic responses I've had from people who are building a brilliant future for Britain 🚀
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I second this
I will instantly invest in any young australian founder who moves to SF
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I might be biased because we're from the same tiny city, but @WouterTeunissen is one to watch!
I distilled the entire history of how @eldsjal and @MartinLorentzon built Spotify over 20 years into a 90 minute podcast. Download all the lessons, ideas and stories from Spotify directly into your brain: https://t.co/yMpgYAYDIH
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This is not a world I wish to live in
Excited to share Vibes — a new feed in the Meta AI app for short-form, AI-generated videos.
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anyone who’s naively calling bubble right now has not internalized the physics of our world. most of them are simply ignorant about ai progress and its implications. of course there will be fluctuations. of course we could stumble. but history marches on
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Phenomenal opportunity with one of the best up-and-coming podcasters!
One week left! Create 5 YouTube shorts for my podcast and you could win money. 1st place: $1250 2nd place: $750 3rd place: $500 You don't need to be a video editor to enter the contest. Info at the link in the original thread.
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One week left! Create 5 YouTube shorts for my podcast and you could win money. 1st place: $1250 2nd place: $750 3rd place: $500 You don't need to be a video editor to enter the contest. Info at the link in the original thread.
To grow my podcast, I need to grow my YouTube channel. To grow my YouTube channel, I need to publish heaps of YT Shorts. To publish heaps of Shorts, I need to find the right video editor. To find the right editor, I decided to launch a prize. More details at the link below!
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However seriously we take the negative impact of smartphones and social media, we are not taking it seriously enough. “If the reading revolution represented the greatest transfer of knowledge to ordinary men and women in history, the screen revolution represents the greatest
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Original article here: https://t.co/j7SmPXFhH0
@JosephNWalker's State Capacity Literature review:
josephnoelwalker.com
A working paper by Peter Bowers and Joseph Walker, originally prepared in preparation for Joseph Walker's podcast conversation with Steven Hamilton and Richard Holden
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Australia has a problem with ambition. Our culture punishes people who aim high, quietly shrinking the country’s future: fewer breakthrough companies, fewer high-value jobs, and less wealth created here rather than somewhere else. This systemic issue manifests across three
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Why Humanity’s Final Creation Changes Everything
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I second this!
It’s been really cool to see how @Sachin_Shah_ & @_AdamMiller_’s pod has evolved. They’re doing a great job raising the salience and status of Aussie startups. Not sure there’s anyone else doing exactly what they do. Recommend subscribing to their show! https://t.co/QQSzz6acG0
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if machines become better than humans at everything measurable, what gives life meaning? the uncomfortable truth: most sources of purpose are more contingent than we admit. career achievement, creative expression, even parenting—all vulnerable to ai superiority.
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carlota perez, technological revolutions & financial capital
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whenever a major new technology appears, it follows a predictable pattern: the world gets excited, then not much seems to happen for a while, and then gradually, over decades, the technology transforms society. economic historian carlota perez has documented this pattern
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most of the agi timeline debates are hype-driven, incentive fuelled, and lacking in theoretical grounding. the fact is that its exact pathway depends on complex dynamics that could either slow progress or trigger unexpected acceleration. in particular, there are three key
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