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The future is wild. To thrive in a rapidly decentralizing global economy, we believe it's critical to understand the big ideas driving the change.
Welcome to our virtual library. Here we catalogue research papers, lectures, essays, interviews, articles, reports and other content related to the themes we're exploring.
The frontier of science and technology is an ever expanding horizon, accelerating daily. As such we actively curate this space to keep resources current, relevant and useful.
The AI Index Report
Annual reports starting in 2017 measuring trends in Artificial Intelligence based on findings from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
The Vulnerable World Hypothesis
Scientific and technological progress might change people’s capabilities or incentives in ways that would destabilize civilization. The vulnerable world hypothesis offers a new perspective from which to evaluate the risk-benefit balance of developments towards ubiquitous surveillance or a unipolar world order.
Global AI Vibrancy Tool - Who’s leading the global AI race?
The Global AI Vibrancy Tool is an interactive visualization that allows cross-country comparison for up to 26 countries across 22 indicators. The tool provides transparent evaluation of the relative position of countries based on users’ preference; identifies relevant national indicators to guide policy priorities at a country level; and shows local centers of AI excellence for not just advanced economies but also emerging markets.
Sharing the World with Digital Minds
Here we focus on one set of issues, which arise from the prospect of digital minds with superhumanly strong claims to resources and influence. These could arise from the vast collective benefits that mass-produced digital minds could derive from relatively small amounts of resources. Alternatively, they could arise from individual digital minds with superhuman moral status or ability to benefit from resources.
Public Policy and Superintelligent AI: A Vector Field Approach
We consider the speculative prospect of superintelligent AI and its normative implications for governance and global policy. Machine superintelligence would be a transformative development that would present a host of political challenges and opportunities
DALL·E: Creating Images from Text
We’ve trained a neural network called DALL·E that creates images from text captions for a wide range of concepts expressible in natural language.
Why Decentralization Matters
Cryptonetworks are a powerful way to develop community-owned networks and provide a level playing field for 3rd-party developers, creators, and businesses. We saw the value of decentralized systems in the first era of the internet. Hopefully we’ll get to see it again in the next.
The Network State - Balaji S. Srinivasan
Lecture on how Network States formed online will transform into autonomous, independent democracies capable of functioning with near unanimous consent of their governed.
The Information Apocalypse - A Conversation with Nina Schick
Sam Harris speaks with Nina Schick about the growing epidemic of misinformation and disinformation. Nina Schick is an author and broadcaster who specializes in how technology and artificial intelligence are reshaping society.
The Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency — Nick Szabo
Nick Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer best known for his pioneering research in digital contracts and cryptocurrency. Nick coined the phase "smart contract" and designed Bit Gold, which many consider the precursor to Bitcoin.
The Pseudonymous Economy - Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji Srinivasan looks at pseudonymity, why have a pseudonymous economy, how might it work, and how could we build it.
The Network State - Balaji S. Srinivasan
Lecture on how Network States formed online will transform into autonomous, independent democracies capable of functioning with near unanimous consent of their governed.
Ethereum Whitepaper
The original whitepaper in which Vitalik Buterin lays out his vision for a next-generation smart contract and decentralized application platform that would become the Ethereum blockchain.
Bitcoin Whitepaper
The original whitepaper in which Satoshi Nakamoto describes the peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.
The green Future Index
The Green Future Index is a ranking of 76 leading countries and territories on their progress and commitment toward building a low carbon future. It measures the degree to which their economies are pivoting toward clean energy, industry, agriculture, and society through investment in renewables, innovation, and green finance.
Crypto Glossary: Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
The fact is, in a space that evolves as rapidly as crypto, no one really is an expert. But knowing where to start can help make the subject more approachable to anyone. To that end, below is a glossary of terminology and key concepts in the space — it covers the basics of cryptography and blockchain, smart contracts and applications, security/privacy, and other useful definitions.
The Sandbox - A New Blockchain Based Virtual Gaming World Built on NFTs with Sebastien Borget
The Sandbox's Sebastien Borget joins Kevin Rose to discuss the practical use of blockchains and NFTs for securing digital property in virtual gaming worlds.
The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite
Deep dive into the rise of interoperable virtual worlds and digital economies better known as the Metaverse. Media analyst and early stage VC explains the technological levers at work and the scale of the opportunity in detail.
The Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency — Nick Szabo
Nick Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer best known for his pioneering research in digital contracts and cryptocurrency. Nick coined the phase "smart contract" and designed Bit Gold, which many consider the precursor to Bitcoin.
Vitalik Buterin Interview with Naval Ravikant
Vitalik Buterin, Creator of Ethereum, on Understanding Ethereum, ETH vs. BTC, ETH2, Scaling Plans and Timelines, NFTs, Future Considerations, Life Extension, and More (Featuring Naval Ravikant)
Ethereum New User Guide
New to Ethereum? You're in the right place! This guide will walk you through the necessary steps of getting onboarded to the Ethereum network.
Crypto Reading List
A list of worthwhile posts about cryptocurrency curated by Dan Romero. Best to read in chronological order:
Distributed Work’s Five Levels of Autonomy
Autonomy is our desire to be self-directed, to have agency over ourselves and our environment.
The Network State - Balaji S. Srinivasan
Lecture on how Network States formed online will transform into autonomous, independent democracies capable of functioning with near unanimous consent of their governed.
Nomad List - Remote Work Community
Quality of life data, job board and social network for a large community of remote workers living around the world.
The New Future of Work
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Matt Mullenweg about the evolution of distributed work. They discuss the benefits of working from home, the new norms of knowledge work, relevant tools and security concerns, the challenges for managers, the importance of written communication, the necessity of innovating in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, delivery networks as critical infrastructure, economic recovery, and other topics.
The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite
Deep dive into the rise of interoperable virtual worlds and digital economies better known as the Metaverse. Media analyst and early stage VC explains the technological levers at work and the scale of the opportunity in detail.
The Pseudonymous Economy - Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji Srinivasan looks at pseudonymity, why have a pseudonymous economy, how might it work, and how could we build it.
Why Decentralization Matters
Cryptonetworks are a powerful way to develop community-owned networks and provide a level playing field for 3rd-party developers, creators, and businesses. We saw the value of decentralized systems in the first era of the internet. Hopefully we’ll get to see it again in the next.
The Network State - Balaji S. Srinivasan
Lecture on how Network States formed online will transform into autonomous, independent democracies capable of functioning with near unanimous consent of their governed.
The Sandbox - A New Blockchain Based Virtual Gaming World Built on NFTs with Sebastien Borget
The Sandbox's Sebastien Borget joins Kevin Rose to discuss the practical use of blockchains and NFTs for securing digital property in virtual gaming worlds.
The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite
Deep dive into the rise of interoperable virtual worlds and digital economies better known as the Metaverse. Media analyst and early stage VC explains the technological levers at work and the scale of the opportunity in detail.
The Pseudonymous Economy - Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji Srinivasan looks at pseudonymity, why have a pseudonymous economy, how might it work, and how could we build it.
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