A historical collection of our writing.
Museums are a wonderful way to see art and to make art accessible to the public. On the opposite spectrum of accessibility are private collections, locked away in the homes, or sometimes simply the storage facilities, of collectors. Even for many museums it is true that only a fraction of their […] Read more
Here is the text of a speech I gave at the 72nd Annual NYU Labor Conference, which this year was on AI and Automation. Unfortunately there is no recording – I stuck relatively closely to this, but didn’t read it. ———- Universal Basic Income: An Introduction Thank you for the opportunity to speak to […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One of the reasons I get a fair bit of reading done is that I avoid watching lots of television. On a flight to Germany last week though, I got sucked into watching Babylon Berlin. The series is set in Berlin in the 1920s and is incredibly atmospheric with a rich historical background that is […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Today marks a big milestone for the Algorand Core Team and Algorand Foundation. They conducted the first on-chain Algorand auction and it came off without a hitch. It took a lot to get here and so: huge congratulations to everyone involved! Among other things this means that the Algorand Mainnet is […] Read more
We are excited that Founders Fund has led a Series C financing for goTenna. It is a recognition of the tremendous progress the company has made in serving the communication needs of first responders and other professionals. The goTenna Prooffering works with mobile phones to provide 100% off-grid […] Read more
Today we announced that we have joined the Libra Association, the governance for a global stable coin. Nick has written a post on the USV blog explaining our decision. I have argued before that we don’t really know what path will take us to a decentralized future and therefore have to try many […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
