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- From Superstudio to Archizoom, These Radical Italian Architects Will Change Your Ideas About Cities1 savers
- Where Will Virtual Reality Take Us? | The New Yorker1 savers
- "Techno-optimism" is a sign of V.C. crisis - by Max Read1 savers
- The Crisis of Venture Capital: Fixing America’s Broken Start-Up System - American Affairs Journal1 savers
- Project Cybersyn4 savers
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critical utopias: ideal cities that made fun of their own idealism
From Superstudio to Archizoom, These Radical Italian Architects Will Change Your Ideas About CitiesThe Renaissance city was home to some of the most radical architectural collectives in the world, bearing futuristic names such as Superstudio and Zziggurat, Archizoom and UFO
From Superstudio to Archizoom, These Radical Italian Architects Will Change Your Ideas About CitiesI’ve always thought that V.R. sessions make the most sense either when they accomplish something specific and practical that doesn’t take very long, or when they are as weird as possible.
Where Will Virtual Reality Take Us? | The New YorkerAfter a decade of high-profile failures and embarrassments, venture investing is no longer seen as credible or reliable. The political economy of the U.S. has shifted in labor’s favor, and economists and wonks are increasingly in favor of industrial policy as an engine of growth and stability rather than free-floating individual investment. A V.C. confronted with this reality might both shift his strategy away from software platforms and crypto companies and toward the more reliable proposition of government contractors--and he might also grumble about all the people holding him back.
"Techno-optimism" is a sign of V.C. crisis - by Max Reada16z competes for start-ups just as start-ups compete for investment, and this kind of manifesto will be particularly attractive to some of them--in particular, the kinds of young right-wingers who tend to run defense and surveillance start-ups and probably use the word “based” in conversation
"Techno-optimism" is a sign of V.C. crisis - by Max Read“e/acc,” unfortunately, is what happens when Stanford graduates get a hold of it. On an practical level everything you need to know about “e/acc” is that its foremost proponent is an anonymous A.I.-company founder with a Twitter handle “@BasedBeffJezos” (one of the “Patron Saints of Techno-Optimism,” according to Andreessen’s manifesto); that is, it’s less an ideology or philosophy than an affective organizer for bored men over 35 with MBAs who admire Jeff Bezos and still laugh at circa-2015 Twitter jokes.
"Techno-optimism" is a sign of V.C. crisis - by Max ReadRestoring America’s venture capital and start-up system to its successful past will require significant changes in how venture capitalists, start-ups, business professors, and university scientists and engineers do their work. We need less hype, more realistic economic analysis, and more breakthrough technologies. But achieving the latter will require us to rethink completely how basic and applied research are conducted and commercialized.
The Crisis of Venture Capital: Fixing America’s Broken Start-Up System - American Affairs JournalIt was furnished with seven swivel chairs (considered the best for creativity)
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