What I read this week...
NYT vs. OpenAI, Carta's crisis, and the company resurrecting the wooly mammoth
The New York Times’ AI Opportunity (Stratechery)
Should Carta Facilitate Secondary Trading? (Henry Ward)
2023 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary (Chief Justice John Roberts)
Tensorflow Playground (Tensorflow)
Going Vertical (Mostly Metrics)
Gordian Knots in Software Engineering (Tomasz Tunguz)
Grading CommandBar’s YC application (CommandBar)
The creator economy is ready for a workers’ movement (TechCrunch)
The LinkedIn DPH Framework (LinkedIn)
Make Hay When the Sun Shines : Liquidity in Startup Exits (Tomasz Tunguz)
The Rule of X (Bessemer Venture Partners)
Research in Graphene Shows New Potential for Its Use in Chips (WSJ)
After years of hype, the first AI-designed drugs fall short in the clinic (Endpoints)
Clouded Judgement 1.12.24 - Hard Truths (Clouded Judgement)
The Road To Honest AI (Astral Codex Ten)
The business model behind resurrecting the woolly mammoth (Semafor)
AI ads are sweeping across Africa (Semafor)
Behind the Tragic, Instagram-Perfect Life of an Ex-Disney Executive (WSJ)
‘Is It OK if I Hold Your Hand?’: Inside the Cabin of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 (WSJ)
Weird dreams train us for the unexpected, says new theory (The Guardian)
Everyday Zen: Ten Steps Toward a More Mindful Life (Dartmouth Alumni Magazine)
What I listened to this week
2024 Predictions! Markets, tech, politics, and more (All-In Podcast, Ep. 160)
US strikes Houthis, market instability, Q1 rate cuts in doubt, Carta's major mishap, DEI (All-In Podcast, Ep. 161)
Des Traynor - Real Talk about AI and Software (Invest Like the Best Podcast, Ep. 340)
How quickly AI is advancing (Nicholas Thompson)
Song of the week
X Gon’ Give It To Ya by DMX
Hope you all enjoyed the long weekend!