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This week Chris and Brian have a meandering discussion on military technology, stagnation, time horzions and "10 year syndrome". We also discuss the new technology of crypto-currency and the cults of personality that it inspires
You can also find us on discord
Big list of coffee bets - now also on Melange app.
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Forced Entrepreneurship - . Analyzing employment histories for 640,000 U.S. workers, we document graduating college during a period of high unemployment does increase entry to entrepreneurship. However, compared to voluntary entrepreneurs, firms founded by forced entrepreneurs are more likely to survive, innovate, and receive venture-backing.
Nicholas Taleb - The three most harmful addictions are heroin carbohydrates and a monthly salary.
Bond tents - avoiding the red zone when retiring.
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The great stagnation in military technology:
Fogbank - the missing ingredient in the nuclear arsenal
Apply for a job reverse engineering the heat exchanger of a B2 bomber
Or help find some diodes for an icebreaker
Technology Connections - a pretty great YouTube channel. Be sure to check out the rice cooker episode
Japanese joinery is beautiful
Upside decay
The Colt M1911 - Used by the US military for almost a hundred years
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Cryptocurrency
Zohar Atkins - cryptocurrency relies on cult of personality
Chartalism - a theory of money that argues that money originated with states' attempts to direct economic activity rather
Brian's multi-billion dollar business sending remittances home with crypto-currency - no link because he never started it.
Sometimes you just have to look down and power through to get speedrunning records