Stories by mhb

Cheap, green hydrogen would be a breakthrough in clean energy

Competent Elites

SpaceX launches and lands 3rd rocket in 36 hours

Pmarca Detects BS

James Joyce almost became a famous singer (2021)

Identity 2.0 Keynote (Lessig style)

NYC Tried to Fix High School Admissions. Some Parents Are Furious

AGI Ruin: A List of Lethalities

Barber schools and license requirements in Rhode Island

W. R. Smith: Master Clock Builder

Meaningful – AI? (2019)

What does the Turing test really mean? (2009) [pdf]

A Fleet of One – 80k Pounds of Dangerous Goods

The “37% rule” for your life’s biggest decisions – optimal stopping problem

What are the markers of spam emails? And why don’t senders avoid them?

Homicides in Chicago: A list of Every Victim

Ilya Shapiro resigns from Georgetown following reinstatement after tweet inquiry

Behind the Ferrari and Lamborghini rivalry

A cancer trial’s unexpected result: Remission in every patient

Saint Petersburg Paradox

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