Things I read last week… (WB 10 May 2021)
Writing
Redis (an open source database) creator on 'Programming and Writing'.
'In 2020 only 268 books sold more than 100,000 copies'.
Economics of writing books.
A new paper by Deep Mind: 'Game theory as an engine for large-scale data analysis'.
A new technique by Intel Labs to enhance synthetic images (ie games like GTA V) to near photorealism.
The brain maps out ideas and memories like spaces.
A tiny nose-worn device turns electrical waveforms into directional smells.
Peter Thiel’s Religion.
A nostalgic Goldman Sachs recruiting video from 1985. [YouTube]