Perhaps, the charm of these interfaces is derived from making the intangible tangible.

The occasional cameo by Michael P Gibson also doesn't hurt.

Just became 1517 Fund Medici Project grantees with my co-founder Gianluca Pontoni.

Thanks to Alex Koren for the insightful tips,
Michael P Gibson Danielle Strachman 💗🐈 for making this happen, and Erick Turricelli for spreading the word about the opportunity.

🚀❤️🦾

Dutch developer / artist Bert Willemsen's solar sail.

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Sufficiently advanced mathematics is indistinguishable from religion.

The prior interface is a cropped shot of this interface depicted in Akira (1988).

The movie (sadly) depicts a dystopia. But the computing is utopic & beautiful. Elements missing in the current generation of computers & interfaces.

Where did we go wrong?

Why are retro computer interfaces so much cooler & easier on the eye than modern ones?

The Doomer's Delusion:
1. AI is likely to kill us all
2. Hence AI must be monopolized by a small number of companies under tight regulatory control.
3. Hence AI systems must have a remote kill switch.
4. Hence foundation model builders must be eternally liable for bad uses of

Bob Noyce. A scary smart heretic who cared deeply about people.

As you wander the realm of mathematics, you come to realize that Jancsi's statement will remain forever true; '[in] mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.'

Come on. Just do it. Just do it already.

Writing books is too hard.

As we walk to our workstations, we're thinking about -1/12 this Monday.

What about you?

Byte magazine discusses robotics. January, 1986.

Art by Robert Tinney.

Meet Merger Ian from Philadelphia, USA

- 16 years old
- Running a 6 week coding course for middle schoolers
- Received grants from 1517 Fund's Medici Project and Emergent Ventures
- Interned as a software engineer at a YC startup at just 15 years old

Michael Gibson Michael P Gibson is a philosophy dropout, one of the initial creators of the Thiel Fellowship , and now the founder of 1517 Fund , a venture capital firm backing dropouts, renegade students, and deep tech scientists.

Michael was a founding advisor to Liberty Ventures and

'A startup is going to find every single weakness that you have.'

-Michael Gibson Michael P Gibson , GP at 1517 Fund on the latest episode of the Liberty Ventures podcast.

Watch the full episode here: mccob.in/michael-gibson

Not at all. Like Martin Luther, we believe in tearing down false idols.

We are also in the business of finding & elevating worthier prophets & new gods.

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Gödel with Einstein. c. 1950.

Einstein was more than a little protective of Gödel & viewed walking home w/ him an honor.

'Einstein confided that his 'own work no longer meant much, that he came to the Institute merely [..to] have the privilege of walking home with Gödel'.'

Astra builder Spotlight #4: Meet Vibhuti (vibhuti), who's building a BMS with sodium batteries for EVs

- 17 year old
- Rise Global finalist 24’
- Received a $1k grant from 1517 Fund
- Started waste2O, a company that turns agri waste to water using self designed Hydro Truck

A giant robotic hexapod exploring the unknown by Syd Mead.