Paul Millerd: "I literally approached my first book as a Taoist." What happens when you let the universe take over? When you let the work speak for itself? ~ Paul describes his experience 'selling' his book — by not selling it at all. Links, highlights and transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/the-creative-opportunities-of-a-boring
"If you're going to parties every night, you're going to be exhausted..." ~ Jimmy Soni talks about the realities of a writer's life, and how it forces discipline and makes the writing itself so much more memorable. Links, highlights and transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/the-creative-opportunities-of-a-boring
Somebody like Van Gogh, who died in despair, didn't get to share his work with the world. Imagine if he had access to the Internet... ~ Paul Millerd talks about the ease of creation, and why most creatives need to be courageous and just post. Links, highlights and transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/the-creative-opportunities-of-a-boring
Fresh off releasing one of the most beautiful hardcover books we’ve ever seen, Paul Millerd returns alongside Infinite Books CEO Jimmy Soni for a deep dive into the broken incentives of traditional publishing, why the industry breeds “cynicism at scale,” and how the internet is powering a second Renaissance for…
Every innovation follows the same script. First it gets attacked. Then it gets monetized. Then it becomes normal. #innovation #technology #AI #history #startups
Writing things out has killed more bad ideas than anything else. If you can’t write it clearly, you probably don’t understand it. #writing #business #notboring
Gutenberg didn’t invent the printing press to change the world. He wanted to get rich. The Catholic Church was selling “heaven tickets,” and he saw a supply-demand mismatch. History is weirder than you think. #history #renaissance
Most of the internet is pessimistic. Most of the people actually building things aren’t. Packy McCormick explains why spending time with founders makes it hard to be too pessimistic about the future. #tech #future #business
Packy McCormick is one of the most thoughtful writers in tech and investing. In this episode of Infinite Loops, we talk about why writing is still the most powerful way to think clearly, how optimism becomes rational when you spend time with people actually building things, and what happens when…
Shakespeare. Moby-Dick. Cormac McCarthy. The Bible. All of them have mediocre ratings on Goodreads. It's a freeing lesson for creators — if the greatest works ever written get bad reviews, you have nothing to be afraid of.
What if farming didn’t mean endless monocrops, pesticides, and soil depletion? Jean-Marc Decius explains how humanoid robots and AI could transform industrial agriculture into diverse “food forests” — running millions of experiments, rebuilding topsoil, and eliminating the need for pesticides. This is what farming looks like after AI.
When you slip into a monoculture, bad sh*t happens." Jean-Marc Daecius (COS at O'Shaughnessy Ventures) shares the historical story of Chairman Mao and the Great Sparrow Campaign. Discover why trying to eliminate a "pest" without understanding the ecosystem led to a national catastrophe and what we can learn from it…
"I will be your last human Chief of Staff." Jean-Marc Daecius (COS at O'Shaughnessy Ventures) explains why the modern workplace is "nuking" our ability to concentrate and how AI is changing the game. #AI #Business #financ
What happens when you design a company assuming AI should do everything it possibly can? Jean-Marc Daecius, OSV's Chief of Staff, joins Infinite Loops to explain what it means to be “AI first” — and why he believes he may be the company's last human chief of staff. The conversation…
John Wang explains why the Queens Night Market has what he calls “the worst business model ever” — and why it somehow still works. #food #newyorkcity #urbanlife
The Queens Night Market was built on two principles: representation and affordability. John Wang explains why the $6 price cap matters — and who gets forgotten when people say “just make it $10.” #food #newyork #Queens
The Queens Night Market started as a simple question: why doesn’t New York have a night market? Eleven years later, it’s been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the top markets in the world. #queensnightmarket #food #newyork
The Queens Night Market is one of New York City’s most beloved institutions — but it was never supposed to last more than a year. John Wang, founder of the Queens Night Market, joins Infinite Loops to explain how a side project with a “terrible business model” unexpectedly became one…
One of the perks of being a quant? You only need to be right 52% of the time.
Losses hurt more than gains — even when you understand the math. Cliff Asness explains why prospect theory feels so real in practice, and why even the most rational investors struggle emotionally during bad years. #investing #Finance #wallstreet #quant
What happens when models outperform intuition — but you can’t fully explain why? Cliff Asness explains what it means to “surrender to the machines,” why some opacity is unavoidable in modern investing, and how AI changes the way decisions get made. #investing #AI #business
Cliff Asness explains why modern trading apps blur the line between investing and gambling — and how that confusion leads to blowups. #investing #stockmarket #finance
Cliff Asness is one of the most influential quantitative investors of the last 30 years — and one of the most candid. In this conversation, Cliff joins Infinite Loops to talk about why losses hurt more than wins, how bubbles form, why modern investing increasingly resembles gambling, and what the…
The narrative of socialism is beautiful: "We're all going to be nice to each other and help." But it just doesn't work. ~ Tomas Pueyo explains how socialism may win in the short term, but is disastrous in the long term.