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When two instruments in an orchestra play simultaneous pure tones at sufficient intensity, a third tone nobody is playing emerges.

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Boomerang

Empires have a way of seeding their own destruction.

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  • 20-year devs can’t find work anymore

    Link to the original discussion thread: https://ift.tt/nVsIFOH And if you want to put AI to work for you instead of the other way around, I built Enjoy for that: https://enjoy.dev — more ›

  • World launches World ID suite for banks, makes Zoom deepfake check generally available

    The identity project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman named Bain Capital and VanEck Funds among its design partners but did not name a bank that has started using the product. https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2026-10-18-world-launches-world-id-suite-banks-418869 more ›

  • Déjà Vu: Was ancient India the world’s forgotten superpower?

    Listen: https://ift.tt/xG3nDmE Long before Europe ruled the seas, India’s vast ocean trade linked it to the world. Thinkers like Brahmagupta and Aryabhata spread mathematical ideas that shaped the Renaissance and the modern age. Then colonialism shifted the balance of power.… more ›

  • France: One step closer to ending the CFA franc

    The end of the CFA franc is one step closer, after the French Council of Ministers’ meeting on 20 May passed a bill ratifying the reform of the monetary agreement https://www.theafricareport.com/28690/france-one-step-closer-to-ending-the-cfa-franc/ more ›

  • AI Wants Your Life: Tech Boss Meredith Whittaker Says No | The Mishal Husain Show

    Meredith Whittaker has spent years arguing that privacy is a prerequisite for a free society. As the president of the nonprofit foundation behind the encrypted messaging app Signal, she now finds herself defending that principle in the face of mounting… more ›

  • ‘NAZA’: The film shocking Israeli society

    In this extended interview, directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor speak powerfully about their explosive new documentary, NAZA. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://ift.tt/j9uGMWe%5D The film features 24 Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers breaking ranks to expose the reality of… more ›

  • NAZA – official trailer

    Watch the official trailer for NAZA, an award-winning documentary produced by the Guardian that details the systems behind Israel’s mass killings in Gaza. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 The critically acclaimed film, produced with the team behind… more ›

  • Money for machines

    In conversation with Chris Dixon: The machine economy, fly brains, and the breakthroughs that happen when entrepreneurs can “just go do stuff” https://a16zcrypto.substack.com/p/money-for-machines-circle-ceo-jeremy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

  • What Comes After Stablecoins? (ft. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire and Chris Dixon)

    Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire joins a16z crypto founder and founding partner Chris Dixon for a conversation about stablecoins, Circle’s Arc blockchain, and what happens when programmable money meets increasingly capable machines. Drawing on decades of building and investing… more ›