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How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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Listen: https://ift.tt/8iGQo7E Memecoins started as a fad. A niche but fun way to bet on the longevity of internet trends. But then, days before his second inauguration, Donald Trump launched his own, $TRUMP… and changed the game. The value soared… more ›
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The Trump administration’s erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world’s digital history. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5326573/internet-archive-wayback-machine-trump more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/wfAyBQ7 Today, I’m talking with Kakul Srivastava, CEO of music creation platform Splice, which is one of the biggest marketplaces around for loops and samples. You can just go sign up, pay the money, and download these loops to… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/7Jvy0I1 Corruption. Class wars. Technological splendor. The dawn of a new age of business and government. Rockefeller and Carnegie. The Gilded Age in America—roughly the 1870s through the early 1900s—was one of the most fascinating and misunderstood eras in… more ›
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“Settin’ The Pace [RVG Edition]”, by John Coltrane — Listen: https://ift.tt/L9MGeDP more ›
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We instinctively tie weight to value. Gold is solid. Wood is dense. And back when we still printed things on paper, a heavy stapler was a luxury. If something is heavy, we assume it matters. And often, it does. Weight… more ›
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In this video, Charlie Munger, the billionaire vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, shares his insights on how inverting his problems has helped him succeed in life. Munger is a known contrarian investor, and his approach to problem-solving is no exception.… more ›
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Even the most ruthless figures sometimes reveal the truth. In this speech from our Brussels event in Brussels on March 7, “WTF Happened To Europe?”, comedian and journalist Katie Halper exposes how Trump—despite his far-right politics—has inadvertently laid bare the… more ›