Derik Pridmore
@DerikPridmore
machine learning, science, technology, venture capital, public markets, economics, data, randomness
“I’ll tell you a thirty second Japanese trick for lowering high blood sugar with just three simple ingredients. Orange and cinnamon are key….” - a Youtube ad I saw, also the current state of knowledge of most of the world’s AI pundits.
Every mathematical equation is a program, every sentence is a simulation.
The bread of men is spirit, the water of women is belief.
How many holes does a straw have? Topologically, of course, it has 1: it's homeomorphic to a punctured disk. But intuitively it has 2: one at the top and one at the bottom. And this answer lies at the heart of the most rigorous axiomatization of quantum field theory. (1/20)
Your physical trauma is like the Epstein files, your family trauma is the global drone wars, your relationship drama is the humanoid investment fad, and your spiritual mission is like the search for Satoshi Nakamoto - always waiting there, when all else is done. 😂
In the locker room today after a hair gel tip, a gym bro beamed at his reflection “Yo this is low key lit!” His friend said “Dude, don’t say stupid shit like that.” The earth is healing.
Makes sense in the age of AI it’s the Amish that save us.
For months, the Amish have quietly rebuilt Western North Carolina— they're STILL HERE, volunteering since November of last year. It's an epic, rarely told story. This video of them singing a-cappella hymns after building tiny homes is so beautiful... GOD BLESS THE AMISH!!!
Unicorns and decacorns won’t do anymore. They want Athenas sprung straight from the mind of Zeus.
They are a person.
What is a subtle sign someone isn’t a good person?
Now that language and image are interchangeable on demand, language returns as the transportable, disposable, customizable, and persist-able interface. From here it’s trusted relationships, reputations, chains, per transaction pricing, tools and infra companies picking pennies.
It’s never been a better time for your second programming language to have been Scheme. When you ship straight from Basic to Scheme, your mind shatters and you just car(cdr()) your way comfortably through an infinite tree. The recursively sub-defined symbol rests comfortably.