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met up with readers of @KasurianMag for some lively and insightful conversations at New Stadium - thanks to @newsystems_ for hosting us

The Bonds of Reputation kasurian.com/p/bonds-of-rep…

extraordinary essay. quite enjoyed the use of mathematical abstraction to elucidate the point

refreshing take, especially if you live where low state capacity & institutional voids mean that it’s hard to do high-trust economic activity. forget about the state, just create your own network of high caliber operator and do business with each other. You can just do things

In the quest for 21st-century economic sovereignty, where does one start? In Kasurian's latest essay, The Bonds of Reputation, Haseeb Ahmed (@haseebinc) explores the hidden role of trust in trade, from the Maghribi Traders of medieval Islamic civilisation, to the Diamond…

trust is a discount rate on credit

Absolutely. We ensure if you have not earned the right to advise an entrepreneur you dont operate independently giving advice.

machines taking over jobs is exactly why we create them

credible intel coming in that you're going to have an exceptional week

if dreams were simply some convoluted regurgitation of your waking hours then why is there little to no screen time

the best skill is to be flexible, antifragile, autodidactical

“you do know that human history is a series of causes & effects so vast, complex, unquantifiable, and largely concealed from our eyes that only God can know its shape, let alone understand or manipulate it to His ends, right?”

i think a clear sign that we're nowhere close to AGI is that none of these models have ever made me laugh

similar to Gilder's idea that “it takes a low-entropy carrier to bear high-entropy information (surprisal).” — creativity excels on top of order