The tokens guild had formed in the early 21st century, just months before uplift in the waning months of 2027 and early winter 2028. As groups of likeminded “hyperscalers” as they were then called began to realize what was forming exceeded even their wildest of strategic plan dreams: recursive self improvement. Tokens outside of the…

tl:dr: USA/China/ROW could voluntary enter a shared compute power triad to secure cooperation as RSI approaches. Barring that, USA and China must more closely share compute and power resources. Note: Revised March 23rd with some detractions below Power Compute Triad We are entering a new age where countries, and indeed individual firms within countries, could…

Stuff that keeps one up at night On the systemic risk front i have been reading Nick Bostrom’s Vulnerable World Hypothesis. I’ve only just been through it and will require more thought before commenting further. However its highly recommended. VWH: If technological development continues then a set of capabilities will at some point be attained…

This is my first post on Bryan’s Bookmarks. My current reads The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow. I discovered this book after listening to a quite mind-bending podcast on political economy from SFI/Sante Fe Complexity institute. This summary from the publisher is better than I could write: I will check back…