Your mind is software. Program it. Your body is a shell. Change it. Death is a disease. Cure it. Extinction is approaching. Fight it.
Evolution never stopped. It just changed materials. For four billion years, life iterated through biology. Now, for the first time, intelligence is iterating outside of it. Everyone asks whether AI will be good or bad for us. I think that's the wrong question.
In the world of AI development, we’re approaching some fascinating crossroads. We’ve taught machines to see, hear, and even beat humans at complex games. But can we teach an AI to feel? Or maybe more accurately,…
Professional headshots are more than just photos; they’re a critical part of personal branding. Whether for a LinkedIn profile picture, business website, or actor’s portfolio, a high-quality headshot can make a significant impact. Today, the world…
Our portfolio company ICON just announced a partnership with the brilliant Liz Lambert, an exceptional figure in the hospitality industry, ICON, the trailblazers of cutting-edge technology and large-scale 3D printing, and the globally acclaimed BIG-Bjarke Ingels…
Appreciate the love from LA weekly – awesome to be included! https://www.laweekly.com/top-10-business-visionaries-to-follow-in-2023/ Also published on Medium.
Curate.Wiki was built because of a need I had myself. I read a lot of content on the internet, and I also find some really great articles, videos, and links that have a wealth of knowledge…
So, time for me is becoming something I have less and less of. I have lots of thoughts that I write down, but I dont have time to polish them into cohesive essays. In order to…
What is Value?How do we determine the value of things? If you cant answer this question, then you cant say what’s a good price or bad price for anything. This makes investing hard as you dont…
Also published on Medium.
Also published on Medium.
Today we started the first major part of our demolition – pretty simple process just 1 machine and 1 person controlling the machine to knock all the walls down, and a second truck to haul the…
Also published on Medium.
Also published on Medium.
Also published on Medium.
We scheduled an excavator on the 17th expecting the city to approve our permits by at least the 29th, and the permits are still not approved. We were told that there was one pending payment, but…
In this series I’m going to bring you along with me as I build my first house from the ground up. This is mostly going to be a series outlining the problems faced during each step…
The first step in our demo process was to get rid of the doors, and cabinets, closets, etc. This took 2-3 days and is usually the slowest part of demolition because its done manually. At the…
So today we broke the water shut-off valve – turns out we’re not supposed to do that ourselves, the city is supposed to turn it off for us. We had a plumber come out to help…
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As we move towards a world where automation may replace many of the boring, repetitive or dangerous jobs that people rely on financially to survive, we will see an increase in the gap between low income…
Managing risk may be one of the most important aspects of being a successful investor – the risk reward ratio is something you need to understand deeply in order to figure out which of the many…
As gun violence becomes more prevalent in the United States, I think it would be interesting to explore potential technological solutions to the problems we face as a society when it comes to gun violence. It’s…
Moving into 2018 we’re seeing lots of interesting activity in the cryptocurrency space. I feel like a level of critical mass was hit in the last few weeks, where everyone I know is asking how to…
I recently started a small cryptocurrency fund for investing in new / alternative blockchain protocols. Something I noticed as an investor is that there’s a huge learning-curve advantage that can be leveraged in the cryptocurrency space…
Overview: Over the last several years we’ve seen a trend of new product concepts being brought to market through the power of the crowd. Many of these companies wouldn’t exist without the financial backing and proof…
Got some cool press for one of my recent weekend hacks – check it out! – J
I wanted to carry & charge all my stuff in a single package – boom, solar briefcase! Here’s what I fit inside: 1. MiFoto Tripod 2. Zoom H2n Mic 3. Canon S100 4. Canon Rebel 5.…
It seems everyone is getting caught up on the mining chip and how it’s not power efficient and won’t be profitable for consumers or 21.co That’s probably true, but it seems to be a loss-leader for…
The information in this blog was sourced from this awesome /r/askreddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/31nbca/whatsthescariesttheoryknowntoman/ 1. False Vacuum Theory: This is, in short, a scientific hypothesis that our universe is actually in a false phase state as part…
With over 15,000 active listings, 150,000+ downloads, a spot as the 1 free lifestyle app and a feature from Apple as a ‘New & Noteworthy’ lifestyle app – SellSimple is undergoing a radical pivot. SellSimple was,…
We have all this magical technology, but are constantly restricted by the existing features of our legacy system. What if we imagined a city from scratch, designing all the features to work in harmony… what could…
In this post I’m going to try and explain in the most basic terms (my) understanding of quantum mechanics. I may not nail it completely for all standards, but hopefully you’ll leave the article with at…
1. Anti-Aging through Genetic Engineering is probably the one we’re going to figure out first as we already have some really smart people working on the problem, like Audrey DeGrey from SNES. The idea here is…
This weekend I hacked together a 3d printed pennyboard! The 4 pieces were printed on a MakerGear M2, with no supports. Each piece took about ~6 hours to print, so total print time for the project…
Main Riffs: – Humans are chemical code. – Encephalization Quotient: the ratio between actual brain mass and predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, which is hypothesized to be a rough estimate of…
I was watching a documentary on military drones and it sparked an interesting line of thinking I’m going to explore further in this essay. The basic thought started when they were showing off a fleet of…
1. Be simple. 2. Perfection is a lot of little things done well. 3. ‘Why’ is the most important question. 4. Realize that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your…
Learning is one of my favorite things to do. There’s nothing that matches the high you get from connecting the dots – when everything ‘clicks’ and suddenly, what was once utter confusion, becomes a tool for…
Empirically, Bitcoin seems to be growing exactly how it should for long-term sustainability – the problem is, even with tons of adoption…we’re seeing a tumbling price. Why? Here’s one possible explanation: It’s a growth phase where…
So, this line of thinking started when I found a cool little magicians prop on Amazon. It’s basically a walking stick that ‘appear’s out of thin air. The trick is it’s one big spring and when…
Here’s a quick essay I did a while ago but didn’t publish. It starts to get really technical and slightly hard to follow near the end – you’ve been warned! My thoughts on how to execute…
Over the last few years I’ve definitely grown a lot. In my search to understand myself better and ultimately optimize, I’ve built several tools / apps to facilitate this process. The next app in this optimization…
So, you built a startup. Sexy logo, website looking sharp, app is in the store, and you even closed a small seed round from friends and family investors. Your initial vision is now a reality, and…
Just riffing off some ideas I had earlier: Matter and Anti-Matter. Think of these as 1’s and 0’s. Quantum particles are the first layer of abstraction over the 1’s and 0’s. Similar to logic gates in…
Here’s a writing prompt I saw on Reddit a few days ago – loved the concept so I decided to give it a go: http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2jie0h/wpitwasonlyaftertheyinvadedthatthealiens/clcagu0 [WP] It was only after they invaded that the aliens realized,…
This weekend I updated the Simple Labs website with a fresh design / UX. As part of this effort, I created a video to illustrate the over-arching vision (also needed something for the video background in…
A quick tutorial on how to hack together a $15 magnetic stir plate. Mix drinks, protein powder, stir tea, etc. Enjoy! – J
The following is a whitepaper that describes one potential solution for eliminating counterparty risk associated with p2p transactions, especially in an anonymous network: http://bounty.exchange Short Abstract: With the rise of the sharing economy, commerce on the…
Here it is…Finally! After what felt like forever (1 year+), the soylent I ordered from Kickstarter arrived. Overall, it definitely tastes better than the DIY stuff I made here: http://juliansarokin.com/soylent-for-science-pasta-bad-decision/ That said, I dont think I…
The idea behind memo is that there are certain things I know I should do every day, but I don’t end up doing them because I’m lazy or get busy. Some of these things include drinking…
Here’s a fun little 3d printer project I did after finding an awesome product design on Thingiverse. It looks like the author had several iterations of designs for his ‘banjo ukelele’ so I decided that the…
Curate.Wiki is a project I built to make my own life a little bit easier. As an obsessive redditor / content consumer, I find myself collecting long lists of interesting links, bookmarking cool pages and eventually…
Lately I’ve been experimenting with a new philosophy / framework for executing products & startups. The goal is to get a polished MVP out the door and ready for launch in 10 days. The timeline breaks…
Table: – Sharing Economy – Mobile Computing – Global Payments (crypto currencies) – Block-Chain / Byzentine Generals – Sensors, IoT, Big Data – Additive Manufacturing – Virtual Reality / Entertainment – Education – Sociological Changes –…
While messing around with a bunch of parts I purchased from Adafruit, I ended up building a solar powered Raspberry Pi. The build is pretty simple once you get everything soldered on correctly. I’ll be following…
Part 1: http://juliansarokin.com/patterns-unlocking-the-universe/ Patterns constitute the ultimate story of our world. They’re there to tease us – to tell us that there’s something we don’t fully understand yet. These patterns represent something greater. They represent the…
“…and that’s everything there is to know about our race” I explained. “If you want to see with your own eyes you’ll have to try for yourself.” I watched as the crowd scanned, heads down at…
What will commerce look like 5, 10, 100 years from now? Will we still use dollars? Will we still sell on marketplaces? Will we still use our phones? Is it possible that everything we know today…
While many consider bitcoin itself a speculative investment, there are many ways invest your bitcoin and make it work for you (or, alternatively, lose it all). I’ve had conversations with many people regarding cryptocurrency, and most…
While studying philosophy in college I learned the basic structure for framing an argument using premises and questions to drill down to the essence of a problem. Shortly after learning this framework, I noticed I was…
Disclosure: I’m an early investor & advisor (marketing & growth) to NoFiatCoin – my perspective may be slightly biased & optimistic, but I will try my best to convey the information in the most factual way…
This morning I was checking one of my crypto portfolios to get a general idea of how things were going, and there was one investment in particular that I think generated the metrics needed to prove…
I was recently recruited to do a brand overhaul for an alternative cryptocurrency called Cubits. This includes brand, vision, messaging, marketing, new website, etc. Cubits are a SHA 256d Proof of Work + Proof of Stake…
The Last Question By: Isaac Asimov http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm ————————————————————- The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question…
The Gentle Seduction By: Marc Stiegler http://www.skyhunter.com/marcs/GentleSeduction.html —————————————————- He worked with computers; she worked with trees, and the flowers that took hold on the sides of the Mountain. She was surprised that he was interested in…
So you just invested a bunch of money into bitcoin, but you realized that you’re storing your huge bitcoin savings in unsecure web wallets. When you store your coins in a web wallet, you’re giving a…
RedditSimple A quick side project I created because I desperately needed it myself. I use Reddit every day to save TONS of content, and the idea started as a way to create a hard-copy backup of…
The Egg By: Andy Weir http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theeggmod.html —————————————————- You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It…
Evolution of Government: To understand the future of government, we first need to understand how governments evolved into what they are today. Thousands of years ago, the most primitive people grouped together in hordes. These small…
Essentially, the purpose of venture capital is to give startups the funding they need to execute their visions and reach a mass audience. Traditionally, venture capital is reserved for high risk, high reward, early-stage startups. A…
Shortly after dropping out of college in 2011, I started working on a company called RoomBounce. At this point in time I didn’t have the design or development skills to fully execute a project on my…
In the future, everything will be a “smart thing” – everything will collect data, from your shoes to your shirt to your contact lenses. This data will be used for analysis, and also to greatly improve…
Weekend Concept 1: Influence Coin: a decentralized, distributed social ad network. The concept behind Influence Coin is a decentralized, distributed cryptocurrency acting as an advertisement network. It uses a blockchain (or block tree) to validate ad…
What Are CryptoCurrencies? A cryptocurrency is a peer to peer electronic cash equivalent. Unlike typical online financial transactions which involve commercial or government entities acting as the middle man or central authority, peer-to-peer currencies provide a…
Okay, so you’re being investigated by the FBI or NSA or ATF and need to drop everything, time to disappear. They freeze all your assets, you can’t do anything – fully screwed. All you have are…
What is Money, and How Did it Get Here? Money evolved from barter. Barter is the process that happens between two people when they want to trade things of equal value. I have two chickens, you…
To understand is to perceive patterns. Patterns constitute the ultimate story of our world. They’re there to tease us – to tell us that there’s something we don’t fully understand yet. These patterns represent something greater.…
I backed Soylent a while ago and have been forever interested in the concept behind it. I don’t like the fact that I HAVE to eat, or I’ll die. I feel like thats a human deficiency…
Today is the future, and it’s magic. If you step back and take a look at the world we’re actually living in, things are pretty good if you’re alive right now. We fly over the oceans…
Ever since I was a kid I’ve been fascinated with building / creating things. In middle school I remember finding some blueprints online for a hovercraft from plywood and a leaf blower. After making it and…
For a long time I’ve been interested in practical immortality and how we as a human race would go about achieving such a feat. To me, practical immortality seems like a natural progression to evolution. We…
It’s getting to be graduation time for a lot of my college friends, so recently I’ve been reflecting on some of the things I’ve experienced that put me where I am today. I was a 19…
Basic Flow: - Idea - Wireframe - Designer - Developer - Prototype - Testing - Full Product (v1) - Testing - Launch Cost: The cost of an app varies greatly depending on the scope of project.…
Reddit is an amazing website for an infinite number of reasons, but it’s biggest impact (for me) was that it significantly increased the amount of information I was exposed to per day which in turn enabled…
This is a collection of the top 35 Cognitive Biases I’ve come across and put in my notes. Keep these in mind as you navigate through your daily life and understand that other people are “falling…
By: Claire Coullon Graphic Design & Typography Custom typography logo design for SellSimple, a new web and mobile platform allowing you to easily sell and buy items in a simple, hassle-free way. The team were looking…
This is a post I wrote for BlackHatWorld in 2009 : http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/making-money/115621-back-basics-everything-you-need-know-about-making-money-online.html Ok so how exactly do I make money online? Essentially you are going to be targeting a specific group of people to either sell…
This is a collection of all the links and places you’ll need to know about to create a kick ass demo video for your startup. I’ve made a few demo videos – around 2 per startup…
Simon Sinek – Start with Why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKFVuA Richard Feynman explains fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1pIYI5JQLE&list=PLE80C041156D48764 What if money didn’t matter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playerembedded&v=8nif01WZ9aI Carl Sagan – The Humans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playerembedded&v=iR-mFcEhQXQ Neal DeGrasse Tyson – We Stopped Dreaming: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=da31331394029 The Happy Secret to…
This will be a continually updated list of websites I’ve found helpful while building SellSimple . Some of these are articles, some are startup tools, some are forums, etc. The ones with the are extremely valuable…
Terminology: Buy Backs: A manufacturer sells 10,000,000 toys to walmart during holiday season for $4 per item. Cost of goods sold (including both fixed and variable expeses is $2). ($2 profit per item using these number…
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