Bill Gurley
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General partner at Benchmark Capital; was the lead analyst on Amazon's IPO; writes Above the Crowd on tech and marketplace economics.
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23 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Complex systems are multivariable and nonlinear, so they can behave one way for years and then switch when a single variable changes. (opens korrents.com)
“I would describe complex systems as multivariable nonlinear systems. And multivariable nonlinear systems are very hard to predict. They can behave one way for a long time and then one variable can switch and they can…”
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Optimising a single metric is a trap, because the second-order consequences of the change only surface much later. (opens korrents.com)
“you got to be really conscious of the consequence and not get too deterministic about a single metric or a single variable and know what's important and what's on top.”
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Information is more fragmented than ever and simultaneously more available than ever, and language models widen that access further. (opens korrents.com)
“We do live in a world where information is really cut up, but we also live in a world where you can have access to more information than you ever could. And that's even more true now with LLMs.”
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Complex systems are multivariable and nonlinear, so they can behave one way for years and then switch when a single variable changes. (opens korrents.com)
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7 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Complexity (opens rcmnd.app)
“For me, it’s Complexity, about Santa Fe Institute, and a wonderful book called Mr. China about this guy that lost his shirt, this British gentleman that lost his shirt, investing in China.”
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Mr. China (opens rcmnd.app)
“For me, it’s Complexity, about Santa Fe Institute, and a wonderful book called Mr. China about this guy that lost his shirt, this British gentleman that lost his shirt, investing in China.”
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Catastrophic Care (opens rcmnd.app)
“he wrote a fascinating book and I think uncovered all the things about the US healthcare system that kind of undermine its success.”
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Complexity (opens rcmnd.app)