Longform links: AI acceleration
Books Five insights from Lindsay Crouse, author of the new book, "The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out." (nextbigideaclub.com) Five insights from Jon Ronson's new book, "The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men." (nextbigideaclub.com) An excerpt from "This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian-American Story" by Evan Gershkovich. (wsj.com) Patrick O'Shaughnessy talks with Michael Mortiz, author of "Ausländer: One Family's Story of Escape and Exile." (youtube.com) Seth Godin talks with Danny Meyer, author of "What Could Go Wrong?" (youtube.com) Against Convenience An excerpt from "Against Convenience: Embracing Friction in an Age of Endless Ease" by Gabe Bullard. (longreads.com) Brett McKay talks with Gabe Bullard, and he’s the author of "Against Convenience." (artofmanliness.com) AI Why it matters whether AI acceleration is slow and steady or exponential. (newsletter.drorpoleg.com) Why AI will increase entrepreneurship. (eig.org) Longreads How the market for office space is changing. (newsletter.drorpoleg.com) The story of Shopify ($SHOP). (fiscal.ai) The history of cultivated meat, so far. (harpers.org) Americans are spending more time at home, but are hosting other people a lot less. (derekthompson.org) How to achieve DraftKings VIP status: bet a lot, and lose a lot. (propublica.org) A profile of Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, who is living the life in the UAE. (nytimes.com) How Japan's geography helped define its history. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)