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The Most Correct Computer (How Urbit Wins) with Philip Monk, CTO of Tlon | The Urbit Series

Feb 21, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
How to Find Frontiers in the History of Computing?
03:27 • 3min
3
Is Erbit a Darwinian Model?
06:12 • 5min
4
Is Everything That's Being Done Right Now a Dead End?
10:47 • 2min
5
How Did Erbit Succeed?
12:57 • 3min
6
Is the Momentum Increasing?
16:23 • 2min
7
The Average Ainernut User to Day Is Captured by Gradient Dascent
18:49 • 3min
8
How Herb It Wins in the Long Run
21:36 • 4min
9
Using Erbet to Build a Service Provider
25:22 • 2min
10
Working With Curtis on the Erbit White Paper?
27:47 • 3min
11
What Was Your Biggest Contribution?
30:41 • 2min
12
Is Correctness Really More Important Than Performance?
32:22 • 3min
13
Is There a Different Attitude in Silicon Valley?
35:45 • 4min
14
What Are the Common Technical Objections to Erbit?
39:31 • 4min
15
Is Knock the Only Way to Speed Up the Herbit Network?
43:16 • 2min
16
Is There a Need for More Creative Engineering in Erbit?
45:36 • 4min
17
The Challenge of Speed With Erbit
49:33 • 2min
18
Is Hoon Too Hard to Learn?
51:46 • 4min
19
Is Hoon a Good Programming Language?
56:03 • 3min
20
Is There Any Trolling in the Design?
59:04 • 3min
21
Is the Design a Superior Language?
01:02:11 • 2min
22
The Most Evident Developer Benefits for Writing Hon, Right?
01:03:55 • 2min