Rohit Krishnan is a VC and essayist who writes the ‘Strange Loop Canon’ newsletter in which he tries to understand the ever increasing complexity of our world. You can follow Rohit on Twitter at https://twitter.com/krishnanrohit and subscribe to his newsletter at https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/ Show Notes:
Douglas Hofstadter’s Strange Loop
Memory as an unreliable narrator
Are we seeing a decline in eccentricity?
The Great Reshuffle
We need more Thiel-style patrons
Why do big companies suck at innovation?
Importance of failure
Reducing the cost of failure
Universal Basic Income/Dividend
Maximizing EV vs. Maximizing hit rate
Are governments inefficient?
Fragility of jobs
World in 2050
Books Recommended:
Gödel, Escher, Bach; by Douglas Hofstadter
I Am a Strange Loop; by Douglas Hofstadter
The Misbehavior of Markets; by Benoit Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson
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