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David Galbraith
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·Nov 7

What OpenAI Means for the Entire Tech Sector

When ChatGPT launched, exactly a year ago, it demonstrated the potential of the first new general purpose technology in a decade. It was the most important development since the unveiling of the iPhone, which triggered the ubiquitous use of the internet away from a desk. With OpenAI’s rise, the first…

OpenAI

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What OpenAI Means for the Entire Tech Sector
What OpenAI Means for the Entire Tech Sector
OpenAI

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·Sep 19

Why the AI Investment Opportunity is Different

On the one hand, the leap forward that AI took last year is real and opens the biggest opportunity in technology since the development of the web or social media. On the other, unlike previous waves, everyone is aware of it, not just the experts, techies, or early adopters. The…

AI

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Why the AI Investment Opportunity is Different
Why the AI Investment Opportunity is Different
AI

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·Aug 29

Economic Entropy: A Mathematical Model of Value Flow in Economics

A law of economic entropy: capital flows across a perceived value difference towards higher perceived value and eventual price equilibrium. — The laws of physics have often provided frameworks for understanding systems far removed from particles and energy. One such principle that has been discussed across disciplines is the law of entropy in thermodynamics. In essence, entropy is a measure of disorder or randomness in a system, and systems naturally evolve…

Economics

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Economic Entropy: A Mathematical Model of Value Flow in Economics
Economic Entropy: A Mathematical Model of Value Flow in Economics
Economics

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Aug 1

How Our Planet Works

The earth has to produce more waste than the energy it consumes from the sun. Life must consume more energy and waste even more and intelligent life must consume and waste more still. Consumption and waste aren’t things to reduce, but to manage. The key tenets of much of environmental…

Environment

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Environment

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·Jul 12

Code is a Network

The structural implications of AI Before networks, computers were standalone machines and before the internet, computer networks were limited to individual organizations. The internet connected all computers, smartphones put them in the hands of everyone. This rewired global communication & interaction and as a result, restructured society itself to become…

AI

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Code is a Network
Code is a Network
AI

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Feb 22

Wolfram’s Computational Interpretation of the Second Law and a Physics Based View of Evolution (draft).

A Computational Understanding of the Second Law of Thermodynamics This is an expansion of notes from Wolfram’s 3 part series which attempts to show a new theory of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, founded on a computational understanding vs an energy one based on heat exchange (Clausius) or the statistical…

Physics

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Wolfram’s Computational Interpretation of the Second Law and a Physics Based View of Evolution…
Wolfram’s Computational Interpretation of the Second Law and a Physics Based View of Evolution…
Physics

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Dec 7, 2022

The Root Causes of Inflation

The Return of Inflation It’s widely believed that the return of inflation, after more than a decade of deflationary pressure, isn’t transitory. The causes are variously claimed to be: easy monetary policy, the COVID pandemic, and the war in Ukraine. These are all symptoms of counter-reactions to deeper underlying structural…

Inflation

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The Root Causes of Inflation
The Root Causes of Inflation
Inflation

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Apr 7, 2022

An FT Profile of me working on Moreover, from the early days of the Internet.

A profile on me as an early Internet pioneer in the Financial Times, in March 1999, while I was working on my third startup, Moreover.com. The piece is early enough that it isn’t online, to link to. Moreover was the first online news search engine, prior to Google news. What…

Internet History

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An FT Profile of me working on Moreover, from the early days of the Internet.
An FT Profile of me working on Moreover, from the early days of the Internet.
Internet History

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Nov 18, 2021

Crypto’s Strength and Achilles Heel

CeFi vs DeFi. Why crypto will ditch decentralization medium term but will change the world later, when it returns. The Crypto universe exists in the virtual one in terms of regulation, law enforcement or protection. …

Cypto

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Crypto’s Strength and Achilles Heel
Crypto’s Strength and Achilles Heel
Cypto

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Sep 1, 2021

One Line Startup Bios

Eighteen years ago I did a presentation at South by Southwest, in Texas, where I proposed a trivial new standard for online bios. The problem at the time was that blogrolls (sidebar links to favorite blogs) had no descriptions. The concept was that people should describe themselves or their blog…

Venture Capital

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One Line Startup Bios
One Line Startup Bios
Venture Capital

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David Galbraith

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Architect: I used to design buildings, now I design companies. http://davidgalbraith.org

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