Epic's Philosophy and Unprecedented Aspirations
— Matthew Ball (@ballmatthew) August 13, 2020
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What is the goal of the Epic Games Flywheel? Why is Epic spending billions to launch new businesses that remove or reduce all the value in that category - and without shifting the rest to its own pockets?https://t.co/nbj7RULjZJ
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says video games are a threat to his company. Now Xbox owner Microsoft says it competes with Netflix. https://t.co/83r4JQQ1gx
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) August 11, 2020
This is a long and thoughtful piece from @benedictevans and I'm working on a (hopefully) equally thoughtful response. But definitely worth reading -- and discussing: Would breaking up 'big tech' work? What would? https://t.co/BKderyL6OG #DigitalTransformation #Google pic.twitter.com/fxbEzNtZ6E
— Tim Peter (@tcpeter) August 11, 2020
16 Minutes #38: Teladoc & Livongo, Is Virtual Care Fully Here? w @julesyoo @vijaypande @smc90 --
— a16z (@a16z) August 11, 2020
*why 'big deal', what's hype/what's real
*broader category, taxonomy of terms
*policy considerations, pandemic effect
*implications for incumbents + startupshttps://t.co/rROQG8p5so
From Epic Games: Creators and leaders from nearly a dozen studios share their opinions about the biggest and best innovations to hit this generation, the limitations that held them back or inspired, what the future looks like https://t.co/wzICOAEuJg
— Matthew Ball (@ballmatthew) August 10, 2020
“Teachers who make physics boring are criminals” - Walter Lewin ⚛️🔭 pic.twitter.com/OPdDqz2YM0
— The Mars Girl (@eyeofastronomy) August 8, 2020
Really nice paper analyzing properties of infinite width networks by @GoogleAI researchers @hoonkp, @sschoenholz, Jeffrey Pennington, Ben Adlam, @Locchiu, @ARomanNovak and @jaschasd.
— Jeff Dean (@🏡) (@JeffDean) August 8, 2020
Jascha's thread here has lots of good discussion and a tour of some of the figures. ⬇️ https://t.co/Sgj3DZwCOo
