Assorted Links
A series of curated reading lists I posted on old.ajr.fyi in spring 2022 — short collections of articles, papers, and threads I found worth sharing.
Assorted Links 1
March 1, 2022
- A new list of industrial startups that are growing and hiring. Recommended.
- Exactly how a CEO Founder spends the first 2 years of a startup
- Positive sum El Salvadoran Immigrant Community Grant Programs
- Host more dinner parties
- The successful aftermath of vibecamp. Consider hosting more social events.
Assorted Links 2
March 15, 2022
- Some reasons for investment in alternative education and here’s some more
- A new course to train new political leaders for the future of New York City
- The state of climate tech. It’s a good time to start working on industrial tech, people!
- Immigration benefits industrial progress and the importance of skilled immigration from our foreign adversaries
Assorted Links 3
March 22, 2022
- A defense of the case for more aristocratic tutoring
- One of very few attempts to scale aristocratic tutoring
- Patio11’s tips on how to build a consultancy
- The case for critiquing EA and PS (because they’re successful, and they listen)
Assorted Links 4
March 28, 2022
- Policy of Progress does not poll well with American voters
- A list of essays related to American Dynamism
- Sarah Constantin’s new blog details “Underrated Opportunities in Science, Technology, and Society”
- The Housing Theory of Everything. This isn’t new, but it’s worth re-iterating the importance of more housing.
Assorted Links 5
April 1, 2022
- A new fellowship for ambitious high schoolers
- Building a toaster from Scratch — starting with only Stone Age technology
- The importance of global markets — price of wheat futures seamlessly signal farmers to plant more, without any top down intervention necessary.
- Wearable Hormone Sensors are on the horizon
Assorted Links 6
April 4, 2022
- How should we be helping the 44% of depressed teens?
- Spaced repetition directly from the browser and an example of using it to learn quantum computing
- Aaron Mayer pledges to donate all income above 70k, forever
- STEM Immigration is Critical to American National Security. Recommended.
- The eternal Geeks, Mops, Sociopaths cycle strikes again, in twitter “in-group”