# 4/23/23 - The Itinerant Weekly - #42

By [TheItinerant - by BenErsing](https://paragraph.com/@theitinerant-by-benersing) · 2023-04-23

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As a reminder, I’ve decided to iterate on the approach to _The Itinerant Weekly_. Going forward it will now be a much more concise compilation of the most interesting content I encountered this past week. We’ll test this approach out for a few months and see how it goes.

f you only have 30 minutes, listen at 1.5x speed to [Predicting Catastrophic Events](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_vtfxJaRBg&list=PLNY4F1u6nFkZ7gLeTeIrYaEf_6xrACgmx&index=1&t=20s) (Prof. Didier Sornette) and [How to Avoid Blackswans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knuRt9U2qjA&list=PLNY4F1u6nFkb9DF40YKDzh5niZsf4bDbV&index=2&t=10s) (Warren Buffet).

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MacroEconomics & Innovation History
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*   **EPB Research** – [Don’t Ignore this Recession Warning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRzMtX6OIus)
    
*   **Quarterly Investment Report** – [Tesla Q1 2023 Investor Report](https://ir.tesla.com/_flysystem/s3/sec/000156459023005959/tsla-8k_20230419-gen.pdf)
    
*   **Quarterly Investment Report** – [UnitedHealthcare Q1 2023 Investor Report](https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/content/dam/UHG/PDF/investors/2023/UNH-Q1-2023-Release.pdf)
    
*   **Warren Buffet –** [How to Avoid Blackswans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knuRt9U2qjA&list=PLNY4F1u6nFkb9DF40YKDzh5niZsf4bDbV&index=2&t=10s)
    

Alternative Investments
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*   **Crunchbase –** [VC Funding Drops Q1](https://news.crunchbase.com/web3/vc-backed-funding-drops-q1-2023/)
    

Global Health & Wellness
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*   **Healthcare Dive** – [Moody’s Report Highlights Needs for Healthcare Cybersecurity](https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/moodys-report-healthcare-investment-cybersecurity/647604/) 
    

Transformative Technologies
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*   **A16z** – [Tokenology: Moving Beyond ‘Tokenomics’](https://a16zcrypto.com/content/article/beyond-tokenomics-tokenology/)
    
*   **ViveXR –** [The start of VR Glasses?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpHqYVi_YnE)
    
*   **Andrew Huberman –** [Neuralink & Technologies to Enhance the Brain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZGItIAUQmI&list=PLNY4F1u6nFkYSaW6lnRbv2ykvC_FBSndN&index=3&t=55s)
    
*   **Time Magazine** – [Why SpaceX’s Starship Explosion is No Big Deal](https://time.com/6273472/spacex-starship-explosion-no-big-deal/)
    
*   **Quantum Insider –** [First-Ever Coherent Quantum Spin Glass Dynamics](https://thequantuminsider.com/2023/04/19/d-wave-demonstrates-first-ever-coherent-quantum-spin-glass-dynamics-with-quantum-computer/)
    
*   **60 Minutes** – [Google CEO: “AI to Have More Profound Impact Than Discovery of Fire, Electricity”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6HpE1rhs7w)
    
*   **Fred Wilson** – [What is a Protocol and Why Does it Matter?](https://avc.mirror.xyz/QjOr9wB4Lluc_4mKN0c-I2HCpKr_IXJHu9NpYafeHRU)
    
*   **SSRN –** [Can ChatGPT Forecast Stock Price Movements?](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4412788)
    
*   **Nvidia –** [Text-to-Video with Stable Diffusion](https://research.nvidia.com/labs/toronto-ai/VideoLDM/)
    
*   **Popular Mechanics** – [‘Godfather’ Scientists Says Superhuman AI Could Eliminate Humanity](https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a43441905/superhuman-ai-may-eliminate-humanity/)
    

STEM: Expanding Horizons
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*   **Discover Magazine** – [What was the life expectancy of ancient humans?](https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-was-the-life-expectancy-of-ancient-humans)
    
*   **Tim Ferris** – [Rethinking Psychedelics, Octopuses on MDMA and the Master of Metaplasticity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt9_E4ZR5S0)
    
*   **Prof. Didier Sornette** – [Predicting Catastrophic Events](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_vtfxJaRBg&list=PLNY4F1u6nFkZ7gLeTeIrYaEf_6xrACgmx&index=1&t=20s)
    

Art, Culture & Entertainment
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*   **Barsee** – [Midjourney AI Guide v4/v5](https://enchanting-trader-463.notion.site/Midjourney-v4-v5-Guide-034ff60e252c4c8bbd0127efdd1e4c41) (courtesy of Dan Romero @dwr on @Farcaster)
    
*   **PromptBase** – [ebay for GenerativeAI model prompts](https://promptbase.com/)
    

On LIFE: Spirituality, Philosophy & Parenting
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*   **Philosophy Overdose** – [Ethics Without Principles?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t4d_QIKUhI&list=PLNY4F1u6nFkYIm44zyyfky0eRy4w3FH3t&index=1)
    

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