2/12/3 - The Itinerant Weekly - #34
Welcome back, polymaths! Here’s your dose of brain food. TL; DR A look at the latest in cutting-edge graphics/VR capabilities; how your mind can make you physically ill, or physically more resilient – it’s up to you; why investors should be on alert following this latest rally; startup plans to d...

Santa: The Original Meme?
It’s Christmas Day, and as the festivities settle into a cozy rhythm and my children begin heckling me to open presents, my father-in-law asks if I know the history of Santa Claus and Coca-Cola. I nodded, recalling the tale of how the jolly, red-suited Santa became synonymous with the modern notion of Christmas, thanks in large part to Coca-Cola's marketing. He smiled – “fascinating, isn’t it?” he said as we quickly moved on to more pressing matters like making sure my four-year-old didn’t go...

The ABCs of Web3
The nursery rhyme you wish you had.
2/12/3 - The Itinerant Weekly - #34
Welcome back, polymaths! Here’s your dose of brain food. TL; DR A look at the latest in cutting-edge graphics/VR capabilities; how your mind can make you physically ill, or physically more resilient – it’s up to you; why investors should be on alert following this latest rally; startup plans to d...

Santa: The Original Meme?
It’s Christmas Day, and as the festivities settle into a cozy rhythm and my children begin heckling me to open presents, my father-in-law asks if I know the history of Santa Claus and Coca-Cola. I nodded, recalling the tale of how the jolly, red-suited Santa became synonymous with the modern notion of Christmas, thanks in large part to Coca-Cola's marketing. He smiled – “fascinating, isn’t it?” he said as we quickly moved on to more pressing matters like making sure my four-year-old didn’t go...

The ABCs of Web3
The nursery rhyme you wish you had.
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If you only have 30 minutes this week, watch (at 2.0x) this video about whether free will is an illusion, and why it would matter.
The Itinerant Weekly is available on Diamond, Mirror.xyz, Paragraph.xyz, and at www.theitinerant.io.

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Bloomberg – China Has $3T ‘Hidden’ Currency Reserves
AP – The S&P500 is in a Bull Market. Here’s What that Means and How Long the Bull Might Run
Morgan Stanley – Bracing for a U.S. Earnings Recession
Business Insider – Wall Street Can’t Agree on Where Stocks Are Headed in the 2nd Half of this Year
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Aarthi & Sriram – Vitalik Buterin on Crypto’s Future
Vivek Goyal – AI Agents – Next Frontier to Access the Web
Alec Torelli – The Next Crypto Cycle
Scientific American – Where’s Waldo? How to Mathematically Prove You Found Him Without Revealing Where He Is
World Science Festival – The Golden Age of Space Exploration
Space.com – SpaceX Launches Rocket to Map the ‘Dark Universe’
Discover – If We Can’t Send People Back in Time, Can We Send Information?
The Living Philosopher – Camino de Santiago: Why I Hiked and What I Learned
Warren Buffet – How We Gauge Someone’s Reputation
Philosophize This – What if Free Will is an Illusion?
Chief Executive – The Strategic Value of Kindness
Bronnie Ware – The Regrets of the Dying
If you only have 30 minutes this week, watch (at 2.0x) this video about whether free will is an illusion, and why it would matter.
The Itinerant Weekly is available on Diamond, Mirror.xyz, Paragraph.xyz, and at www.theitinerant.io.

Stanford Business School – Future Proof Yourself in the Reinvention Revolution
Paul Graham – How to do great work
Stanford Business School – Build Impactful Expert Networks
The Fed – Distressed Firms and the Large Effects of Monetary Policy Tightenings
Bloomberg – China Has $3T ‘Hidden’ Currency Reserves
AP – The S&P500 is in a Bull Market. Here’s What that Means and How Long the Bull Might Run
Morgan Stanley – Bracing for a U.S. Earnings Recession
Business Insider – Wall Street Can’t Agree on Where Stocks Are Headed in the 2nd Half of this Year
Clarify Capital – GPT-4 Outperforms Humans in Pitchdeck Creation
JSTOR – Can VCs Time the Market?
FlyingMagazine – Flying Car Manufacturer, Aska Nabs Milestone FAA Airworthiness Approval
Business Insider – It’s a Cruel Summer for AirBnB and Vrbo Hosts as Listings Get Squeezed
New Product – InflectionAI
Gizmodo – Meta Offers a Glimpse into the Black Box of AI Ranking
Aarthi & Sriram – Vitalik Buterin on Crypto’s Future
Vivek Goyal – AI Agents – Next Frontier to Access the Web
Alec Torelli – The Next Crypto Cycle
Scientific American – Where’s Waldo? How to Mathematically Prove You Found Him Without Revealing Where He Is
World Science Festival – The Golden Age of Space Exploration
Space.com – SpaceX Launches Rocket to Map the ‘Dark Universe’
Discover – If We Can’t Send People Back in Time, Can We Send Information?
The Living Philosopher – Camino de Santiago: Why I Hiked and What I Learned
Warren Buffet – How We Gauge Someone’s Reputation
Philosophize This – What if Free Will is an Illusion?
Chief Executive – The Strategic Value of Kindness
Bronnie Ware – The Regrets of the Dying
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Is free will an illusion? This and more in edi. 52 of The Itinerant Weekly on @paragraph. https://paragraph.xyz/@theitinerant/7223-the-itinerant-weekly-52