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SVP and GM, Retail at @salsify. Previously data science engineer at @crisply and cofounder at @wisr.

Boston
Joined November 2008
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Bad DeepSeek takes flying thick and fast today. Thread of good ones instead: (all subject to Matt's correct meta-take, caveat lector ⬇️ )
My entire feed today is basically: “DeepSeek R1 is a huge moment that validates everything I previously thought about AI and all my existing policy and technical positions” 🙃
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The reason I was a founding donor to OpenAI in 2015 was not because I was interested in AI, but because I believed in Sam. So I hope the board can get its act together and bring Sam and Greg back.
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The problem with starting a themed fund, if you're a VC, is what if the theme wasn't AI?
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“The arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice”- only if we are willing to put in the hard work to make it bend. There is never anything promised, or inevitable, about progress. Only our collective work, and our sacrifice, makes it possible.
**News!** @ArneDuncan, former US Secretary of #Education under @BarackObama, spoke with @MubusoZamchiya about education leadership lessons for #COVID19 & more. Explore Arne's “#EdLeadership through Crisis” interview at bit.ly/3kU40Qn
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Don’t think I’ve linked to this before: patrickcollison.com/fast. Would it be possible to have some kind of index that measures the friction associated with getting things done?
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"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."
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.@Salsify closed its $30M Series C after tripling revenue in 2016 bit.ly/2jx0gIH
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Finally, a Thanksgiving without a drunken uncle. Just me, my nieces and nephews and my bottle of Jack Daniels.
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Most JS/Python/Ruby apps... nitter.gq/reubenbond/status/6620…
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The antidote to fear of the new is looking back at fear of the old
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Ben Carson's tax math makes my head hurt.
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Uber is taking millions of Manhattan rides away from taxis: 53eig.ht/1GGggcH
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Default Alive or Default Dead? paulgraham.com/aord.html
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Success at Work, Failure at Home — Working Parents — Medium bit.ly/1N9eVTg
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Has #Europe Turned a Corner? Read our outlook for the region: pim.co/SBJkq
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45-Minute Phone Call To Credit Card Company Goes Great onion.com/1OmswXf
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