Luis Peña

i dont know who needs to hear this but we will be absolutely fine this tech is absolutely inevitable in the world we are heading toward

I'm 37. Instead of regretting that I can't wake up age 18 again, I pretend to myself that I'm 90 and I've woken up age 37 again, and that I get to magically, wonderfully have the next 50 years again.

@johnpalmer @pmarca check michael sugrue's response to harari on his substack - powerful

currently reading “Sapiens” and it sucks. @pmarca why did you tell me to read this

Cuba’s online spaces are tightly monitored by the government. And now there are internet blackouts during historic protests. @BWazir1 spoke with @mariannedh of @accessnow and @DougMadory of @kentikinc to learn more about what’s going on. codastory.com/authoritarian-…

The crypto industry is pure chaos right now. - Elon can't make up his mind - Saylor is gobbling up bitcoin - Coinbase listing Doge - Every shitcoin pumping - Mainstream media confused - Central banks printing non-stop - Institutions pouring cash in Complete madness.

@cataqueen321 Ha! Thanks for settling this one.

Something like less than 2% of Venezuelans are using crypto

@RealTimers @billmaher @GovChristie @JackKingston @NatashaBertrand @MalcolmNance @EricIdle @HBO Did people forget @GovChristie inciting “lock her up” chants in 2016? Disgusting. Talk about damage to the social fabric and civil discourse in our country.

#StartTheClock: @BillMaher is LIVE with @GovChristie, @JackKingston, @NatashaBertrand, @MalcolmNance + @EricIdle on #RealTime @HBO!

@SpeakerPelosi Not true, unfortunately. I’m not a Trump supporter, but I concede his #SOTU speech was strong. We are gonna have to work even harder to persuade Americans that it was in fact inaccurate and contained some harmful ideas.

We just finished watching the #AbramsAddress here in my office at the Capitol, and we’re all in agreement: @StaceyAbrams did a masterful job. A perfect counter-weight to @realDonaldTrump’s out-of-touch speech. #SOTU

@HowardSchultz With all due respect, sir, you are not the answer.

The question I think we all should be asking ourselves is: at this time in America when there's so much evidence that our political system is broken - that both parties at the extreme are not representing the silent majority of the American people - isn't there a better way?

Artificial intelligence is probably a misnomer. AI is actually just a tool that optimizes in a specific domain against an objective function with a big data set. Many jobs will change, but creativity & the human element will only become more valuable.." Kai-Fu Lee @ #DLD19 #WEF19

Strong argument here that "the ecosystem created by layer two experiences will be what drives consumer excitement and confidence in digitally scarce assets" via @culturehacker @dfinzer coindesk.com/the-emerging-t…

How long until Netflix catches up with broadcast TV in terms of audience size? ABC delivered 20m viewers per episode for *the* most popular TV show of 2018. Now Netflix reaches 40m over four weeks with a hit show. Yep, gap is closing. recode.net/2019/1/17/1818…

Been almost a year since this was published. Is mobile still a frontier for Netflix? recode.net/2018/3/7/17094…

Discussing the affordances of spatial audio for prototyping immersive experiences at the ⁦@ColumbiaDSL⁩ with ⁦@nickfortugno⁩

Nielsen claims that return path data (i.e. from set top boxes and smart TVs) undercounts minority viewers and shows a clear advantage for properly balanced panel data broadcastingcable.com/news/nielsen-r…

It appears "there’s a particular thirst for non-fiction [i.e. documentaries] because of the decline of in-depth reporting from local newspapers" apnews.com/5e4bb88431ba42…

Publishers are still trying to figure out how to create compelling content for voice assistants -- be it news or else. The sky is the limit. I'm also waiting for someone to develop some cool games. digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2019/01/1…