Will’s Weekly Roundup is a weekly newsletter of curated tech, business, and startup news (and some of my thoughts).

Top Reads

The best-curated stories from around the web this week.

BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

• 10 AI Predictions For 2023 (FORBES)

• 11 times this year when politics was funny (ATLANTIC)

• Big Ideas in Tech for 2023: An a16z Omnibus (a16z)

• Google's management has reportedly issued a 'code red' amid the rising popularity of the ChatGPT AI (BI)

• FTX’s Gary Wang, Alameda’s Caroline Ellison plead guilty to federal charges, cooperating with prosecutors (CNBC)

• He Used AI to Publish a Children’s Book in a Weekend. Artists Are Not Happy About It (TIME)

• Elon Musk looks for a new Twitter CEO (VARIETY)

• ChatGPT and the Imagenet moment (Benedict Evans)

• The ‘SPAC King’ Chamath Palihapitiya Is Over It (NYT)

• Google will soon translate your doctor’s terrible handwriting (THE VERGE)

• Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer (BBC)

• Bob Iger vs. Bob Chapek: Inside the Disney Coup (WSJ)

OUTSIDE INTERESTS

• The machinery behind NORAD’s Santa tracker (BI)

• Inside Big Plastic’s faltering $1.5B global cleanup effort (BLOOMBERG)

• Why YouTube Is Paying The NFL $2 Billion Annually For Sunday Ticket (HUDDLE UP)

• MSCHF’s next wild drop is one giant fruit loop (SOURCE)

Top Listens

• Billy McFarland: Fyre Festival Convict Talks About Lessons Learned And His Comeback (PODCAST LINK)

• Reflecting on 2022 Political and Business Predictions (PODCAST LINK)

2 Ideas I’m Thinking About

The Paradox of Ideas

Have you ever noticed that the more you work on bringing ideas to life, the more ideas seem to come to you? This phenomenon is at the heart of the paradox of ideas, which suggests that the more ideas you execute, the more ideas you generate. But most ideas remain ideas. When you execute more, you can predict which ideas have potential and which ones don’t. Ideas are everywhere, but the execution isn't.

Taleb's Surgeon

Taleb's Surgeon is a concept that describes the idea that when faced with two seemingly equal candidates for a role, it is better to choose the one with the least amount of charisma. The reasoning behind this idea is that the less charismatic candidate has likely achieved their success and made it to the point of being considered for the role due to their skills, hard work, and other personal qualities, rather than relying on charisma alone. In contrast, the more charismatic candidate may have relied on their charm and charisma to get to where they are, and may not necessarily have the same level of skills and abilities.

2 Quotes

• “We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience. Reflect on this past year as you set goals for the next.” ― John Dewey

• "Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year." ― Victor Borge

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