Jul 28, 2025

Scale, Flow & Microservices • James Lewis • YOW! 2019

Drawing on research from complexity science, this presentation explores why organizations slow down as they grow and how architectural and organizational patterns, like those in microservices and at Amazon, can create superlinear scaling. It explains that by fostering networked structures over rigid hierarchies, companies can mimic the innovative and resilient properties of cities.

Jul 20, 2025

Anthropic co-founder: AGI predictions, leaving OpenAI, what keeps him up at night | Ben Mann

Ben Mann, co-founder of Anthropic, discusses the accelerating progress in AI, forecasting superintelligence by 2028. He details Anthropic's safety-first mission, the "Economic Turing Test" for AGI, the mechanisms of Constitutional AI, and why focusing on alignment created Claude's unique personality.