"Bitcoin is a classic venture capital endeavor: It will either work or it won’t. And if it doesn’t work, we will lose all our money. But if it does work, it will work in a spectacular way. Our investments will pay off 1,000 to 1 or 10,000 to 1 or some other crazy extreme, because these markets are so big."
I bought Labyrinths of Reason many years ago, and I still love dipping into it every now and then. I always seem to find something new in it (one benefit of a failing memory)
Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge
by William Poundstone
"Further, this energy and computing power bound paradigm creates a dynamic such that, as economic activity in Bitcoin expands, it naturally drives humanity to find sources of energy efficiency, thereby aligning Bitcoin with our global need for sustainable, inexpensive energy sources."
I don't recall anyone making this point before, though no doubt someone has done.
Great game. Was it inspired by the telescope game that was on the Dyson (vacuum cleaner) website a few years ago? Seems to be gone from the dyson site now, but I've linked to a copy in a separate submission [1].
It depends largely on the satnav. London is such a complex city with a lot of nooks and crannies that people don't really understand and that satnav may or may not know about. Black cab drivers are also privy to the experience of knowing what places are busy when, and why, which satnav tools often can do too but not necessarily to the same degree of accuracy as a black cab driver whose job is to think on their feet and react to changes in the environment based on what they know and what they observe.
With a minicab driver simply following instructions from a satnav, you might as well just have a self-driving car, which is no bad thing.
With a black cab driver using their knowledge and experience and eschewing the instructions from a system which wasn't designed specifically for London, you may have a more reliably fast journey.
Plus, they could even give tourists some interesting facts about the places they're driving through!
Also, in the UK taxis can go many places where regular motorists aren't allowed, particularly in big cities like London. It seems unlikely that a satnav, even one that provides some sort of real time traffic information, will provide accurate information about expected journey times taking restricted routes into account.
