Suggested readings week 50/2022

Ownership of our wallet

Nothing we carry is more personal than our wallets (and) our phones. But there is an important difference: our wallets are ours; our phones are not.

https://reality2.substack.com/p/the-digital-wallet-will-be-the-biggest?utm_source=pocket_reader

Tom Wolfe on Silicon Valley

This incredible litterateur wrote the best short history of Silicon Valley.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/briandomitrovic/2018/05/17/tom-wolfe-wrote-two-essential-pieces-about-the-american-economy/?utm_source=pocket_reader

ENIAC

December 1945: six young women wrote the world’s first (top secret) computer program.

https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/202212/history.cfm?utm_source=pocket_saves

Electric maps

You can now easily check where the electricity you're using comes from and take informed decisions. Minute by minute.

https://app.electricitymaps.com/map?utm_source=pocket_saves