🔮 Silicon Valley; Roblox; food tech; Black sheep & the death of the musical genre ++ #313

Hi, I’m Azeem Azhar. I convene Exponential View to help us understand how our societies and political economy will change under the force of rapidly accelerating technologies.

What to do with Facebook? This is what I discussed with members in our Friday discussion on the back of Karen Hao’s phenomenal reporting about Facebook that came out this week. It is another incredible discussion.

EV member Geraint Rees joined me on the podcast this week to discuss the role of universities in innovation. Geraint leads University College London as its Pro-Vice-Provost. He is tackling first-hand the evolving landscape of education amidst rapid innovation and transformative crises such as the pandemic and climate change.

Dept of the near future 

🍟 The reinvention of Silicon Valley

Tim O’Reilly argues that four trends are shaping Silicon Valley’s future and purpose:

(1) Consumer internet entrepreneurs lack many of the skills needed for the life sciences revolution. (2) Internet regulation is upon us. (3…