Growing up is hard to do
I was quite amused reading the wide-ranging reactions to Mark Zuckerberg's recent note on, as he sees it, Facebook's role in the world going forward.As an NPR report put it, these reactions went from...
View ArticleTheatre of life
Theatre, good theatre that is, has a unique role in society. There is no better instrument to throw reality back at the public, with the well-studied intention of provoking a reaction, whichever that...
View ArticleDeskilling access to scientific knowledge
Tim Urban has produced, once again, a fascinating piece on one the topics that will likely shape what our future looks like. This time focusing his attention on Elon Musk and the sheer ambition on his...
View ArticleDoughnuts and errors
The other day I came across an interesting article in The Guardian. It was titled, rather unorthodoxly: “Old economics is based on false ‘laws of physics’ – new economics can save us”.Its author, Kate...
View ArticleThe Founders Factory experience
It has been almost six months since Iris.ai joined Founders Factory in London. In this time our progress as a company has been strong. Post acceleration, as the program nears its end for us, we can...
View ArticleA steep learning curve
A couple of weeks ago we published Civio's 2016 Management Report. As in previous years, this is a critical exercise for us. It offers a unique chance to pause and reflect on a full year of activity,...
View ArticleScience learning and context
This piece in Quartz focused on a lesser-known US college –St. John’s– where things are done quite differently. Away from current trends towards offering students an increasingly wide array of subject...
View ArticleA sad day, from which to learn
Sunday will be a sad day. The illegal referendum called by the Catalonian authorities will come to a head. The Spanish state, and its executive, legislative and judiciary branches cannot and will not...
View ArticleIris.ai version 3.0 launched
We are happy to announce that our baby Iris.ai has taken another little step– this time bringing our free users some new useful features we believe will make lives a bit easier.We are introducing...
View ArticleSobre las pruebas de evaluación de primaria
Los resultados de la prueba oficial de evaluación al finalizar sexto curso de primaria se presentan a los padres mostrando tres comparativas para cada una de las cuatro asignaturas evaluadas: Lengua,...
View ArticleEmocracy: an observation
My generation was brought up believing we lived in democracy. In fact, democracy was not only a ubiquitous reality, albeit still a young one in Spain; it was also the uncontested normative optimum from...
View ArticleThe blockchain’s potential for science
Scientific knowledge is arguably the ultimate decentralized system, particularly as we have transitioned from analogue into digital.By design and intention, the body of information forming scientific...
View ArticleAI and work
Over the last couple of years we have witnessed increasing societal concerns regarding the expected impact of artificial intelligence development in the jobs market.This report from Goldman Sachs...
View ArticleJournalism and conspiracies
Last week a journalist published an aggressive article on a couple of Spain’s leading digital entrepreneurs. The journalist, Analía Plaza, currently works as freelance for various media. The medium...
View ArticleNot all utility tokens are created equal
Article published in Medium on one of the key aspects of Iris.ai’s Project Aiur.
View ArticleProject Aiur white paper
After a lot of work with the team at Iris.ai over the past few months, I am proud to introduce the first published version of project Aiur's white paper.Please be sure to drop us a line if you have any...
View ArticleA closer look at the machine
Another article published in Medium on one of the key aspects of Iris.ai’s Project Aiur.
View ArticleRadical markets
'Radical Markets', the recent book by Eric A. Posner and Glen Weyl, has been one of my most interesting non-fiction reads in some time. Unlike the very disappointing 'Parecon' by Michael Albert,...
View ArticleProject Aiur token sale
Following months of hard work by our great team, we are fast approaching the kick off of Project Aiur's public token sale.With Project Aiur, our goal is simple: we want everyone who contributes to the...
View ArticleEmocracy: an observation
My generation was brought up believing we lived in democracy. In fact, democracy was not only a ubiquitous reality, albeit still a young one in Spain; it was also the uncontested normative optimum from...
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