Iqra 013

On the neurobiology of the heart, an Islamic reading of Nietzsche, humanoid labour market dynamics, biocomputational processing and more

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• A new development for the possible future of bio-computational processing - synthesis of (semi)man and machine 

• Notes on Cybernetic Uncertainty

• A brief recap on the frenzied delirium surrounding the NVIDIA stock price 

• On the neurobiology of the heart as an organ of perception and cognition 

• The sprawling national intelligence apparatus foiling the national interest once more, this time with the CHIPS act

• Interesting research about digital money in the Pacific Island countries - fertile ground for experimentation in financial engineering

• Lengthy but very useful insight into the troubles within the bond market which has significant political economy implications moving forward 

• The Chinese deploy funds into their own national semiconductor fund 

• An update in which companies are trying to bring LLM-dementia into the legal field

• Hudson on the money again, elaborating on American agricultural imperialism within the EU which has gone relatively unnoticed during the Ukranian disaster

• Dr John Gibb postulates on a new humanoid labour market 

• Brett Scott details the costs of a cashless society and why it matters

• Insightful blog on making sense of the new post-ETF bitcoin market

• On why privacy on the Bitcoin baselayer faces difficult challenges - highlights the importance of having meaningful cultural formation and consensus around open protocols to provide immunity against hyperfinancial absorption

• Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad on Klossowski's reading of Nietzsche from an Islamic viewpoint

• New studies published on the long term effects of COVID 

• Very telling analysis on cultural coding with the recent Civil War film 

• Mastercard making significant progress with Digital ID project in Africa 

• Excellent breakdown on the gradual erosion of financial privacy 

• A piece that starts to piece together the rising Emirati influence in Africa - does not touch on more salient developments but interesting to see this is getting attention in the mainstream now 

• Vitalik on the utility of Layer-2s as means of arbitrating cultural pluralism within networks 

• A realist appraisal on the current viability of cell therapies within biotech 

• On the state of contemporary biometric surveillance 

• A much needed refutation of literary celebriphilia - the only recourse against this is post-authorship 

• Said Abdul Latif shares brings some romantic nostalgia reminiscing on his time in Saudi Arabia 

• Chinatalk interview around digital sovereignty