Philip’s Newsletter

Strong Capitalism

Playing entrepreneur on Hard Mode

Sep 11 • 

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July 2025

Finding a better perceptual metric than FPS

In a highly framerate-heterogenous 3D environment, jitter seems more important than average FPS

Jul 26 • 

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Hierarchy in Virtual Worlds

Living things use emergent hierarchies to express complex structures

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

Ultraviolet Catastrophe

AI is about to make the public internet useless

Jun 25 • 

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February 2025

Beyond Dunbar

Tech can build trust and enable stronger local communities

Feb 25 • 

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November 2024

July 2024

Facial Expressions and Body Language

Neal Stephenson predicted the problem with VR, way back in "Snow Crash"

Jul 16, 2024 • 

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June 2024

Avoiding Homogenization with AI

Large models remember popular things much better

Jun 13, 2024 • 

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May 2024

Adventures of the Linden Dollar

Learning from Second Life's digital currency

May 29, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Replacing Uber

A decentralized version could give drivers 50% more income

Apr 18, 2024 • 

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The Price of Distrust

If we cannot agree with each other, we turn to gold

Apr 17, 2024 • 

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Consciousness as a Hall of Mirrors

I predict myself, therefore I am?

Apr 2, 2024 • 

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