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I now know[1] that my SLC6A4 serotonin … ","reading_minutes":11},{"id":"1310887d-2722-43d3-9549-05b3061f425a","slug":"s3e25-change-will-continue-to-accelerate-until","subject":"s3e25: Change will continue to accelerate until morale improves","title":"Change will continue to accelerate until morale improves","publish_date":"2016-07-18T00:00:00+00:00","year":2016,"month":7,"season":3,"episode":25,"episode_label":"s03e25","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s3e25-change-will-continue-to-accelerate-until/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1002,"context":" … For those of you who've read <mark>Gibson</mark>'s The Peripheral or de Abaitua's Red Men series, my Jackpot/Spasm Index is up at least 46 points … ","reading_minutes":5},{"id":"0d04cf8a-84cf-4252-b542-7072a2ffc36f","slug":"s3e22-things-that-have-caught-my-attention","subject":"s3e22: Things That Have Caught My Attention","title":"Things That Have Caught My Attention","publish_date":"2016-06-18T00:00:00+00:00","year":2016,"month":6,"season":3,"episode":22,"episode_label":"s03e22","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s3e22-things-that-have-caught-my-attention/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2129,"context":" … Seveneves struck me more, I think because William <mark>Gibson</mark>'s The Peripheral is still knocking around in my head and right now I have a neural network that … ","reading_minutes":11},{"id":"47e205de-e1d7-4430-b7d4-d7108b690e4f","slug":"s3e14-ok-to-go","subject":"s3e14: OK TO GO","title":"OK TO GO","publish_date":"2016-04-19T00:00:00+00:00","year":2016,"month":4,"season":3,"episode":14,"episode_label":"s03e14","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s3e14-ok-to-go/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1871,"context":" … t need to have read the other books)\n\n\n\nOh and also also while <mark>Gibson</mark>'s The Peripheral talks vaguely (and convincingly) about the \"jackpot\" that collection of things … ","reading_minutes":9},{"id":"4b07e964-f92e-4003-8891-c72a92d3f681","slug":"s3e12-this-generations-commodore-64","subject":"s3e12: This Generation's Commodore 64","title":"This Generation's Commodore 64","publish_date":"2016-04-13T00:00:00+00:00","year":2016,"month":4,"season":3,"episode":12,"episode_label":"s03e12","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s3e12-this-generations-commodore-64/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1383,"context":" … hang on, a we're talking about a $799.00 VR headset[1] alongside a cheapish ~$900 <mark>Gibson</mark> Deck[2] (it's cheaper if you <mark>Gibson</mark> it yourself … ","reading_minutes":7},{"id":"4e32aa48-301b-4864-b9a1-f397f9b9cf95","slug":"s2e24-the-random-walk-strategy-the-wrong-way","subject":"s2e24: The Random Walk Strategy; The Wrong Way Round; Miscellanea","title":"The Random Walk Strategy; The Wrong Way Round; Miscellanea","publish_date":"2015-08-28T00:00:00+00:00","year":2015,"month":8,"season":2,"episode":24,"episode_label":"s02e24","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s2e24-the-random-walk-strategy-the-wrong-way/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1892,"context":" … After having read William <mark>Gibson</mark>'s The Peripheral[2], the lingering and dumb idea of looking for signs of intelligence and signals in high frequency trading. 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