Spero in Dialogue

5/6–5/10

We had our founders summit this week which was a blast! Thanks to the Spero founders, Spero team, and all the folks that made the eventpossible.

Each week, we like to share links, books, movies, and content that the team found interesting. Hopefully it helps the world get to know us a little better, and maybe some interesting patterns will emerge.

Shripriya Mahesh

We’re Not Testing Enough for Bird Flu (Time)

It feels like we have the capacity to deal with this potential pandemic. Will we?

Andrew Parker

Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content (Simon Willison’s Weblog)

A new tech word has emerged this week. “Slop”. I think this is going to take hold.

Why new proposals to restrict geoengineering are misguided (MIT review)

As a species, we have been unintentionally geo-engineering since the moment we invented farming. We need to be careful not to prevent the research and tools we might need to mitigate of the worst damage our current accidental geo-engineering is driving.

Stephen Wemple

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice (Bill Browder)

Non-fiction that reads like fiction. Just started and supposedly it just keeps getting better. Bill Browder founded and ran Hermitage Capital which made $$$$ by investing in post soviet collapse businesses. You can imagine all the craziness that came with dealing in that world. Fun read.