# T4T S01E08 - Funding Tools for Thinking

a [[Tools for Thinking Podcast]] episode

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## Cover art

Here's the Stable Diffusion-generated cover image for this episode, from the prompt "hand gestures in new interfaces:"

![[E08 hand gestures in new interfaces.png]]

## Guests

- [Andrew Sutherland](https://www.linkedin.com/in/asuth/), founder of [Quizlet](https://quizlet.com/)
- [James Cham](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcham/), partner at [Bloomberg Beta](https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta/Manual)
- [John Borthwick](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jborthwick/), founder of [betaworks](http://betaworks.com/)

Host: [Jerry Michalski](https://www.jerrymichalski.com/)

## Audio podcast 

[![](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6022fac80367ca7c9121c178/63473c43cd78d77b7f847fb3_Anchor_logo.svg)](https://anchor.fm/betaworks/episodes/Funding-Tools-For-Thinking-e1qk8k8/a-a8rl9f0)[![](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6022fac80367ca7c9121c178/63473161d50a860bd5f8bf0e_Amazon_Music_logo.svg)](https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/12a72801-ad1e-412b-82cf-dd242e96b1d4/episodes/e968bb36-ce07-4679-b8ef-2466e9fa5cf4/tools-for-thinking-by-betaworks-funding-tools-for-thinking)[![](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6022fac80367ca7c9121c178/63473161d50a86d605f8bf0f_itunes_podcasts%20logo.svg)](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/funding-tools-for-thinking/id1648557332?i=1000585919676)[![](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6022fac80367ca7c9121c178/63473161a69713eddcfa9885_Spotify%20logo.svg)](https://open.spotify.com/episode/56drQqKgSMqFtVz4kV7HPc?si=LdRXr05HREWkYq8IkAbV4w)

## Video podcast  

- On [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/56drQqKgSMqFtVz4kV7HPc)
- On [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiLX15NgdG0)

Even better: the video, synced to a searchable transcript, all ready for conversation on [Hypothes.is](https://hypothes.is/), is [here](https://docdrop.org/video/fiLX15NgdG0/). 

## Brain screen cap and link

![[T4T S01E08- Funding Tools for Thinking.jpg]]
https://bra.in/4pJ5JB  <-- follow this link to browse this map

## Links mentioned

- [Atkinson Had to Threaten Apple to Get Them to Bundle HyperCard with the Mac](https://bra.in/3jrwJ5)
- [Dynamicland](https://dynamicland.org/) (2018)
- [Embodied Conversational Agents](https://bra.in/7vBe3a) (ECA)
- [IBM Jumps on the Web and Open Source](https://bra.in/5vGWoa) (1994)
- [Large Language Models](https://bra.in/4vm49Z) (LLMs)
	[Are LLMs Just Stochastic Parrots](https://bra.in/9vPeNJ)?
- [Mapping Tools for Thinking](https://bra.in/5qeDMg)
- [OpenAI](https://www.openai.com/) (2015)
- [Roam Fans](https://bra.in/5q5o6V) (the Cult of Roam)
- [Spatial Operating Systems](https://bra.in/8pKKbr)
- [Stable Diffusion](https://github.com/CompVis/stable-diffusion)
	- [Run Stable Diffusion on your M1 Mac’s GPU](https://replicate.com/blog/run-stable-diffusion-on-m1-mac)
- [The Desktop Metaphor and Office Suite Are Tractor Beams for Startups on the Event Horizon](https://bra.in/8pRbGx)
- [Twitter Threads](https://bra.in/2qnbR9)
- [Twitter under Musk](https://bra.in/6jrwJ5) (Nov. 2022+)
- [Tools for Thinking Podcast](https://bra.in/2vGNna) (2022 T4T, TfT)

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