In this episode, I conclude my deep dive through Fukuyama's "The End of History?" essay, briefly discuss the Nietzschean concept of the Last Man he alludes to, and introduce Samuel P. Huntington, beginning a deep dive into his essay, "The Clash of Civilizations?"
In this episode, I continue my deep dive through Fukuyama’s “The End of History?” essay, particularly focusing on the contrast between the liberalization of the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union, and the directions they were potentially heading.
In this episode, I begin a deeper dive into Fukuyama’s “The End of History?” essay, including his discussion about Hegel as interpreted by Kojève, the role of culture on the adoption of Liberalism, and the case study and potential counterpoint of contemporary Japan.
In this episode, I briefly introduce Francis Fukuyama, the concept of the end of history he popularized, and the immediate historical context which motivated his writing, as a first step towards understanding the modern American psyche and disposition.
In the sixth and final episode of this subseries, I go into further detail about the similarities between artificial neural networks and of the human mind, and how the same dynamics of learning are used to influence our behavior and perception of reality.
In the fifth and penultimate episode of this sub-series, I discuss the 2013 Flash Crash, sentiment analysis, my inroads into business analysis, and the phenomenon of neural overfitting.
In the fourth episode of this subseries, I discuss one of the variables in my experiments with artificial neural networks in algorithmic trading and what it taught me about intelligence, ideas, and policy.
In the third episode of this subseries, I discuss some of my experiments with artificial neural networks in algorithmic trading and what one particularly interesting experiment taught me about the nature of anxiety.
In the second episode of this subseries, I recount the beginnings of my interest in artificial intelligence, my early experimentation with artificial neural networks, and how this experimentation came to intersect with finance.
In this episode, I begin a subseries reflecting on on my work with artificial neural networks, discussing observations and conclusions that were drawn from the experience.
