Dave Orr

2 weeks ago | wilmingtonbiz.com | Emma Dill |Jessie Powell |Jim Hundley |Dave Orr

Wilmington officials have chosen the next city manager, who will replace current city manager Tony Caudle when he retires at the end of this month. The Wilmington City Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to appoint Becky Hawke as the next city manager. Hawke’s appointment concludes a national search for the city’s next top administrator, which began last fall after Caudle announced his plans to retire.

1 month ago | wilmingtonbiz.com | Emma Dill |Dave Orr |Natalie English |Robert T. Burrus

Brett Caines, co-founder and CEO of Lumos Technologies Inc., got his crash course in banking at Wilmington-headquartered Live Oak Bank. He joined the Live Oak team in 2007 when the early-stage firm was organizing to become a bank. In 2011, Caines became the company’s chief financial officer – a role he held until he left to start Lumos Technologies with Stephen Hayes and Youri Nelson, also former Live Oak employees, in 2021.

Dec 25, 2023 | lesswrong.com | Dave Orr |Mateusz Bagiński |Vojta Kovarik

Given how fast AI is advancing and all the uncertainty associated with that (unemployment, potential international conflict, x-risk, etc.), do you think it's a good idea to have a baby now? What factors would you take into account (e.g. age)? Today I saw a tweet by Eliezer Yudkowski that made me think about this:"When was the last human being born who'd ever grow into being employable at intellectual labor? 2016?