TIL: Jev is named after Jevons Paradox, not the encephalitis virus
tristanbob · x · 2026-09-22
A lighthearted clarification that Jev takes its name from the Jevons Paradox — the economics idea that efficiency gains increase total consumption, often cited in AI compute debates — and not from Japanese Encephalitis Virus, racer Jean-Éric Vergne, or the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles.
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