Just hit me that at say $3/gallon and say 40mpg, it would be cheaper for a self-driving gasoline car to just circle… https://t.co/ctoItpPeJ2
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1/ Lemme do a 1-slide presentation since I'm feeling job sick. Title: How to Actually Manage Attention Without Smas… https://t.co/S0SoKgwHvS
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Politics is the only game where there is a well-defined idea of winning with no associated material skill it is ^ab… https://t.co/OrGPV48TIV
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I’m kinda grateful I got 20 years of pre-Internet life. Hybrid pre-post Internet brain feels like a superpower rela… https://t.co/3gOWb53dLV
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Meme eras (eras used to last ~2y, now they last 6mo) prehistoric lolcat era doge classical era harambe dark age ex… https://t.co/xdBxVk7BKm
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Social media platforms basically gerrymander attention. Gerrymandering flips democracies around so politicians ch… https://t.co/rK1iHKrKGT
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Human condition pie chart 1%: making dents in universe, not going gentle into that good night 9%: tormented by ex… https://t.co/fxuIILeWgU
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What book did you read >10 years too early? What book did you read >10 years too late? What book did you read at about the right time?
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A world that’s 100% electrified, with air/sea ships for long-distance travel, high-quality VR/telepresence, rent-ov… https://t.co/NHXHejqSWl
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Annoying how much of maintaining mental health boils down to recalling the right trite thought at the right time:… https://t.co/B8IWxaaJDC
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In every project, there are people it is important to _not_ talk to. Talking to them merely transforms them from un… https://t.co/uGQU4d3eWb
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The idea of picking your favorite books from among those stocked in a small town library or bookstore sounds ludicr… https://t.co/htOA1WuFke
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There is such a thing as being too practical. It really doesn’t take much practicality to get by, and the consequen… https://t.co/fBcMODH3Os
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Something I’ve become aware of only recently: effective people have a bonus-action mentality, where they opportunis… https://t.co/F45CmaX0Q1
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There is a theory most people dismiss because it sounds like sour grapes, but is mostly true. Most rich people are… https://t.co/qo1kZ0pdYs
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Far left hatred for crypto seems entirely out of proportion to severity of stated concerns (bitcoin energy use, GPU… https://t.co/MV8hQXwYB0
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Stages to doing good work 1. Laugh at bullshit 2. Get mad at bullshit 3. Try to get even by joining the bullshit… https://t.co/YckhoF5l1e
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A lot of apparent stupidity is actually smart people being maliciously lazy. It’s like selective amnesia but for re… https://t.co/2lXnx83ccA
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Weird optical illusion. This picture will fade away entirely if you stare at it for a minute. Feels like we’ve been… https://t.co/XZSWuHCh7Y
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You know what I would like instead of a watch? An Apple Pen: - Writes on tablet - Scans text off paper books - Rec… https://t.co/IwyToNjjZu
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My evil editor changed absolutely everything in my Ship of Theseus essay but fortunately the basic idea was preserved
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A system can be more evil than the sum of the evil of its human parts. If you don’t account for emergent evil, you’… https://t.co/Kz4G7PCuAN
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Success is depressing because it teaches so much less than we expect it to. Failure is depressing because it dumps… https://t.co/ElqnXSsmqg
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You can’t solve with intelligence problems caused by lack of kindness You can’t solve with kindness problems cause… https://t.co/z1t7wXy5Mk
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| ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ | | | Best | | Meh | Quadrant | | ________|__________… https://t.co/SLL67uOXRf
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Twitter dictionary Liberal = progressive Classical liberal = libertarian Libertarian = cryptoanarchist Cryptoanar… https://t.co/OnFM90OHbS
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Not picking on pg in particular here; just pointing out the incompleteness of all “civil” discourse models that unc… https://t.co/2sU40iucpn
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The rat race is 10x stronger a reality distortion field than religion. The equivalent of god is ‘keeping up with th… https://t.co/f6FcAacCFD
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I sometimes wonder, what Customer Need does ribbonfarm address? Then I remember you guys don’t pay so you must be… https://t.co/DITRfaPSkU
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I’m bored of people on the “this isn’t normal” derpbeat. Normal is over. Go pro weird or go home.
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The effort stack in producing content: Text: 1x Good custom graphics: 2x Audio/podcast: 4x GIFs: 5x Talking head v… https://t.co/qDtghUSNcj
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Hmm I think just saw unfollowing someone being casually equated with threatening free speech Soon I’ll be able to… https://t.co/QDHGPt9XZ6
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Social Heisenberg uncertainty principle: you can never be 100% certain of both your positions and principles. If yo… https://t.co/LA10y2conJ
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Freaky thought: when you talk to someone on the other side of the planet they’re upside down relative to you It’s… https://t.co/FONTg71oel
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How to raise a zombie troll army in 12 steps. Step 1: Create something of real value, or if you can’t, leverage an… https://t.co/sitIVUe2b1
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Every time I meet an interesting non-neurotypical who clearly has a lot of interesting things in their head but fin… https://t.co/TYtFuMw2dj
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As somebody who stood in that dumb line for a 15y to be judged ‘deserving’, I’m entirely fine with some poor kid es… https://t.co/OSRXBUGGU6
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I have overestimated people’s integrity about 2x more often than I have overestimated their intelligence 🤔 I guess… https://t.co/tjxg1iyWlM
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Straussian Silence: When noted intellectual leaders are pointedly silent on matters you know damn well they have clear opinions on
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If your ambition doesn’t grow with your wealth, the wealth makes you stupid by enabling you to delay decisions long… https://t.co/XKp2GOZJzD
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War is negative-sum, not zero-sum. Peace is zero-sum. It’s for vegetables. We don’t have a true antonym for war.… https://t.co/Ls0ZNja0xN
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What if the primary purpose of schooling is neither education, nor babysitting, nor incarceration, but consensus cr… https://t.co/B82Tl0Jp0H
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