sometimes when you have 2 beliefs that seem contradictory, it’s not that one belief is correct and one is wrong, but rather they’re each context-dependent, and you haven’t quite precisely figured out what the respective contexts are

Thus spoke the ironic prophet 🧑‍🎨

“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping.” -- Hubert Reeves (1932 - 2023) He would have turned 92 today. He passed away last year in Paris.

The ‘game change’ analysis of the capitalism vs socialism debate you need to see.

The basic mechanism whereby social media is breaking society is the way that massive online consensus enables us to substitute things that FEEL true in place of things that ARE true - e.g., “Nobody can afford groceries” in place of the observable fact that grocery prices are flat

Thus spoke the ironic prophet 🧑‍🎨

My view: Lab leak, gain of function nonsense was pushed by a coordinated group of conspiracists. There was never a single scientific paper to support it, vs dozen+ excellent papers in our best scientific journals on zoonotic spillover. At best misguided, at worst fraud or hoax .

Thus spoke the ironic prophet 🧑‍🎨

It’s ABSURD that Shell has a higher “ESG” score than Tesla. How did this happen? Because of gameable bureaucracy. A classic example of Goodhart’s Law. Here’s why 👇

All three statements are true at the same time

All these healthy males, living in absolute safety, complaining about the start of WWIII if the nation, living under daily missile attacks doesn't simply die for their convenience, is the most disgusting low sight I have ever seen Fuck you, Joe Rogan

. Joe Rogan , I disagree

Every metameme is linked to a revolution of info tech: Archaic - spoken language Animist - art depiction Faustian - writing Postfaustian - literature (scrolls, books) Modern - printing press Postmodern - photo and video Metamodern - internet Last one superpowered w Web 3.O +AI

These are dark times -- an old world order crumbles, a new one dawns, with the increasingly deranged masters Elon Musk and Donald J. Trump on top. At this moment, the dangerous path of AI development is ironically also our best hope for democracy, reason, and postcapitalism.

Thus spoke the ironic prophet 🧑‍🎨

Really excited to be an advisor on this new game called "Elowyn: Quest of Time" where you have to defeat an AI called Moloch. But as you'll see, it's not "defeating" in the classical sense... the game is very win-winny! (link in next tweet)

Oh, look, it's the alignment plan!

Im in love with this edit 🤣🤣🤣🤣

When the revolution finally arrives but it’s not the one revolutionaries promised you