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James Pethokoukis ⏩️⤴️(@JimPethokoukis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Zuckerberg is way richer than me, but I'm pretty sure that if I blew out my knee, I would have the same surgery as him. This simple truth, about how technological advances diffuse through a population, escapes critics of techno-capitalism.

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Halvar Flake(@halvarflake) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I wish I had more time to chime into the AI doom debate, but here a very quick thread:

1) The one thing all AI doomers seem to assume is that almost all engineering problems can be solved by thinking, vs. experimentation.
2) Humanity has seen multiple individuals of ...

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Stratechery(@stratechery) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Attenuating Innovation (AI)

Innovation required humility about the future and openness to what might be possible; Biden's executive order proscribing AI development is the opposite, blocking progress and hindering the solutions to our greatest challenges

stratechery.com/2023/attenuati…

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ceramic-sf(@ceramic_sf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Want a visual refresher after studying Brett Hall's readings of Beginning of Infinity?

Introducing: Quick BOI

Featuring diagrams and hyperlinks to navigate connected concepts.

ceramic-sf.github.io/2023/10/24/qui…

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suzuha⚡️🌙(@dystopiabreaker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

imagine if reagan issued an executive order in 1985 requiring all computers with more than 1 gigaflop of compute to be registered with the government, all of their users have to kyc and all uses have to be pre-approved. the number is never revised upwards

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Naval(@naval) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“When was the last time you met someone new & formed a deep friendship through these platforms?

When was the last time you had a real conversation with a stranger online?

If you’re on Airchat, it was probably today.”

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Naval(@naval) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Capital and commodities are highly portable. People less so. Weather not at all.

Thus, tech stays in California (for now).

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Navalism(@NavalismHQ) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In physical domains (diet, workouts), consistency is king. In intellectual & social domains, wins are rare, sudden, and nonlinear - 99% of effort is “wasted.” Once we find our ideal spouse, career, friends, we realize how much time we squandered by not moving on sooner.

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Naval(@naval) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There are two people in you. The one who talks and the one who listens.

The one who talks is always changing. The one who listens is always the same.

You are the one who listens.

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Marc Andreessen(@pmarca) 's Twitter Profile Photo

THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO part 1

“You live in a deranged age — more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.”
— Walker Percy

“Our species is 300,000 years old. For the…

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