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• Thread: 83 Goods vs 50 No Goods

1. Economist
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   Response to Musk email:
   "This is the attitude that builds incredible things. Let all the people who don’t desire greatness leave."

   Response to critical commie:
   "I’ll put my money where my mouth is. I’m down for a 12 week internship at Twitter for cost of living in SF. It’s not about accumulating capital in a dead world, it’s about making the world alive."

   https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/1592955427179765760

   One such anecdote neuters a thousand narratives, like a pinprick bursting a balloon.

   2 months ago # QUOTE 4 Volod 1 Vlad !

2. Economist
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   Wow

   2 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

3. Economist
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   Wow

   He even used to run a Tesla FSD competitor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz

   2 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

4. Economist
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   What a l0ser

   2 months ago # QUOTE 5 Volod 1 Vlad !

5. Economist
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   What a l0ser

   This. Lmao at the (ucks who worship musk.

   2 months ago # QUOTE 5 Volod 3 Vlad !

6. Economist
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   Working for the world's richest man for free lol

   2 months ago # QUOTE 9 Volod 1 Vlad !

7. Economist
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   What a l0ser

   This. Lmao at the (ucks who worship musk.

   Read his wiki. Musk tried to acquire his precious startup. He is already highly reputed, doesn’t need to impress anyone. Why not take him literally: he wants to take up a challenge. He’s done plenty of hacks before for pure amusement.

   2 months ago # QUOTE 5 Volod 0 Vlad !

8. Economist
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   Guys doing stuff for kicks is the engine of civilization.

   2 months ago # QUOTE 12 Volod 0 Vlad !

9. Economist
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   Imagine being a leetcoder who worships "elite hackers" (=better leetcoders). What a sad existence.

   2 months ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 1 Vlad !

10. Economist
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    He wants to end the culture war with better social media technology.

    https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/1596078437495541761

    2 months ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 0 Vlad !

11. Economist
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    He wants to end the culture war with better social media technology.
    https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/1596078437495541761

    Why are leetcoders so embarrassing when they try to reason about society? The culture war is a collective neurosis, not a result of social media being “broken”. You need to be absolutely clueless to think that you can fix it with a few hacks in Twitter.

    2 months ago # QUOTE 5 Volod 2 Vlad !

12. Economist
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    He wants to end the culture war with better social media technology.
    https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/1596078437495541761

    Why are leetcoders so embarrassing when they try to reason about society? The culture war is a collective neurosis, not a result of social media being “broken”. You need to be absolutely clueless to think that you can fix it with a few hacks in Twitter.

    That's what Hotz thought too, but some other people convinced him that social media can help the cause. Read the thread. Traditional media has lost its credibility, and of course the public discourse matters. If the NYC printed accurate crime stats BLM would never have taken off.

    2 months ago # QUOTE 4 Volod 0 Vlad !

13. Economist
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    *NYT

    2 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

14. Economist
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    He wants to end the culture war with better social media technology.
    https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/1596078437495541761

    Why are leetcoders so embarrassing when they try to reason about society? The culture war is a collective neurosis, not a result of social media being “broken”. You need to be absolutely clueless to think that you can fix it with a few hacks in Twitter.

    That's what Hotz thought too, but some other people convinced him that social media can help the cause. Read the thread. Traditional media has lost its credibility, and of course the public discourse matters. If the NYC printed accurate crime stats BLM would never have taken off.

    I agree that something as radical as shutting down Twitter, Facebook, etc completely might end the culture war. Or at least, not shutting down but completely altering the way those websites work so Twitter and Facebook won’t really be Twitter and Facebook anymore. But just altering the search algorithm or adding a purple check mark or something like that? Good luck with that.

    2 months ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 1 Vlad !

15. Economist
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    shutting down Twitter, Facebook, etc completely

    That ship has sailed. If they are shut down alternatives will come up immediately. And those alternatives cannot possibly be shut down in western political systems. This is one of those epochal changes like the Gutenb3rg printer, there's no going back.

    2 months ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 0 Vlad !

16. Economist
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    Cultural wars started way before the internet

    2 months ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 1 Vlad !

17. Economist
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    Cultural wars started way before the internet

    No they didn't.

    2 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 2 Vlad !

18. Economist
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    shutting down Twitter, Facebook, etc completely

    That ship has sailed. If they are shut down alternatives will come up immediately. And those alternatives cannot possibly be shut down in western political systems. This is one of those epochal changes like the Gutenb3rg printer, there's no going back.

    I generally agree, but there might still be a radical way out. One possibility is to internationally treat social media the same way that nuclear weapons are treated now. It sounds like a far reaching exaggeration now, but it might become a realistic option once the civilizational collapse becomes an indisputable fact.

    2 months ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 0 Vlad !

19. Economist
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    shutting down Twitter, Facebook, etc completely

    That ship has sailed. If they are shut down alternatives will come up immediately. And those alternatives cannot possibly be shut down in western political systems. This is one of those epochal changes like the Gutenb3rg printer, there's no going back.

    I generally agree, but there might still be a radical way out. One possibility is to internationally treat social media the same way that nuclear weapons are treated now. It sounds like a far reaching exaggeration now, but it might become a realistic option once the civilizational collapse becomes an indisputable fact.

    Nuclear weapon bans operate at the level of national governments. A closer analogy is smoking: a combination of regulations and taxes can change public behavior over time.

    2 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

20. Economist
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    Cultural wars started way before the internet

    No they didn't.

    Brain surgeon detected

    2 months ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

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