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I think it was @wesyang who pointed out that some unknowable but large subset of those who "just don't test well" are actually simply not as smart. Which is fine!

Everyone buried the lede that Thinko CEO Pasquale D'Silva is currently the single admitted contributor to @VCBrags, and the sole known beneficiary of its clout (see attached)Let's go through some

more of y'all need to internalize the significance of surprise w/r/t information theory https://plus.maths.org/content/information-surprise"I don't like this person" why on earth are you volunteering this to me? why the fu

it's more performant to believe — or at least say — that you never incur collateral damage in pursuit of your righteous cause. so people do! the falsity doesn't negate

it is striking how liberals are 1000x more eager to be like "uhhhh bad take" about anything that goes against the mainstream headlines orthodoxy even though I'm also followed by

identitarian politics bad. universalist politics goodor something like that. I'm still working out the detailshttps://twitter.com/MazMHussain/status/1276587993655099394 liberalism in practice has worked out to be, "let's all fo

good threadwatch out for abusers. they are real, and this basic playbook — which slides into full-blown cultism on the more competent end of the spectrum — is not restricted

The more time has passed since a given type of tail risk last has afflicted a given society, the more vulnerable the society will be to that tail risk.https://www.sonyasupposedly.com/civilizational-immune-systems/ reinforces

how do smart / talented academics in [vague sweeping gesture] these Twitter circles feel about the general attitude of "wow it's a pity that you didn't go into something useful!"

friends, I think the ingroup might be good yeah, I'm brave enough to say it!

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I don't do this often, but I want to publicly go on the line with two predictions1) ≥ 10k USA coronavirus deaths by the official end of summer2) absolute #