Individualist mindrot
Evinceo
joined 2 years ago
He keeps talking though. This is my favorite bit:
The part I don’t understand is that you feel Gawker was scum. Thiel removed Gawker’s ability to be scum. Thus, by logic, the world was improved. Isn’t that the core of what you’re saying you wish billionaires did? Improve the world?
Wish we'd gone with software carpenter or software plumber.
Works on my machine
Most realistic Musk sales pitch.
I think Urbit exists not because it's actually meant to work or do anything, but because Yarvin wanted the aesthetic of being a hacker founder tech guy. Proximity to tech folks was his bread and butter, right? Otherwise he'd need to get a real job and couldn't spend all his time generating bullshit.
I didn't find the thread you are talking about, but I found this instead, which is probably much worse.
(Edit: I did eventually find the thread!)
Nobody tell these guys that the control problem is just the halting problem and first year CS students already know the answer.
Reminds me a lot of the things Scott Siskind has written in the past.
If by 'in the past' you mean 'as recently as this may' (⚠️ tldr)
Far as I can tell none of them had the attention span for the BtB live show on Yudkowsky either which is a shame because I actually learned quite a bit from it (being that I'm not going to slog through HPMOR, even out of spite.)