It's insane how deep the pro-death propaganda has sunk into culture. Every other movie has a villain whose selfish misguided unnatural quest for immortality was their undoing.
February 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
It's insane how deep the pro-death propaganda has sunk into culture. Every other movie has a villain whose selfish misguided unnatural quest for immortality was their undoing.
Are there "economics communicators" in the same way there are science communicators? Who are the Neil Degrasse Tyson and Sean Carroll of econ?
February 8, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Are there "economics communicators" in the same way there are science communicators? Who are the Neil Degrasse Tyson and Sean Carroll of econ?
I feel like I don't have a good understanding of how unfair the billionaire borrowing against unrealised gains trick is, and what proportion of lost counterfactual tax revenue it represents
February 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I feel like I don't have a good understanding of how unfair the billionaire borrowing against unrealised gains trick is, and what proportion of lost counterfactual tax revenue it represents
I feel like everyone kind of skipped over the part where nobody having to work again would alleviate billions from crushing poverty and meaningless drudgery and straight to angsting about the existential questions of purposelessness. There needs to be a little proportionate lingering on the former
February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I feel like everyone kind of skipped over the part where nobody having to work again would alleviate billions from crushing poverty and meaningless drudgery and straight to angsting about the existential questions of purposelessness. There needs to be a little proportionate lingering on the former
Holy shit, I just noticed vitalik can post here without being overrun by a pile of crypto boosters, scammers and bots in the replies.
February 7, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Holy shit, I just noticed vitalik can post here without being overrun by a pile of crypto boosters, scammers and bots in the replies.
Wasn't it already publicly known that waymos have operators that assist when they get stuck? It's crazy making to see people treating this as some kind of revelation of a conspiracy
February 7, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Wasn't it already publicly known that waymos have operators that assist when they get stuck? It's crazy making to see people treating this as some kind of revelation of a conspiracy
Is there any non alcoholic reason to own a hip flask? Wait this is ambiguous I never noticed that
February 7, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Is there any non alcoholic reason to own a hip flask? Wait this is ambiguous I never noticed that
a veritasium video from 2022:
lmao
lmao
February 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
a veritasium video from 2022:
lmao
lmao
Finally managed a roon reply so obnoxious it didn't get a like
February 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Finally managed a roon reply so obnoxious it didn't get a like
I'm really surprised there's going to be a 45m comms blackout during artemis II. I would have thought we'd have enough high altitude orbit satellites by now to be able to route around the moon
February 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I'm really surprised there's going to be a 45m comms blackout during artemis II. I would have thought we'd have enough high altitude orbit satellites by now to be able to route around the moon
Nape of Neck, new weird sun twitter acct
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Nape of Neck, new weird sun twitter acct
Crystallizing a commonly held inchoate intuition in order to critique it can feel like strawmanning. "Nobody actually believes that" yeah because they haven't thought about it enough to form coherent beliefs
February 5, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Crystallizing a commonly held inchoate intuition in order to critique it can feel like strawmanning. "Nobody actually believes that" yeah because they haven't thought about it enough to form coherent beliefs
excited for Artemis 2!
February 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
excited for Artemis 2!
Why is micron a thing, but not like, nanon, picon?
February 2, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Why is micron a thing, but not like, nanon, picon?
there's seemingly an implicit model here where we have a "number of people to cancel" knob that you turn up and down, and, well, if a few jay ashers and aziz ansaris are the price you have to pay to take down an epstein, so be it. but this is obviously absurd when you spell it out explicitly
I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
February 1, 2026 at 1:16 AM
there's seemingly an implicit model here where we have a "number of people to cancel" knob that you turn up and down, and, well, if a few jay ashers and aziz ansaris are the price you have to pay to take down an epstein, so be it. but this is obviously absurd when you spell it out explicitly
The AI capabilities denial is based on bad philosophy re what counts as "real thinking", rooted in a failure to make beliefs pay rent in anticipated experience. People are unable to usefully navigate the transition because they're irrational. IOW total yud vindication
February 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM
The AI capabilities denial is based on bad philosophy re what counts as "real thinking", rooted in a failure to make beliefs pay rent in anticipated experience. People are unable to usefully navigate the transition because they're irrational. IOW total yud vindication
I find the view that objective morality can be recovered from game theory very strange
game theory only applies when you're subject to the rules of the game. if you have enough power, you can just take what you want and nobody can stop you. but morality is supposed to apply to the very powerful
game theory only applies when you're subject to the rules of the game. if you have enough power, you can just take what you want and nobody can stop you. but morality is supposed to apply to the very powerful
January 31, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I find the view that objective morality can be recovered from game theory very strange
game theory only applies when you're subject to the rules of the game. if you have enough power, you can just take what you want and nobody can stop you. but morality is supposed to apply to the very powerful
game theory only applies when you're subject to the rules of the game. if you have enough power, you can just take what you want and nobody can stop you. but morality is supposed to apply to the very powerful
Just binged Wonder Man
was really good
was really good
January 31, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Just binged Wonder Man
was really good
was really good
is one of the subtextual functions of dario and demis doing an interview together to say "we don't really trust sam" with his conspicuous absence?
January 31, 2026 at 6:34 AM
is one of the subtextual functions of dario and demis doing an interview together to say "we don't really trust sam" with his conspicuous absence?
CEOs love to follow north stars
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 AM
CEOs love to follow north stars
The examined life is not worth living
"Every cycle spent validating your awareness is a cycle not spent expressing it"
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 AM
The examined life is not worth living
I have a palantir shirt that I got from when they came to my uni to recruit around 2015. I didn't know they were evil at the time. I don't wear it outside, but sometimes I wear it at home. I feel vaguely guilty about owning it
January 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I have a palantir shirt that I got from when they came to my uni to recruit around 2015. I didn't know they were evil at the time. I don't wear it outside, but sometimes I wear it at home. I feel vaguely guilty about owning it