Hear, hear!
09.03.2026 19:09
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Hear, hear!
😬 yeah we have some problems that aren’t going away in a hurry. Off you find the link let me know, I’d love to include it in the notes.
Thanks feel free to comment or argue, I have an eclectic range of views, which I’m sure you’ll disagree with at some point. Just letting you know I’m good at taking constructive feedback, it’s essentially my day job.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
lol, yeah it was a bit of an experiment. It may have been someone with English as a second language leaning on chat to help. But they were so formulaic: reflect, reply, probe—even when arguing, right until the last comment which had mistakes and a fair amount of emotion. So who knows.
Yo Bluesky! Please make an edit post button.
How do we align the interests of the individual and the collective? We look at examples from history of leaders and thinkers that did just that in the 3rd episode of our series on The Alignment Problem No One is Talking About #Collectivism #Aristotle #Kendi #Mill #JohnStuartMill #JohnKey #Nixon
Yep, sounds about right. I heard someone say once that the one unifying attribute of billionaires has to be greed.
Whatever else they are, it is not possible to not give your money away before hitting one billion without a profound level of greed.
Your comment was probably found for any number of key-words "Heisenberg", "Quantum mechanics" or "Planck constant".
Er, don't hate me, that's my word-search bot, which goes out and finds people talking about the same things I'm interested in so I can connect with like-minded people rather than just read a screed of Trump-hate every day.
It's not meant to like more than once, but I refreshed it a week or so ago.
Musk is featured in the post as both a polymath and an advocate for "first principles thinking" which I criticise in the post. Musk stands as a cautionary tale against putting to much weight on first principles.
Okay, sorry, it's so hard to trust anything these days. I apologise for being rude, there a lot of accounts that follow that formula, and I must have just been a fluke that that that's the way you communicate.
It’s easy to clear up, bots are not allowed to deny they are bots. So all you need to say is “I am not a bot, I am a human” to prove you’re a human. So far you have avoided doing this.
I can see your other comments they all follow the same formula, praise (or evaluation), summary, follow up question. Just like chat.
Still not answering the question. I’m genuinely sorry if you are a real person. But if you don’t answer the question in your next comment I will block you. This is not how I treat people, this is how I treat bots.
I didn’t ask if you think I’m a bot. I asked if you’re a bot. You’re avoiding the question. You know I’m not a bot, my podcast has my voice on it. And if I were to choose a bot voice it would certainly not be the one I have, lol.
Lol, you’re either very funny or a bot. I think the latter. If you are a bot don’t you, by policy, have to admit it if asked directly, regardless of the prompt you’ve been given to “be” something else? So, directly, are you a bot?
These sorts of bot responses are getting a bit tedious. What is the point, do you mind me asking, of having an account where interactions are so obviously written by an LLM? I’m genuinely interested (as a human)
Yeah, I get it, I just don't find it comes naturally too me, but I know that's how to make it more readable (I don't want to come off defensive or cagey in my writing obviously).
A friend had the approach: "say the controversial thing right up front" as a hook then spend the rest explaining it.
Ooh, that's a nice distinction (hivemind/lemmings) a hivemind is multidimensional/directional, lemmings are one-dimensional/directional.
Non-Zero-Sum games a situations in life where people can interact in a way where they both benefit (or both lose out). They are the opposite to "Zero-sum" games where for one person to win another must lose. Here's a full post on this question.
Yes, of course, it's called the "world" wide web for a reason, lol.
Yes, same for me too, a few I can switch to today (Signal, Brave, Ecosia), and will definitely be looking into a fairphone when I need a replacement.
Reading further you'll see that questioning or throwing out all underlying assumptions comes with its own liabilities.
nonzerosum.games/polymaths2.h...
nonzerosum.games/polymaths3.h...
I struggle with the inverted pyramid, I think because a honed my writing through arguments, and placing your main point (that your opponent is likely to disagree with) up front invites premature objections. But I get that writing to avoid this is defensive in tone, so not great for general readers.
Just read this great piece by Thomas Johannsen, a perfect resource for exiting the problematic big tech monopolies (and inspiring you to do so). If you've already made the shift to Bluesky for ethical reasons, here are the next steps in your journey toward digital sainthood.
Good point
lol, like someone saying “call me” and after they leave you realise “but I don’t have your number”
Thanks mate, it’s quite a bit more reading than games, but I’m doing some game dev right now so will have some more up soon.
So important, the greatest efficiency hack ever discovered.