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A lot of those very much do not sound like "things are falling apart" to me

oicU00 5y ago
Reality is not unzipping in that the speed of light is different. A lot of inner monologues, sense of belonging, hope for the future, as something like covid makes the masses see a minority who do none of the “real work” as dependents who somehow have far more comfortable lives. Tech oligarchs who were all “Disrupt!” are now all “Wait not me! I’m a rent seeker now!” It’s a predictable circle of life given the common and fundamentally unchanged from any past iteration over the last thousands of years, human condition.
- toomuchtodo 5y ago
  Not a wealthy investor but would be interested in your newsletter if it’s reasonably priced.
- Melting_Harps 5y ago
  > Tech oligarchs who were all “Disrupt!” are now all “Wait not me! I’m a rent seeker now!” It's always been an empty platitude from the SV disillusional masses: when the business model is 'grow at all costs, even if you lose money' in order to cash out on an over-inflated IPO, it was clear that it was never to disrupt anything. It was t:o build something seemingly novel, raise funds to fight a war of attrition, moat, weaken the opposition and take majority market-share and then cash out. Plan B is selling out to some megacorp/tech oligarch in order to rinse and repeat as a 'serial entrepreneur' until you eventually get to a position in which you get on a board and you can ossify something like Twitter, too!
mensetmanusman 5y ago
It’s interesting, even if you don’t believe in a higher power, people that believe in God have far lower rates of depression and suicide, so if you try to optimize your life for happiness and mental robustness, it’s then logical to believe in a higher power. This is an interesting manifestation of the incompleteness theorem. :)
- judahmeek 5y ago
  I don't consider basing my worldview on emotion-based fantasies mentally robust. Is it possible that believing a lie increases ones chances of being happy & less depressed? Sure, but that doesn't make it worthwhile.
  - lampshades 5y ago
    Or maybe it's not a lie and believers are genuinely happier and less depressed.
    - judahmeek 5y ago
      Every religion states that the other religions are lies, which means that, at the very least, the majority of religious people believe a lie as a fundamental aspect of their worldview. Thus, you apparently can be genuinely happier if your worldview is based on a lie. Still not worth it.
      - lampshades 5y ago
        > Every religion states that the other religions are lies, which means that, at the very least, the majority of religious people believe a lie as a fundamental aspect of their worldview. I don't think I've ever heard of a religion that is so airtight that it blocked any ability to reason on how the others might not be a lie also.
        judahmeek 5y ago
        And I don't think I've ever heard of an inclusive religion besides paganism & voodoo.
      - mensetmanusman 5y ago
        “ Every religion states that the other religions are lies “ Almost no religions state this, it might be an interesting thought experiment to steel-man your arguments :)

Reality is not unzipping in that the speed of light is different. A lot of inner monologues, sense of belonging, hope for the future, as something like covid makes the masses see a minority who do none of the “real work” as dependents who somehow have far more comfortable lives. Tech oligarchs who were all “Disrupt!” are now all “Wait not me! I’m a rent seeker now!” It’s a predictable circle of life given the common and fundamentally unchanged from any past iteration over the last thousands of years, human condition.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
Not a wealthy investor but would be interested in your newsletter if it’s reasonably priced.
Melting_Harps 5y ago
> Tech oligarchs who were all “Disrupt!” are now all “Wait not me! I’m a rent seeker now!” It's always been an empty platitude from the SV disillusional masses: when the business model is 'grow at all costs, even if you lose money' in order to cash out on an over-inflated IPO, it was clear that it was never to disrupt anything. It was t:o build something seemingly novel, raise funds to fight a war of attrition, moat, weaken the opposition and take majority market-share and then cash out. Plan B is selling out to some megacorp/tech oligarch in order to rinse and repeat as a 'serial entrepreneur' until you eventually get to a position in which you get on a board and you can ossify something like Twitter, too!

mensetmanusman 5y ago

It’s interesting, even if you don’t believe in a higher power, people that believe in God have far lower rates of depression and suicide, so if you try to optimize your life for happiness and mental robustness, it’s then logical to believe in a higher power. This is an interesting manifestation of the incompleteness theorem. :)

judahmeek 5y ago
I don't consider basing my worldview on emotion-based fantasies mentally robust. Is it possible that believing a lie increases ones chances of being happy & less depressed? Sure, but that doesn't make it worthwhile.
- lampshades 5y ago
  Or maybe it's not a lie and believers are genuinely happier and less depressed.
  - judahmeek 5y ago
    Every religion states that the other religions are lies, which means that, at the very least, the majority of religious people believe a lie as a fundamental aspect of their worldview. Thus, you apparently can be genuinely happier if your worldview is based on a lie. Still not worth it.
    - lampshades 5y ago
      > Every religion states that the other religions are lies, which means that, at the very least, the majority of religious people believe a lie as a fundamental aspect of their worldview. I don't think I've ever heard of a religion that is so airtight that it blocked any ability to reason on how the others might not be a lie also.
      - judahmeek 5y ago
        And I don't think I've ever heard of an inclusive religion besides paganism & voodoo.
    - mensetmanusman 5y ago
      “ Every religion states that the other religions are lies “ Almost no religions state this, it might be an interesting thought experiment to steel-man your arguments :)