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If we held any of the top ballers in 2024 to a standard even slightly more honest than the color scheme of the political party we’d apply that -100 to basically

If we held any of the top ballers in 2024 to a standard even slightly more honest than the color scheme of the political party we’d apply that -100 to basically all of them, wouldn’t we? By all means hold Musk to account, it’s the right thing to do. But it’s borderline religious to duck the obvious corollary that this is a war for all the marbles. Blade Runner or TNG. Pick a side.

consumer451 2y ago
> Pick a side. Never, even if I disagree with one side 99% of the time, still never. Picking political sides is surrendering your agency to group think.
- benreesman 2y ago
  Picking a side on Red/Blue is like choosing a sports club. United United United. Picking a side on unchecked power for private individuals and companies? You get defaulted into the worst side of you don’t choose: dinner.
  - consumer451 2y ago
    That, I can agree with.
    - benreesman 2y ago
      Almost no one will say that in print today, pmarca writes critical tweets about OpenAI and deletes them and he owns like, a city. Even one person being courageous on this gets us 1% closer to the 100 people or so at which it snowballs. Some of us are going to organize and make them pay for every milimeter. If you want to be part of it: b7r6@b7r6.net
benreesman 2y ago
Around here everyone puts in work, cliqued up or not. And we’re not talking about helping us with our computer skills (have you used Google or Facebook recently?). https://youtu.be/Y-8Wc-1hWzE?si=_oQYfnDUWmopM2Cc https://youtu.be/Y-8Wc-1hWzE?si=_oQYfnDUWmopM2Cc You can get the same outcomes you get from Mag7 and YC and shit by accident in a hypothetical prison with purely emergent properties. By all means keep appeasing these cats, there’s always next batch. But sooner or later you’re next. 30% layoffs industry wide followed by a savage EPS beat. Someone call Lina Khan before she gets fired for integrity. Being the last sycophant to be eaten is a very weird strategy.

consumer451 2y ago

> Pick a side. Never, even if I disagree with one side 99% of the time, still never. Picking political sides is surrendering your agency to group think.

benreesman 2y ago
Picking a side on Red/Blue is like choosing a sports club. United United United. Picking a side on unchecked power for private individuals and companies? You get defaulted into the worst side of you don’t choose: dinner.
- consumer451 2y ago
  That, I can agree with.
  - benreesman 2y ago
    Almost no one will say that in print today, pmarca writes critical tweets about OpenAI and deletes them and he owns like, a city. Even one person being courageous on this gets us 1% closer to the 100 people or so at which it snowballs. Some of us are going to organize and make them pay for every milimeter. If you want to be part of it: b7r6@b7r6.net

benreesman 2y ago

Around here everyone puts in work, cliqued up or not. And we’re not talking about helping us with our computer skills (have you used Google or Facebook recently?). https://youtu.be/Y-8Wc-1hWzE?si=_oQYfnDUWmopM2Cc https://youtu.be/Y-8Wc-1hWzE?si=_oQYfnDUWmopM2Cc You can get the same outcomes you get from Mag7 and YC and shit by accident in a hypothetical prison with purely emergent properties. By all means keep appeasing these cats, there’s always next batch. But sooner or later you’re next. 30% layoffs industry wide followed by a savage EPS beat. Someone call Lina Khan before she gets fired for integrity. Being the last sycophant to be eaten is a very weird strategy.