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Genuine question: Is George qualified to be making statements concerning economic outlook?

braiamp 2y ago
Think about this: in a complex enough information system, there's almost no one that understands all of it, therefore you need teams to take care of certain functions and processes. Multiply that by 3x10^33 and you have a economic system. Creating a representative of society like the state and the state creating institutions responsible of education, housing, finances, security, food production, etc. is why countries advance as a collective of individuals. No individual, other than setting up lofty but ambiguous goals like reducing hunger/malnutrition, understand how or why certain goals should or not be set for certain sectors and why the processes are what they are to accomplish them.
hermitcrab 2y ago
It does say at the bottom of the page "A home for poorly researched ideas". So I don't think even he is very confident in what he is saying. I assume they are just trying to be provocative. Judging by the number of comments here, it worked.
- ZeroTalent 2y ago
  This is called lamphshading. Lampshading is when someone acknowledges a flaw or controversial aspect upfront, often humorously or ironically, to deflect criticism or give the appearance of humility or openness. Saying something like "A home for poorly researched ideas" while actually propagating extremist, controversial, or misleading content is a tactic intended to: disarm critics, avoid accountability, and create plausible deniability.
  - EncomLab 2y ago
    i.e. the "geohot method". Why this guy still pulls so much traction is a mystery.
    - red-iron-pine 2y ago
      lotta good cracks back in the day some of his "watch me program" vids are also pretty popular. I learned a lot from watching his workflow. but I'd never trust him when talking about economics or politics, or even where to go for dinner.
  - dudefeliciano 2y ago
    Joe Rogan does this all the time "Well I'm just an idiot who don't know nothing about nothing, but let me proceed to divulge the following BS to hundreds of millions of people as if it were an uncontroversial fact. When I get fact checked we can laugh it off together."
  - hermitcrab 2y ago
    I guess similar to when people (often the 'alt right') say something abhorrent and then claim afterwards they didn't really mean it.
    - ZeroTalent 2y ago
      "it was just a prank, bro!"

Think about this: in a complex enough information system, there's almost no one that understands all of it, therefore you need teams to take care of certain functions and processes. Multiply that by 3x10^33 and you have a economic system. Creating a representative of society like the state and the state creating institutions responsible of education, housing, finances, security, food production, etc. is why countries advance as a collective of individuals. No individual, other than setting up lofty but ambiguous goals like reducing hunger/malnutrition, understand how or why certain goals should or not be set for certain sectors and why the processes are what they are to accomplish them.

hermitcrab 2y ago

It does say at the bottom of the page "A home for poorly researched ideas". So I don't think even he is very confident in what he is saying. I assume they are just trying to be provocative. Judging by the number of comments here, it worked.

ZeroTalent 2y ago
This is called lamphshading. Lampshading is when someone acknowledges a flaw or controversial aspect upfront, often humorously or ironically, to deflect criticism or give the appearance of humility or openness. Saying something like "A home for poorly researched ideas" while actually propagating extremist, controversial, or misleading content is a tactic intended to: disarm critics, avoid accountability, and create plausible deniability.
- EncomLab 2y ago
  i.e. the "geohot method". Why this guy still pulls so much traction is a mystery.
  - red-iron-pine 2y ago
    lotta good cracks back in the day some of his "watch me program" vids are also pretty popular. I learned a lot from watching his workflow. but I'd never trust him when talking about economics or politics, or even where to go for dinner.
- dudefeliciano 2y ago
  Joe Rogan does this all the time "Well I'm just an idiot who don't know nothing about nothing, but let me proceed to divulge the following BS to hundreds of millions of people as if it were an uncontroversial fact. When I get fact checked we can laugh it off together."
- hermitcrab 2y ago
  I guess similar to when people (often the 'alt right') say something abhorrent and then claim afterwards they didn't really mean it.
  - ZeroTalent 2y ago
    "it was just a prank, bro!"