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mptest
3y ago
>state should control any large enough corporation Not necessarily, company could be broken down in to smaller, become employee owned in some part, could have some amount of stock become owned by an infrastructure fund or something. Ther
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3y ago
And since philanthropic approaches to such aspirations demonstrably do not work, we need extremely high taxes on the ultra wealthy. Before the six-seven digit earning engineers here lambast me, I'm talking billionaires. No one intellig
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3y ago
Completely agree transmission of knowledge is a sticky wicket. Good reminder to stay logistically grounded. I have found many of the ambitious thinkers close to me tend to aspire to a "humanity learns" moment but if they're a
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mptest
3y ago
True, good point. famously never exploitative music contracts. I don't think I've ever heard of a famous artist being taken advantage of via "deals".
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3y ago
>are responsible for funding the entire platform, no? No, they all are. I wouldn't be a subscriber and I doubt many others would be if they only had the "top" artists that "are responsible for funding the entire platf
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3y ago
humanity learns just mean sufficient individuals learn to take power and enact such a society
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3y ago
https://x.com/sama/status/1726345564059832609
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3y ago
David chalmers doesn't think llm's are conscious yet but also doesn't think there's any real barriers for silicon to get to human consciousness[0] [0] https://youtu.be/j6cCXg-rjRo He gives a few of the bi
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3y ago
>so much potential for software to improve that field Reading Dr Fei Fei Li's "The worlds I see" really drove this home. And not just ecology, Soooo many fields would benefit from that type of interdisciplinary communicati
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3y ago
>Empower parents to do what exactly Oh idk, maybe not spend 100% of their conscious time/energy working to make someone else enough money to buy their fifth yacht??? And actually parent?? So kids aren't pawned off on to screen
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3y ago
Damn bro tell me more about how easy opium is to make. time to start a garden
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3y ago
Because like always, the punishment for the rich playing games with our lives is a negligible fine 1/10000th the profit they make selling your information to anyone with a buck.
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3y ago
The talking out loud I agree is problematic. The bluetooth functionality and increasing quality audio pass through give me hope for a simple earphone in one ear, and eventually... this: https://x.com/ruohanzhang76/statu
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3y ago
You are laughably, childishly naive if you think he's following that guy ironically just to "watch out" for his problematic beliefs. It's so comical I have to laugh. "Guys, i follow all these nazis and terrorists to
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3y ago
I think he's evil. That's an opinion. Did you expect a mathematical proof of his character? Did you want me to produce a documentary documenting everything he's done? Are you stupid? Can you read? In my original comment I ass
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3y ago
Where did I say that? I only noted that example would be one of the things he does that inspire dislike independent of some media conspiracy. If you think following a guy who tweets shit like that says nothin about you good for you, keep su
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3y ago
Yeah cool, except I'm talkin about someone who is asking questions about pedophilia, to give the most generous interpretation of that person, not someone who has some minor debates on budget allocation. No one said you have to only fol
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3y ago
Just cause you're playing glib and acting like you don't understand the rhetoric in that thread doesn't change reality. It's literally verbatim great replacement shit. "They want to exterminate you." The venn d
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3y ago
What she does is stochastic terrorism. Maybe you should look it up. Here's a definition for you: Stochastic terrorism refers to political or media figures publicly demonizing a person or group in such a way that it inspires supporters
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3y ago
Here's a third link, to him congratulating a literal stochastic terrorist. https://x.com/stevemullis/status/1721656699856306290 Don't be a boot lick. Elon is evil.
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3y ago
Here's some of the white supremacist great replacement stuff for you just to start, found in maybe 30sec of scrollin the sub https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/s/Xe4nIKVHgq I don't care enough
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3y ago
Well, gee I don't know, let's start with this, literally just off the top of my head from the past day or two. https://x.com/esqueer_/status/1721235855241547877 but you can look through his likes/fo
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3y ago
>it's surprising just how effective they've been at turning many people against him. He's done plenty of it himself, retweeting nazi shit and great replacement shit and all types of horrible shit he supports on twitter. It
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3y ago
joking, but maybe they have achieved agi (internally) ;)
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3y ago
You're right, sorry about the rhetoric, i was extremely angry at such "welfare queen" rhetoric. I've calmed down and read your comment twice. Of course it's not magic. Of course it shifts the burden elsewhere (9 pe
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3y ago
if only idiocy like your comment recognized that dumb ass margaret thatcher reagen esque measuring of who gets aid and who doesn't costs more than just fucking giving people the money. How are you idiots actually rehashing 90's au
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3y ago
Wildly different, sure, but deeply, deeply connected which is why I include them together. There is no reason we can't decrease poverty AND inequality. In fact decreasing inequality would in turn reduce poverty if done correctly.
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3y ago
>the biggest changes that allow people more free time to spend with their children or otherwise, are technological ones. The important bit to note here is the allocation of that gain in efficiency. I agree tech is the driver of the posit
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3y ago
I'm mid 20's and it's obvious what to do. Universal child care, housing, healthcare, etc, and parents would have more time to parent their kids instead of slaving away to make someone else enough money to buy their fifth yach
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3y ago
As if given by the gods to illustrate my point, https://x.com/noliewithbtc/status/1716927057954029974 don't try to credit the republican voters as supporting gay marriage when they oust their own for support
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