stafford_beer

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by stafford_beer 1mo ago
https://kevinmunger.substack.com/p/a-confession-i-p-hacked-t... author here -- the follow-up post explains the point...it's an existence proof, that a metric exists which ranks me first....which doesn't mean
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Peer Review 2027(osf.io)
1 points by stafford_beer 8mo ago|0 comments
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"The Algorithm" Does Not Exist(motherjones.com)
4 points by stafford_beer 2y ago|1 comments
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by stafford_beer 2y ago
haha I'm not saying that MrBeast couldn't have sex if he wanted to -- I'm saying that, because he's constructed himself to only care about maximizing audience metrics, having sex would be a waste of his time
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by stafford_beer 2y ago
thank you!
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by stafford_beer 2y ago
totally agree--and I think this is key to Trump's success as well, that he used audience feedback on Twitter to figure out that there was unmet demand for harsh anti-immigration policy and then win the 2016 primary
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by stafford_beer 2y ago
OP here -- I like Baudrillard and McLuhan but the media theorist who best captures the present IMO is Flusser: https://kevinmunger.substack.com/p/the-discourse-is-the-cybe...
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by stafford_beer 2y ago
OP here -- excellent suggestion, I've been heavily influenced by this book and would also recommend Postman's "Technopoly"
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In the belly of the MrBeast(kevinmunger.substack.com)
511 points by stafford_beer 2y ago|397 comments
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by stafford_beer 2y ago
I agree, this guy gets it
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Scientists should not use LLMs to torture simulated agents(kevinmunger.substack.com)
3 points by stafford_beer 4y ago|0 comments
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Sympathy for the Wordcel(kevinmunger.substack.com)
1 points by stafford_beer 5y ago|0 comments
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Why TikTok Is Incompatible with Human Dignity(kevinmunger.substack.com)
1 points by stafford_beer 5y ago|1 comments