“If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.”
-R B Fuiler
I wish I had done this decades ago. I was always thinking I am smarter than the average chode, I mean at least I know tech better than the masses so surely I can predict winners.
Answer: No, no I cannot. Winners are not always the best tech.
If I had done the boring brainless thing of tucking away 10-15% of every paycheck in an index fund and never looked at it for 25 years … I would no longer be working
and if you’re not successful, you still have to pay back the creditors who believed in you, or go bankrupt
It’s a myth that “anyone” can get wrapped up in a cult […] unusual dress, complicated social hierarchies, and tons of jargon
Red hats? Is MTG “in-group” sill? What is “Groyper”?
As of March 2025, about 36% of registered voters identified as MAGA.
Don’t pretend for a second this can’t happen to otherwise intelligent, educated people that you know. It can. It probably has. Those people are credulous, not stupid, and they found an identity.
This is a real and existential problem. Don’t minimize it.
Screw that ephemera
I mean consume entertainment you like no matter
But don’t waste your time getting familiar with pop culture for socializing.
Instead geek out on whatever truly interests you. Find those people
The hyperscalars have a simple vision that’s easy to state:
“Agentic AI at ~$200/mo is coming to replace all your white-collar jobs”
Ouch!
okay that’s … abusive (on her part)
and definitely never bed an abuser.
I guess the trick is finding the right kind and level of emotional issues
In my experience the greater the emotional challenges the person has to face, the more amazing they are at sex
“Never sit down to program without a crowbar close at hand.” -Stanislaw Lem
For low power neural nets look up “spiking neural networks”
Just the ones in USA
At least one Nobel Laureate has exactly the opposite opinion (see the Hinton lecture above)
You might benefit from watching Hinton’s lecture; much of it details technical reasons why digital is much much better than analog for intelligent systems
BTW that is the opposite of what he set out to prove He says the facts forced him to change his mind
I far prefer to celebrate Newton’s Birthday
He changed the world… hell he’s largely responsible for our modern world
I celebrate with my family by watching science lectures
True story
That’s a fact not a rumor
There is a reason the Netherlands anonymized their public healthcare records after Hitler’s invasion
This
Look at Dr John Campbell’s videos at the start of the Pandemic. Every one was a level headed review of scientific papers and evidence
1.5 years later he was full on conspiracy theorist no doubt got some people killed
I don’t think it was pure crass. I think his basic personality was warped by algos attention and money
Would not be the stupidest thing I personally did over a girl!
This song has been in heavy rotation for literally decades on both my “workout” playlist and my “thinking and programming” playlist. 100% true: I have gotten dates with attractive girls because they were intrigued by what I was listening to (this song).
Or, as my wise old Mother used to say to us kids when she was alive:
“People are assholes. Fuck 'em!”
.onions too