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“On one of Eric Weinstein’s podcasts I was listening to yesterday they were arguing a point I have been arguing for 15 years: the cost of producing apocalyptic or near-apocalyptic scenarios has been plummeting over the past 2 decades and is approaching the...

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“Evidence is only useful when the agreement to learn together has first been established as a priority, »and we have the tools to discern the difference between actually reliable evidence and material that masquerades as such for purposes we can identify and...

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One of the problems in this context (social media) is that people who know or don’t know each other have come to think that they can change the minds, opinions or behavior of others by posting opinions, rants, perspectives or statistics. That’s not how...

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“My headlights are super fucking bright. I mean, they might be the brightest headlights ever. Other people notice my headlights and tell me ‘woah, dude, that shit is bright’. And it’s true, they’re really fucking bright.” — I am...

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“Maybe it’s time the national totem was changed, from the bald eagle … to the bald ego.” — Antero Alli Could be, but, maybe the newsfeed needs a mascot and this is a pretty good match? — me

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“Forests, the oceans, the unpoisoned earth, human children, health care, and social infrastructure … the basis of life on earth — these now compete directly with things like cars, cell-phones, war machines, »photographs, bitcoin mining boxes, and video...