new favorite color: space cadet (#1E2952) (not really)
Most of the stuff I do is a reaction to "I can't believe this hasn't been done yet!"
Newest example: this post https://niplav.github.io/bcis_and_alignment.html
Seriously, why did *I* have to write this? Aren't there, like, $100m by now in AI alignment?
also unnecessary dig at crypto at the end
well done
thank you for being the force of blandness
IF **SOCIAL FUCKING NETWORKS** CAN'T BE DECENTRALIZED HOW IS THE MOTHERFUCKING ECONOMY GOING TO BE
HOW FUCKING WARPED IS YOUR MIND
https://nitter.hu/atomicthumbs/status/1518685880759640064
OH MY GOD
THIS PERSON IS A FUCKING ANARCHIST ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
THAT THREAD IS THE MOST "I'M AN ANARCHIST BECAUSE I HAVE UNRESOLVED DADDY ISSUES PLEASE CHOKE ME FATHER STATE/TWITTER"
i don't sneer often, but in this case, i feel it's well deserved
i don't know of any Gentle Introduction to Why Prediction Markets are Awesome, à la Wait But Why, with stick figures and just going slow in on the topic, answering objections along the way. i consider it a collective action failure that no such text exists, and also that i don't know of any book that does this (other than superforecasting)
I operate by Crocker's rules[1].