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Aug 7, 2018 • 22 tweets • 11 min read
Poor people debate, they cannot put any money where their mouth is, they need to convince many other poor people to be economically relevant

Rich people invest, build, shape the world. The result is not always good, but there's a result, that's something

There may be more than one cause-effect relationship. Certainly not an easy task. But Bizantine discussions w/ ultracrepidarian poor people seems one of the worst ways to waste a life. Don't do that.

Stop talking - opinions
Start building - reality

The new name for responsibility is ownership. Own your life. Honor your words.

For serious issues, a doctor may patch you, don't try surgery at home. Diet, exercise, habits,…, health & well-being: that's on you.

Take action, you owe it to yourself.

I want at least one millionaire to be concerned about self-improving AI, and how that's our best chance to solve all existential risks / complex problems, for which human intelligence is too slow or never enough

I have to make 7+ figures per year…

Lonely means less talking, that's not necessarily bad, neither good. It's what you make of it.

⏳ > 💰
If talking was more effective, it would be less tolerated.
Move forward, they will try to catch up

Don't tell anyone to move forward, they will discuss what direction is "forward"

Lead by example

If data needs to be shared, write it: asynchronous communication that works for the future

If a decision needs to be made, share the data, check it, think

Different conclusions from the same data are only possible when mistaken

Meetings are meant to solve those mistakes. By being ambiguous, PowerPoint creates the delusion of agreement & certainty in mistakes (when there was doubt before)

A kakonomic tool, bad results, but it requires a low investment (no need to be specific)

Meetings themselves are quite kakonomical in nature

This is a good read on what kakonomy is

ft.com/content/22b497…
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Maybe I should use a different platform, but the only intelligent option is to STFU now






Your mistake. My opportunity.
I feel no need to say anything when someone as influential as @elonmusk is ignored to such extent

Don't talk, build

@elonmusk #ClimateCrisis has made worries about #PeakOil irrelevant

There is no point in talking about remote potential problems when there is so much work to do on actual existential threats
@elonmusk



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Dec 30, 2021
Both web3 and the metaverse jeopardize untapping the relevance of crypto: “X as code”:
$BTC: money
$ETH: contracts

Software is eating the world. Eating the web or VR only delays the unavoidable

Relevant: create value, solve problems, do things that matter, fix what sucks,…
Web3 is a terrible choice of name too

Crypto is undoing a lot of the centralization in web 2.0*, and requires technical knowledge. Today, it should be 1.2 IMHO

* Similarly to Jamstack: less PHP, more REST & static pages. Nobody promised linear evolution…
Many people expect crypto will become easier, more polished, and gain mass adoption

It is about freedom & DIY, avoiding intermediaries & centralization, much like GNU/Linux. It's not about getting rich. In fact normally freedom comes at a cost

When mass adoption for GNU/Linux?
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Mar 14, 2021
Several things may be considered as "triggers" of an AI winter, e.g
—"aging" of teams
—not meeting investor expectations after diminishing returns
—whistleblowers ending the hype by exposing lies
—…

TBH: I think those are symptoms, but not the root cause
The root cause is: "running out of hype"

The biggest threat (TBT) for GPT-4 is not bad practices in OpenAI, investors disappointed with GPT-3, or Gary Marcus calling BS on GPT-3

TBT is finding something to sell not sold for GPT-3 yet

IMHO — as always
Related
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Mar 12, 2021
After watching "Counterfeiting Kills Economies (And Helps Them Too)"

I would like to see a fight:

— Companies innovating too fast for patents to be useful for them

vs

— Companies with business models relying on patents to impede competitors' innovation
imdb.com/title/tt961786…
The documentary is coming from Amazon, which has an "interesting" relationship with intelectual property

As more companies join the debate, data about the impact of patents on innovation and economies should be presented, to defend each case
Theory and practice do not always match, and the reality is dynamic. What was true one century ago may not be true now. The system needs maintenance

For example, Tesla applies the open source philosophy to their patents, and they seem to be doing well
tesla.com/en_IE/blog/all…
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Feb 12, 2021
I am going to make a short thread to explain how Sutskever's tweet signals (IMHO) the beginning of the next AI winter

You may understand my use of a pseudonym to comment on "work ethics" on the Internet, as potential or current employers might read it
If Sutskever's opinion were not relevant enough, it has been seconded by other famous AI researchers, like Brockman, arguably making a point through example, and not just words

I am personally never sure if Domingos' "factual" descriptions are criticizing or supporting making a deal with Moloch for efficiency

Arguably, if you have the stamina to work 2x hours, you will get 2x results, all other things being equal
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Aug 14, 2020
Sudden realization: automation + Jevons paradox INCREASE BS jobs








Checking the oldest links in my Pocket reading list

It would be interesting if most news (like this) were live, updated with new data, maintaining the URL (w/ diff?)

BTW: prediction: knowledge jobs will keep increasing in quantity, decreasing in quality
Now this is a "keeping tweets for posterity" thread

Mostly random ideas, like this thread about patents:
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Aug 10, 2020
Substraction thread
Particularly relevant for time management
Set an aspirational hourly rate, it will help you to quantify the importance of activities and stay focused
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