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Hi all, I've been playing with memory system last month and Karpathy's post was well timed. But I still had a few issues so I added a few things and open sourced the result: - Pass…

I considered adding that but to be honest, the article felt too long. I'm considering hacking a quick online version together in which case it'd be necessary to disconnect betting …

I'm not 100% sure but, I think you might be referring to utilitarianism, not capitalism.

Totally agree with you. Meritocracy is a great ideal to strive towards, but completely unrealistic. We wouldn't build a bridge and assume our geometry is perfect. Bridges would fal…

I probably wasn't clear there. It's not that the concept of meritocracy is inherently bad. It's just that it's impossible to implement unless all people are perfect, have an exact …

I see your point although it's quite depressing.

That's not an inherent property of capitalism. Capitalism rewarded the slave trade for generations. The invisible hand is really human preferences. That's what will determine wheth…

I would love it if meritocracy could work. Sadly, it probably won't be accomplished by humans. Maybe after the singularity. :)

That's a good point. It could be the author of the manifesto thought merit was pure coding ability and others might define it as the ability to work well in a team to achieve a col…