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And a great deal of the talking shops/podcasts/keynotes/nonprofits around AI existential risk are all part of this same play. They receive funding from the large AI companies so th…

If, after all these years, Crypto has not become a stable store of value that can replace a fiat currency and let you buy your groceries with it, why do we suddenly 'need it' to do…

You are missing the mass destruction of assets of the wealthy in WWII and the increase in bargaining power of labour in the post-war years (perhaps driven by loss of life/injury fo…

Unfortunately, they will be replaced with those sympathetic to the nerd reich takeover and thus ultimately reduce friction and for those in charge looking to wield the wrecking bal…

'We' being techno-utopian, libertarian startup types I guess. Which isn't that unfair on this site.

I've often wondered why HN so often seems to prefer to prefer to upvote some tangential rabbit hole rather than discuss the topic in the article itself.

Surely the same thing could be said about picking up a book or a newspaper first thing in the morning?

“Given that 100% tax compliance at the highest rates would not solve any high tax nation’s budget holes“ Can I ask where this claim originated from please?

"tax policies subsidize heavier vehicles" Interesting post. Can I ask you/somebody to expand a bit on the quote above please?

There are plenty of legitimate points made in the article. It also seems uncontroversial at this point to claim that companies are struggling to justify the expenses and inflated s…

Very helpful, thanks for sharing the link.

What you say makes sense for the kind of business that wants to scale quickly to try and build a moat and dominate a given market (that is, before it frequently goes downhill once …

Do you mean VCs work undermine employee-owned businesses in some way? Why would they bother if we're talking about businesses servicing tiny niches?

It seems odd to me that employee ownership is not more commonplace in the global tech world. Especially for companies that serve a small niche with a useful product that won't nece…

I found this guy's take on the AI safety scene to be quite insightful. In summary, he feels the focus on sci-fi type existential risk to be a deliberate distraction from the AI ind…

Ryan Holiday is one of the best examples of the type that seeks to turn these ideas into a kind of prosperity gospel for grindset bros. He has a history of being a BS merchant [1]:…

100%

Finally. For many years, Lisbon and Porto have been rendered totally unaffordable for average local residents by rampant Airbnb fuelled property speculation and general overtourism…

"But many of the structural pressures that sociologists have long identified shape commercial and state sourced news stories just don't apply to independent journalists, who don't …

Cutesy corporate communication in general is just cringe.

Big law (at least outside of the US, in the UK/EU) is very much pyramid shaped. Typically the model is based on getting the maximum number of chargeable hours from the minimum numb…