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Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley

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Re: Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley

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Post by gvand »

jvagner wrote: post #50
gvand wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Read the article and ask yourself which one of the things described would seem out of place in one of those sad gossip magazines targeting low-income housewives. E.g. water mixed with Himalayan salt and lemon in the morning. And since I'm mentioning it, Himalayan salt is not better than normal salt. It could also contain more contaminants and it has no iodine (that could not be desirable in some countries).

You can call it bullshit if you want, but when you drink that combination, you're gonna be in the bathroom almost immediately emptying out. I speak from personal experience...

Could be, especially depending on how much salt you ingest.

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Post by sseagull »

CharlesColeman wrote: post #42
gojomo wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This sounds like a delusional person who happens to be an 'engineer', rather than someone who who is 1st & foremost, or archetypally, an engineer.

Its so common for engineers to have excessive confidence in their opinions about subjects far beyond their areas of competence that there's a term for it: engineer's disease (or engineer's syndrome).

It is something I have noticed, too. Engineers seem more likely to trot out their degrees and claim expertise in matters outside of engineering.

(this does seem to apply to "software engineers", too. But maybe I shouldn't elaborate).

OTOH, most of my fellow scientists are pretty chill and readily admit the boundaries of their knowledge.

See also: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Engineers_and_woo

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Post by sxates »

komali2 wrote: post #43

> “It’s such a strange service — who wants to be in the cold? You need to hear about it from someone you trust,” said Michael Garrett, the head of Reboot, a spa that offers cryotherapy around the Bay Area. (Cryotherapy is when you make yourself get cold.) Love the author's snark. >He said the cold therapy gives him a high, as blood rushes to his head and chest, and he believes practitioners are addicted. “I’m addicte…

If you live in the Bay Area, I think a quick dip in the ocean will do similar things for free.

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Post by Jtsummers »

hammock wrote: post #51

Is Jack Dorsey really "tech's biggest manfluencer"? He didn't invent [ed: start a trend in pop culture] keto, cold showers, intermittent fasting, or meditation. There have been (modern, trend-driven) communities around each of these for 10+ years. And there are loads of people who ALL of these together, just like Jack. I wouldn't be surprised if Dorsey is only 2 degrees removed from Joe Rogan, for example. And in bet…

An influencer doesn't invent, they promote. They adopt (or appear to adopt) some item, practice, or philosophy and promote it to others (not necessarily explicitly, perhaps just by juxtaposing it with themselves or other artifacts).

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Post by rubicon33 »

Everyone is looking for a shortcut (even billionaires)

When it comes to health, there isn't one. The solutions aren't glamorous, or easy, nor do they guarantee you'll live to 100.

In general, eat less. Whether it's 1 meal a day, or 20, the amount of food you consume now is probably more than you need. When you do eat, eat more vegetables. Eat less meat. Eat healthy fats, less saturated, and trans fats.

Exercise, sometimes vigorously (as age permits).

Sleep well.

That's it. Lemon salt water and infrared bulbs aren't going to move the needle.

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Post by fwip »

mc32 wrote: post #5

It’s sad how people cargo cult imitate the people who inspire them to such a degree it becomes disconnected and degenerate. At least with Steve Jobs there was a certain distance to the admiration. (They admired the accomplishments, rather than his persona —maybe it helped that he was “mercurial” and gruff), but with smooth talkers like Dorsey or Paltrow who look so wholesome, much reason is thrown out the window. At…

I'm sorry, but Jack Dorsey doesn't look wholesome. True story, I saw a drunk homeless guy at my bus stop this morning and was like "wait, I recognize him..." for about 30 seconds before I realized I was thinking of Jack.

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Post by gipp »

Jerry2 wrote: post #31

Last time I visited my parents I noticed that my mom had Gwyneth Paltrow's cookbook on her shelf. She mentioned how pretentious and crazy it was. I flipped through it and I couldn't identify most of the ingredients. Yahoo News calculated it would cost you $300/day to feed your family from her cookbook: https://web.archive.org/web/20130719034903/http://shine.yaho... And speaking of Dorsey, this is another crazy articl…

While I hate to defend any of paltrow's nonsense, the numbers in that article are bullshit, unless you're using a full can of olive oil spray for an omelet or 3 pounds of flour for a couple muffins.

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Post by hammock »

jonny_eh wrote: post #67
hammock wrote: post #51

Is Jack Dorsey really "tech's biggest manfluencer"? He didn't invent [ed: start a trend in pop culture] keto, cold showers, intermittent fasting, or meditation. There have been (modern, trend-driven) communities around each of these for 10+ years. And there are loads of people who ALL of these together, just like Jack. I wouldn't be surprised if Dorsey is only 2 degrees removed from Joe Rogan, for example. And in bet…

Influencing isn't about inventing, it's about… influencing.

Point taken, I just don't know anyone who does what they do because of Jack (anecdote of one). They do it because of the same people who probably influenced Jack.

Re-reading my comment I'm also using "invent" colloquially to mean, "start a pop culture trend" - not literally.

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