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A Nobel-Winning Economist Goes to Burning Man

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Re: A Nobel-Winning Economist Goes to Burning Man

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Post by kgwgk »

H8crilA wrote: post #8
kgwgk wrote: post #5

“It is not something I think about a lot, for fairly obvious reasons, but I would like to believe that, if I won a Nobel Prize, I would have enough self-control never to mention it to anyone. Not because I am not desperate for approval and prestige! Certainly, absolutely, I would want everyone I ever met to know that I had won a Nobel Prize. I just mean that it would be so much more satisfying (for me) if they found…

From my experience it is usually not so easy to tell that someone is wealthy/influential, not least because of the unusual clothing often including face masks. Except for models which may be wearing incredibly detailed and beautiful costumes that just amplify their hotness. For example - this year Ray Dalio was on Burning Man, whom I admire a lot, and I have no idea if I bumped into him or not by accident (probably n…

> this year Ray Dalio was on Burning Man, ..., and I have no idea if I bumped into him or not by accident

Do every generic Caucasian old man dress like this there? https://mobile.twitter.com/RayDalio/status/11685714137264087...

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Post by freewilly1040 »

kgwgk wrote: post #11
H8crilA wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From my experience it is usually not so easy to tell that someone is wealthy/influential, not least because of the unusual clothing often including face masks. Except for models which may be wearing incredibly detailed and beautiful costumes that just amplify their hotness. For example - this year Ray Dalio was on Burning Man, whom I admire a lot, and I have no idea if I bumped into him or not by accident (probably n…

> this year Ray Dalio was on Burning Man, ..., and I have no idea if I bumped into him or not by accident Do every generic Caucasian old man dress like this there? https://mobile.twitter.com/RayDalio/status/11685714137264087...

That outfit is very ordinary at Burning Man

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Post by kinkrtyavimoodh »

What bizarre style of writing, as if Burning Man is some thoroughly alien concept and is being described as seen by the curious eyes of an awestruck anthropologist.

Yes, it's believable that this professor found something of interest in the way Burning Man organizes itself but did we real need paragraphs upon paragraphs of this woo-woo style writing?

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Post by paxys »

tim333 wrote: post #3

The idea that you should provide a basic layout and some support and then trust the market is interesting. I wonder if people will try it on a real city.

Burning Man is at best analogous to a gated community than a city. Most cities would have a ton of problems magically disappear if they could pick and choose who got to stay and imposed a high "entry fee" regardless of people's incomes.

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Post by chachachoney »

Another reason to increase nytimes' Gell-Mann amnesia score.

The word "placement" isn't found once in the article, nor is there any mention of the actual significant and broad machinations that the org goes through to plan the city every year.

However, the word "Nobel" appears nearly a dozen times.

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Post by kinkrtyavimoodh »

chachachoney wrote: post #18

Another reason to increase nytimes' Gell-Mann amnesia score. The word "placement" isn't found once in the article, nor is there any mention of the actual significant and broad machinations that the org goes through to plan the city every year. However, the word "Nobel" appears nearly a dozen times.

NYT has become absolutely terrible about these things. Everything is written in a subtle propaganda style writing.

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Post by winchling »

kgwgk wrote: post #5

“It is not something I think about a lot, for fairly obvious reasons, but I would like to believe that, if I won a Nobel Prize, I would have enough self-control never to mention it to anyone. Not because I am not desperate for approval and prestige! Certainly, absolutely, I would want everyone I ever met to know that I had won a Nobel Prize. I just mean that it would be so much more satisfying (for me) if they found…

This misses that it might be a rarified form of egotism to privately reject great prizes such as Nobels, knighthoods, and Oscars in the knowledge that this voluntary refusal will probably become public knowledge, sooner or later.
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