It's shocking to me no one is talking about how Claude Fable is essentially a confirmation of the death of intellectual capital, and that it's happening now. Not 10 years from now, not 5 years from now, but literally right now. We used to romanticize stories of people born into lower socioeconomic conditions (say in the third world) and rising out of it through their intellect. That story, that ladder of social mobility, is completely dead now.
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#22Wealth concentration beyond a point which would have resulted in widespread revolution 150 years ago, but that is now being tolerated because we've grown accustomed to a level of comfort we don't want to risk losing.
If we've got a higher level of comfort, why does it matter?
Comfort isn't a single number, nor is it the only variable.
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#23The infinite growth of capitalism is bringing us to the edge of climate collapse, a real existential danger and nobody seems to care
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#24The infinite growth of capitalism is bringing us to the edge of climate collapse, a real existential danger and nobody seems to care
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#25The infinite growth of capitalism is bringing us to the edge of climate collapse, a real existential danger and nobody seems to care
Money talks on this one. The consumer has to make the choice to go without or push for regulation of exploitative corporate practices.
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#26It's shocking to me no one is talking about how Claude Fable is essentially a confirmation of the death of intellectual capital, and that it's happening now. Not 10 years from now, not 5 years from now, but literally right now. We used to romanticize stories of people born into lower socioeconomic conditions (say in the third world) and rising out of it through their intellect. That story, that ladder of social mobil…
If it was that good SpaceX ipo would have died as Fable would design a one shot super duper rocket…
A lot is hype
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#27Wealth concentration beyond a point which would have resulted in widespread revolution 150 years ago, but that is now being tolerated because we've grown accustomed to a level of comfort we don't want to risk losing.
Someone else being rich doesn't make you poor.
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#28I will be on the job market soon
I will change decade this year
I still have not found my passion nor encountered the big project if my life. I am interested by too many things and have too little agency or perseverance.
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#30Performative work. People doing things because other people do or because “that’s the way it’s done”, even when that approach is clearly fucking wrong.