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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 username223 »

CharlesColeman wrote: post #4
AimForTheBushes wrote: post #3

Can't read the article without making an account but the first paragraph is a real zinger. >Young men are staggering around, hungry for days. They are throwing themselves into ice baths and cryotherapy pods. There are not enough beds at the silent vegan meditation centers to accommodate them. They need more near-infrared bulbs.

The NYT paywall is far more porous than the WSJ one (you might just need to browse incognito), but here's a bypass anyway: http://archive.is/HOP4M

> The NYT paywall is far more porous than the WSJ one (you might just need to browse incognito)

They started doing something recently that occasionally throws up a popover in incognito mode, so that might not help. I haven't bothered to look into how it works, but clearing cookies or disabling JavaScript still seems to reliably get around the paywall.

I really should subscribe, though, since they do a lot of good reporting, and it would be great if more online publications became less dependent upon ads.

Re: Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley

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Post by dwighttk »

CptJamesCook wrote: post #15
jonny_eh wrote: post #2

Shows that engineers in Silicon Valley aren't any more skeptical than Hollywood. We may consider ourselves smarter, but we're just as susceptible to bullshit as anyone.

What does Jack do that you consider to be bullshit?

near infrared bulbs for cellular regeneration

Re: Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley

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Post by duxup »

0xfeba wrote: post #6

Well, scratch Twitter off the list of places I'd work. What bizarre behaviour.

Humans are weird.

Steve Jobs had some weirdness / bad choices.

I still wouldn't mind working for them. It's not like you have to do those things or are endorsing them by working there.

Weird folks come up with some good ideas sometimes.

I think of myself as very boring and normal, I'm not coming up with great ideas...

Re: Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley

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Post by gvand »

CptJamesCook wrote: post #15
jonny_eh wrote: post #2

Shows that engineers in Silicon Valley aren't any more skeptical than Hollywood. We may consider ourselves smarter, but we're just as susceptible to bullshit as anyone.

What does Jack do that you consider to be bullshit?

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).

Re: Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley

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Post by [deleted] »

bazooka_penguin wrote: post #12
jonny_eh wrote: post #2

Shows that engineers in Silicon Valley aren't any more skeptical than Hollywood. We may consider ourselves smarter, but we're just as susceptible to bullshit as anyone.

Americans, especially young men, are looking for a leader. We see similar phenomena with politicians and social figures like Joe Rogan or Jordan Peterson, and Musk as mentioned. It's less about the bs and more about the leader, and maybe its just due to visibility but guys definitely tend to congregate around men with strong images or strict rules for living. I have to wonder what their home lives looked like.

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Re: Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley

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Post by duxup »

farquaad wrote: post #18

Comparing Jack Dorsey to Gwyneth Paltrow is unfair because she made money by recommending Goop products. Dorsey, on the other hand, is being open about his lifestyle because people ask him about it.

I'm not sure "because people ask him about it" is a very clear line here or means much.

People might ask Paltrow too...

Re: Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley

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Post by filoleg »

cnahr wrote: post #19
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cool, you also just described Gwyenth Paltrow.

Okay, now tell me what’s wrong about not being fat and diabetic. Note I certainly don’t endorse veganism where you’re missing out on essential fats and proteins.

There are many many ways to not be fat and/or diabetic, and some of them are more wrong and ridiculous than others.

Re: Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley

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Post by gojomo »

mieseratte wrote: post #13
jonny_eh wrote: post #2

Shows that engineers in Silicon Valley aren't any more skeptical than Hollywood. We may consider ourselves smarter, but we're just as susceptible to bullshit as anyone.

I'd had an engineer recently fracture his foot running in a race. He took a day off, went to a doctor and was told he need to wear a boot, stay off his foot for a while, etc. He proceeds to come into the office, proudly informing everyone how he knows better than the doctor, and that he only needs to rub peppermint oil and wear a compression sock. All while hobbling around the office, clearly in pain. Everyone pleade…

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

Re: Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

cnahr wrote: post #19
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cool, you also just described Gwyenth Paltrow.

Okay, now tell me what’s wrong about not being fat and diabetic. Note I certainly don’t endorse veganism where you’re missing out on essential fats and proteins.

You just said that anyone who isn't fat or diabetic has a lifestyle that is automatically better than someone who does. That's not the case.
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