21–30 of 41 posts
I find it kind of funny that the last time a partial member list leaked (a few years ago) it was because they tried to invite Andrew Gelman and he mocked it on his blog: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2022/02/16/hey-i-got-... I guess he didn't get invited again.
The posted attendee list has a top 5 HN user present.
"off the record" ...I think an "on the record" society makes more sense. People wear smart glasses, everything recorded, transcribed and fed into an LLM. People can have a mute button, but generally discouraged. Suitable in the age of prediction markets, high definition streaming and fast software development. Humans can be verified at the door.
I am somewhat disappointed in Sam Harris being on the list. I do not agree with him on every topic, but I did enjoy some of his views back when he was more about philosophy than politics. I do find Ted Cruz being involved to be absolutely hilarious though.
People seem to be okay with this.
Their website was just a react SPA with the entire member list in the JS bundle. What a stupid mistake to make for these tech "geniuses".
the way this got leaked is so embarrassingly stupid. Their website was just a react SPA with the entire member list in the JS bundle. What a stupid mistake to make for these tech "geniuses".
More just connecting people from non-related sides. Some names I recognize:
Preet Bhara,
Sam Harris,
Tyler Cohen,
Kaja Kallas (VP European Comission),
Elon Musk,
Jared Kushner,
Steven Pinker,
Lawrence Summers (always Larry)
Garry Kasparov,
Ezra Klein,
Jonathan Haidt,
Joseph Gordon Levitt (actor)That participation list is not especially selective, politically aligned or sinister. Many are there because they are famous or influential in politics, business, journalism etc. More just connecting people from non-related sides. Some names I recognize: Preet Bhara, Sam Harris, Tyler Cohen, Kaja Kallas (VP European Comission), Elon Musk, Jared Kushner, Steven Pinker, Lawrence Summers (always Larry) Garry Kasparov, E…