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Can regulators and crypto ever get along?*
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Vinay
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Vinay
@leashless
Ran @Ethereum launch. CEO @Mattereum Forbes bit.ly/3cPdZCw myhopeforthe.world Book thefutureofstuff.store radical ESG bit.ly/3CodRrd
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Joined June 2009
- This is kinda the usual IQ bullshit. Go to some MENSA meetings. You’ll have IQ130 brick layers and IQ150 romance novel editors. A *tiny fraction* of high IQ people do anything interesting. IQ is one of perhaps five capabilities required to do interesting work. Mostly bullshit.As someone who has studied systems, AI, intelligence, and a slew of other things, what most people don't get is just how big of a difference just 10 IQ points makes. An IQ of 110 means that you can basically succeed at most jobs and have a decently productive life. This is your
- “open loops” come in 3 types 1) to be banished to a todo list or delegated 2) avoidance issues 3) loops which must _remain open for years or decades_ like mathematical research Uncertainty is psychologically expensive: this is the price of discovery. Certainty is sterile.
- Replying to @leashlessHere are some of the things IQ doesn’t really capture: * an instinct and curiosity for the right kind of problem * not getting side tracked by the history of nutmeg * maintaining relationships to get access to network intelligence * endurance on the task until it’s done
- It's 50C in India today. Half way between boiling and freezing. The air feels like hot tapwater. People are dying in droves, most of them uncounted. In America it is too wet to plant corn over huge areas. The warnings are becoming reality. Nobody knows how to live in this world.
- I think I finally understand. Everybody is lying, all the time. Except the nerds, who are *really bad at lying*. This incapacity makes the nerds "socially awkward" and leads them to build small enclaves (like "science" or "tech") where people mostly don't lie, so machines work.
- So 90% of the crap in the global economy is utterly useless: nobody needs 162 varieties of barbie dolls, or 68 brands of shitty laptops. Standardize: a few models, done well, durable, for everything. Good for climate, good for covid. Modular, resilient, lean. We can restructure.
- The younger generation *suck* at explaining the blockchain. No wonder there's so much FUD in the space right now - I'm looking at you @smdiehl Let me explain what's going on, but this time we're going to leave the really important parts of the picture *in* the frame. A thread:
- Pathological risk blindness will be the end of us. * covid is mass-crippling people * H5N1 has irrevocably contaminated the US food system * climate change is "entering a new phase" as Nature stops absorbing our carbon output, accelerating warming * is AI waking up? now what?
- Activists just don't get it. The shit has *completely* hit the fan, politically speaking. Just wreckage. Technology is eating away at the fabric of society at an unbelievable rate. Future shock is here. And you think *politicians* are going to fix this? Or consumer choice? Ya
- Replying to @leashlessIt probably helps if I define it: here is my best short summary. 1) The human race is currently running the world like a death camp for poor humans, and particularly for the other species we farm or drive into extinction. 2) Fixing this situation is possible, but requires will.
- Replying to @christineistJudge people by how they treat staff like waiters and Uber drivers, not by how their boss talks about them. Real experts sound uncertain. Mostly you hire them to deal with uncertainty. “Doers” ignore uncertainty and the failures that a result are written off or buried. Survivor
- Meditation: if you're any good at it, it will *reliably* fuck you up for _years_ Everybody has an emotional backlog. You go through it. If you stop, you wind up surrounded by that backlog with no way to get rid of it. "Best not to start. If you start, best to finish" they say.Meta-analysis: To "know thyself" can hurt your mental health. Self-reflection, centered on the introspection and evaluation of one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in relation to self-concerns, occupies a central place in understanding the dynamics of mental health.
- Genius traits🧵 Hans Eysenck nailed the qualities of brilliant people in his book: Genius: The Natural History Of Creativity (1995) 8 ingredients of genius👇🏻
