@EconTalker
Russ, the conflict did not start on October 7. And Hamas was supported by the Israeli government to prevent the Two State. To make this all about Hamas is being obtuse, when theres a plethora of innocent civilians dying on the other side in the name of defeating Hamas
@coredump27
@nntaleb
@Snowden
Question is WHY did Snowden jump so hastily into becoming the judge of the situation, which he admits to have not looked *deeply* into? Guy with 4 million followers going after 700k?
@KitKlarenberg
Honestly any director or actor who defended polanski is highly suspect. Its crazy how that petition got so much favor from these celebrities 🤦
As a child, my father always told me that westerners struggle to view China from a non-western lens. It is a mistake to think in terms of western concepts, institutions when it comes to China. They are doing something completely their own thing.
This 👇 is fascinating and validates the fact that contrary to popular belief, China is actually one of the most decentralized countries in the world. And, as this shows, even more so under Xi.
Another amazing figure to illustrate this: local governments in China (provinces,
Beware of directionless smart people, they are too potent for their own good. Their words become dark forces that mislead you, because they have already made themselves the top of the hierarchy in their own minds. Pride is the devil
These trauma surgeons thought they’d seen the worst of the worst. But nothing they’d experienced prepared them for the horrors they found in Gaza, as civilians and children suffer under Israel’s bombing campaign.
Two weeks inside a Gaza hospital👇
This guy runs a boys club called Guild of Greats where you pay an annual membership to be a real man and meet up with other real men to talk about being real men. Always the mano-losers who like to mock the OGs, boys who like to play and teach dress up.
Dear enemies,The Black Swan is now the most influential (that is, discussed/mentioned) 21st C book.
While almost all books have a half-life between 2 and 6 months, it does not appear to have a half-life.
#Lindy
[Same with other 4 books in the Incerto. Graph is US only]
Gerontophrasty
Everyday I grow more and more sick of gym culture. The gym is not church, you will not find salvation there, these influencers and IG's are making money off this. As
@nntaleb
said, fitness freaks are heavily overcompensating for something.
Taleb has nothing to gain from attacking bitcoin, bitdiots have everything to gain. Let it be known that people who joined in on the smear against Taleb will always be remembered as self-serving snakes, especially the ones who call themselves his "friend".
I didn't want to comment on Taleb's paper because of the friendship I have with him (that I don't know if it is reciprocal).
But I must honor truth and point out a couple of fatal flaws in his argument that the
#bitcoin
price must be 0.
Below his technical supplement.
@elektronenjager
@nntaleb
He had his own songs taken down in protest, his stance was symmetrical.
Also Rogan has had his own podcast episodes taken down before (~40)...
Talebs quote "Only losers look back" comes to mind. Static-thinking begets illusory "peak" from the past as the ideal. Jonathan Pageau called museums graveyards where art goes to die.
Following
@nntaleb
's characterization of France as a museum state, it's probably fair to say that all of these movements aimed at retrieving, petrifying, and protecting some understood past set of differences, cultural or religious discourses, etc., could be characterized as
@nntaleb
Problem of following fitness freak gurus is they are addicted to pushing their body past natural limits. Bad example for normal people just looking to be healthy.
If there was ever an aphorism to describe my grandparents, it is this. If I have any shred of elegance, magnanimity, selflessness, it was from them. Rest in Peace.
WITTGENSTEIN-SOROS MEMORYLESSNESS
Waissman found difficulties working with Wittgenstein because he had "the gift of seeing everything as if for the first time".
Soros claimed he was helped by a bad memory so he couldn't remember past opinions & could not be married to them. (FBR)
Your life expectancy actually decreases for every person in your life who optimizes self improvement, can't walk slowly, and needs a clear/logical explanation for every decision.
TRUE WEALTH
Worriless sleeping
Clear conscience
Reciprocal gratitude
Absence of envy
Muscle strength
Frequent laughs
No meals alone
No gym classes
Good digestive functions
No meeting rooms
Periodic surprises
Foamy coffee
Crusty bread
Ability to nap
Access to a hammock
Netanyahu is proud of blocking the 2-state solution. So it will be a 1-state solution, but not the one he has in mind. The 1-state of Bibi REQUIRES apartheid & ethnic cleansing to prevent a Palestinian majority.
Wrong century, Bibi!
So it will turn out be a Palestinian state.
Corporate people are so trapped in their fishbowl of LinkedIn Articles, perfect smiles, and flashy powerpoints that they are shocked and even triggered when someone who doesnt play those games decides to express their true selves instead of larp as an npc.
The late, great
@jaffer_ali1
had written a book several years ago about the Israeli-Palestine conflict. I remember reading it as a freshman, not knowing anything about the subject. Wonder what he would say today. RIP
1 year later:
1) Read more but library grew faster
2) Still write pretty bad
3) Boxing for almost 1 year, still long way to go
4) Put math on hold, focusing on Accounting
5) Same for languages, not until have my CPA
6) Less caveman, more civilized now
7) Need competence
Trying to:
1) Read more
2) Write better
3) Get punched more
4) Learn some math
5) Mumble a few more languages
6) Live like a civilized caveman
most importantly
7) Have courage to uphold my childhood morals.
Noise:Signal
.
@trishankkarthik
is an incredibly insecure racist who when drunk, reveals his true side to you. He knows I know things about him that could ruin him and yet wants to start shit with me and smear me and my family? Trish, you have no idea.
@EdmondShami
@trishankkarthik
@GuruAnaerobic
If
@trishankkarthik
thinks paying for dinners is "lending money", then he owes Maestro thousands. And after I broke my friendship with him, i purposely kept my mouth shut about it out of respect. But there are MANY reasons I stopped talking to this full blown racist. more to come
What im noticing in my generation of middle class kids goin into tech/finance making 100k+ straight out of college is their spending habits remain proportional to the money they're making. They feel its undeserved, and havent developed the insecurity of never having enough
IRONY
Alaric the Barbarian talks about how young men don't take risk in their lives anymore while posting anonymously on Twitter about being a "Warrior Poet" 😂😂
THE DEATH OF RISK
We live in a world designed for soccer moms and maintained by elderly, risk-avoidant "social optimizers". This suppresses the spirit of young people, and kills humanity and vitality across the board.
Thread (1/)
A day in the life of Gordon Fang:
- 5AM Wake up and turn off alarm. Fall back asleep
-8AM wake up and rush to get to work, skip breakfast (fasting)
-9-12 Work
-12-1230 Eat
-1230-530 work
-530-730 Crash
-730-3AM Scroll twitter
@NeilJacobs
@JoeSquawk
@saifedean
The problem with arguing with Bitdiots is they don't even understand Nassim's arguments, they just keep pointing to the price and the white paper over and over. They don't know they're idiots.
Getting this daily. I am surprised because I was not expecting anything but disparagement.
Note: I am not speaking up because I am free. I am free because I spoke up all my life.
Now I see he is in full flee mode. Hiding replies and blocking people speaking truth. I wonder if
@datadoghq
knows Trishank Karthik gropes waitresses when he is drunk against their consent? we were tossed out of a bar once for it
People like to call out Taleb and say "he's lost his way" or "doesn't understand his own ideas". They rarely mention his track record: He is never wrong about frauds and idiots.
Little by little,
@ggreenwald
and
@Snowden
will go down in history for what they are. I am getting tons of messages by people who CHANGED their minds thanks to my arguments.
The way you approach a long term learning curve should be as idiosyncratic and exciting as you can make it, full of twists and turns, surprises and discoveries. The more you try to follow the "best" or "correct" path others do, the less likely you're going to stick to it.
Unsurprisingly, the real friends I made from Twitter over the past 3 years and *actually* learn from
@digvijoy_c
@golchha_J
@EdmondShami
@JamesMarsh79
are people who have kept themselves humble and constant learners, not cultivated personalities or act like they already know all
Rest in Peace
@normmacdonald
One of my favorite jokes of yours:
Introductory joke at the White House Correspondence Dinner:
"Good god, I hope I don't bomb!"
*Audience silent*
Tom claybourn perfectly captures the Pyrrhonean school of Skeptics. Stop philosophizing and just go live your life.
"Doubt serves life": Why you shouldn't listen to philosophers, by
@TomClaybourn
For the gullible, just think about WHY he has to delete his tweets. Theyve already done their effect. Doesnt help the Palestinians by deleting them now. He's hedging.
SHODDY
Augustine was Algerian, Berber, Southern Mediterranean, etc. He was not Black; not Sub-Saharan.
U.S. Catholics, don't play politics with Algerian & Berber identity in order to expunge U.S. racist history.
Taleb is who people thought this guy was in the Big Short. Turns out hes just a nutcase who got lucky, and this blatantly ignorant accusation is clear evidence of his lack of any real mental clarity.
Rarely do you find a more information-dense, real world applicable course than this. Still my proudest certificate, because the certificate is not why I attended.
#RWRI14