High praise. When one gains the respect of (or criticism from) those whose opinion one has deep respect for, what else matters on social media?

@ScottAdamsSays Heh. Yet more evidence of

@anash_x @balajis Always at the beginning.

@r0b0t_sp1der @balajis Can you begin to imagine what London streets were like in the 1700s? Yet that was a society *also* in the process of becoming a beacon of the Enlightenment.

@rhetgib @balajis Ah *that* movement on “the continent” was often opposed to the Enlightenment and yes: something about it ended then. But that’s not *The* Enlightenment to which I am referring. Ref: 1. 2. Excerpt:

@rhetgib @balajis Common misconception. It began then…but hasn’t ended. So long as we keep correcting errors and making progress fast enough, it won’t.

@StardreamersxYz @simianghost “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Let us pray”. I guess Rand would have been horrified at sentiments which turn her ideas into dogma, and herself into some infallible oracle.

Let’s excuse billions of dollars of waste because if we cannot do something about the trillions, it’s not worth doing anything? The OP misunderstands the cultural effect, whatever the amount, it may have on the bureaucracy and citizens’ expectations of what tax is for.

@tomhfh He takes that bit back, to be fair. The broader, deeper point is so important, viewers shouldn't be distracted by that slip up. Worth watching.

@ScottAdamsSays In their second term, the 22nd amendment takes care of that for Presidents, right? In theory, anyway.

@Roched_ The government is not exactly...welcoming here. But it seems the rest of the West is beginning to learn that, sadly:

@heydyvex @Philoniko I was really thinking more along the lines of: automated translation into ~any language using my own voice as an audio file. I’ve seen it done (for a cost).

@MMBeckerman @elonmusk Faster! 🚀📈🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒🌏

@Xploringhuman @jack I’ve spent a lot of time looking into (eg) Sapir and Whorf (for example) and Wittgenstein. I just don’t buy the premise. Language has real power. But it’s just one aspect of how our minds conjure and comprehend reality to themselves.

@MMBeckerman @elonmusk If only it were “quickly exploding”. In fact our ability to sustain more people is outpacing the rate of increase in population. Fewer starve, more are wealthier and healthier. If anything: