Greg

Human. In search of words. Heretic. Likes tacos.

[Greg @GregBecerra]

"The veil between this world and the next is so thin. One breath separates them.” — Sylvia Plath

[Greg @GregBecerra]

@MicahBeckwith @grok answer my previous query.

[Greg @GregBecerra]

I support all things Indiana. Interesting story, and great folklore add. Not the best origin story by a long shot. Harry Hosier (correct spelling) was very real and interesting, yet Indiana didn't exist when he was in the area. It's a reach to tie him to the name.

I believe the leading origin story theory comes from the hill-country etymology traced by historian Jacob Piatt Dunn in the early 1900s.

@grok confirm my statement and what is the leading Indiana Hoosiers origin story?

Also list the top 5-10 popular alt origin stories.

[Greg @GregBecerra]

@Sofia50020Sofia

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@AutismCapital Could be hitting the pixie powder again.

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@TheCinesthetic Incorrect. More like 10 times.

[Greg @GregBecerra]

Go get a MacGuffin. Kill some baddies along the way. Chicks in tights. Side quest driving a car/tank/jet ski/whatever gets from A to C. Reach enlightenment to find the MacGuffin. Realize you never needed it. Ride off into the sunset with one or more of the chicks in tights. The end.

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@SemiAnalysis_

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@MikeBinderjokes Just saw it. Sad. Sorta long slow burn. Ending felt very French new wave. Truffaut, but in the sense it stuck in my head so has the freeze frame sensibility without an actual freeze frame. It had to end that way. Good cinephile flick. Thanks for the recommendation!

[Greg @GregBecerra]

Climate change vs AI. Evolution of a grift.

[Greg @GregBecerra]

In terms of making money with a lot of grift, yeah. The grift looks different though and there's some actual benefits and gain to be had. Just not what they try to sell.

Meta and Alphabet set up the A/B class of stocks. Effectively gaining public funding with low governance risk. Insiders keep their B class 10x votes per share stock while investors get 1x vote per share. If you want to keep control, keep it private.

Nasdaq changed the rules so SpaceEx doesn't have listing delays resulting in forced buyin by indexed funds (think 401Ks, IRAs, etc, you know, middle class retirement), small float requirements (SpaceX float is 4-5%), and dropping the 180 day selloff ban for a tiered system that feels like a pump and dump waiting to happen.

At least SpaceX has good long term value. What happens when the overvalued and over extended OpenAI and Anthropic go for IPO within these new rules framework?

Considering all the incestuous B2B investment, this will be perhaps the largest transfer of passive/retirement capital into concentrated insider control in modern markets?

[Greg @GregBecerra]

In terms of making money with a lot of grift, yeah. The grift looks different though and there's some actual benefits and gain to be had. Just not what they try to sell.

Meta and Alphabet set up the A/B class of stocks. Effectively gaining public funding with low governance risk. Insiders keep their B class 10x votes per share stock while investors get 1x vote per share. If you want to keep control, keep it private.

Nasdaq changed the rules so SpaceEx doesn't have listing delays resulting in forced buyin by indexed funds (think 401Ks, IRAs, etc, you know, middle class retirement), small float requirements (SpaceX float is 4-5%), and dropping the 180 day selloff ban for a tiered system that feels like a pump and dump waiting to happen.

At least SpaceX has good long term value. What happens when the overvalued and over extended OpenAI and Anthropic go for IPO within these new rules framework?

Considering all the incestuous B2B investment, this will be perhaps the largest transfer of passive/retirement capital into concentrated insider control in modern markets?

[Greg @GregBecerra]

On the AI marketing grift:

[Greg @GregBecerra]

This is a result of Jack Clark, then at OpenAI, now at Anthropic. He actively uses the Barnum/Forer Effect (1948) in marketing.

He's the main one behind the narrative grifts: too dangerous, regulatory doomerism to price out competition, self improving ai (lol), job replacement, blackmail, etc.

[Greg @GregBecerra]

This is a result of Jack Clark, then at OpenAI, now at Anthropic. He actively uses the Barnum/Forer Effect (1948) in marketing.

He's the main one behind the narrative grifts: too dangerous, regulatory doomerism to price out competition, self improving ai (lol), job replacement, blackmail, etc.

[Greg @GregBecerra]

25 June 1956 - 8 June 2018

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Kitchen Confidential:
Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain
22 May 2000

"Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride."

"Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit."

"You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever."

#AnthonyBourdain

[Mall Bangers @MallBangers]

The world lost Anthony Bourdain 8 years ago today. I love this quote from him.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Remembering Anthony Bourdain, who passed away 8 years ago today.

🕊️

[TheMicahBeckwith @MicahBeckwith]

Indiana has long been known as the Crossroads of America, a place where hard work, faith, freedom, and opportunity meet.

But we’re also proud to be the Hoosier State, a name which traces back to the great Harry Hoosier, an influential 18th-century freed black slave and evangelist whose powerful preaching helped spark revival across the frontier. So impactful was his ministry that his name became synonymous with the people of Indiana.

Whether the roads that cross our state or the values that unite our people, Indiana has always been a place where character matters.

From the Crossroads of America to the home of the Hoosiers, our state’s story is one of faith, grit, and determination. And the best chapters are still being written.

God bless Indiana… the Crossroads of America!
#HoosierState #CrossroadsOfAmerica #Indiana

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@PeaceAndSoul2 @Indy_reporter_ Nobody knows. It's a media mystery.

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@Rainmaker1973 Instinct

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@TheStingisBack You overlooked him running like a little girl.

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@EndWokeness I'm confused at so many levels.