RealGregCollins

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We used to have revivals, now we have The Current Thing. Both are mimetic spasms.

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@newstart_2024 Scott is confusing correlation with causation. Women don’t turn men into high performers by marrying them — they selectively choose men who are already showing strong signs of being high performers for relationships (esp. for marriage).

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@ZubyMusic What's really interesting is what it reveals about how issues are resolved on the left. There's actually no debate, the consensus just moves on and then everyone adjusts accordingly. Does anyone remember a debate about pronouns? What other issues are like this?

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@michaelmalice Michael Malice is the Mark Twain of X

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@beffjezos Peter Thiel vs. Gawker

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@vasuman How did Zuck spend the equivalent of Canada's GDP on it and end up with a stale version of Fortnite?

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@pmarca We were all hoping it would turn into a Norm MacDonald sketch.
https://t.co/2iYWf8ZFd3

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Catastrophizing is justified in this case because we’re watching the frog slowly boil in real time. Each incremental increase in temperature doesn’t justify a freak-out, but the total increase in temperature does justify it.

Asking the question “what’s the evidence and where’s the data that shows any indication that WA is about to experience a mass exodus to higher-cost California cities” is an incorrect and illogical frame. That’s the equivalent of asking “we don’t know if incentives work or not.” Someone in HR generally wouldn’t say “we lowered Bob’s salary last week but he hasn’t quit yet so I don’t see what you’re worried about.” When it comes to cities and states, by the time the evidence is in, it’s actually too late to do anything about it.

My greatest concern is that WA state has reached a progressive event horizon. A non-zero percent of new government spending (that ends up in public-sector union and non-profit coffers) goes right back into electing more progressives, who in turn advocate for more government spending. Once this negative feedback loop starts, it’s very hard to stop.

In addition, as each new progressive policy is implemented at the state and city level and the business climate deteriorates, the counter-intuitive effect is that progressives are MORE likely to be elected. This is because voters who are alienated by the new progressive policies leave but those who are excited by them pour in. The remaining voters are progressives who love performative acts that either accomplish nothing or make the situation steadily worse (Seattle mayor’s new priority is a massive levy for….libraries). We are watching the most extreme version of this occur in Portland.

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@chasedownleads @archi_tradition Chase, they have booze, cigarettes and vapes in German vending machines. How are you not a German citizen yet???

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@fuulu92 @antoniogm Interesting! I just paid it without asking any questions.

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@bannan_ken @antoniogm Wait—in Switzerland aren’t you always within 700m of a tunnel entrance???

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@eurofounder Every post is a banger. How do you do it???

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@mttjon @antoniogm Reasonable perspective. ✅

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@bannan_ken @antoniogm I recommend renting an underpowered car in Switzerland. Otherwise you'll be nagged relentlessly by speed-warning chimes.

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@bannan_ken @antoniogm Ugh. My speeding ticket was from a speed camera. The processing fee from the rental car agency was the same as the ticket if I remember correctly (50 CHF for each)

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@mttjon @antoniogm Switzerland is better provided you have some serious cash and don’t mind the super-nit-picky rules.

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@antoniogm Yes. I didn’t know that until I was there. An official threatening note that said next time it would be confiscated.

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@PNW_working_mom What’s even more disappointing than the ice cream or cheese it actually going to the Tillamook factory in Oregon. Somehow I thought it would be on a green hill with a red barn, windmill and a happy cow in front. Instead it’s a modern, soulless mega-factory.