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Distance is the point.

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@MariaMonicaR @docrodwong @paulg i have no idea about the drug. i just like the movie

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@Travisagainst @docrodwong @paulg

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@hard_boiledbabe I can't think of an Archie story that would be profound enough. Maybe there's more to this jughead character than meets the eye.

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At one time in history there were rabid shills for the Roman Empire, just as there were for every other city-state, country and civilization. They all died out, just as the shills did. So too will America. So too will this iteration of China.

I'll never understand the life energy people put into this nation-state patriotism; the type that encourages people to talk about "my country" - you mean the one you were accidentally by no effort of your own born into?

Anyways, @balajis is talking about reality. For anyone that has spent real time in Asia, you know the score. It is what it is, and if you're motivated by self or family actualization, then you have to seriously consider where to locate based on factors such as safety, quality of life, economic vitality and so on. On these measures, it's hard not hard to read the tea leaves on which locations are going which way.

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@SoMammoth He to make this song of the summer?

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This was a great one. Fascinating discussion revisiting @balajis Network State concept in light of prospective breakdown of the nation state's capacity. Actually, the strain on the nation state is already showing up in many places - look at the rise of Alberta's successionist movement as a canary. One could argue Canada's inability to manage its economy, security, borders etc. is directly contributing to the rise of the movement.

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@ericnuttall I would love to have you discuss the market with @DoombergT - respect you both, so can't make heads or tails about what is actually happening. How can two experts have such divergent positions on whether or not the world has enough oil?

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@packyM @Apocryphal_Book Maybe our world was vibe coded by a teenager in an advanced civilisation and then forgotten about like one of my half baked and abandoned @Replit projects. The odds are not zero and it would explain a lot.

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I am honestly surprised by your take on this. I listen to both you and Demetri and I walked away with a totally different impression. His views on AI and healthcare probably would have been much more interesting than this conversation. His cynicism seemed like a gimmick. One moment he is saying get ready for blood on the streets, and the next he says the worst thing will be lone wolves shooting transformers with a rifle - and by the way, move to NYC, there's money there! His comments on 'Southeast Asia', as if that's a homogenous region, come off as barely surface level analysis of the BPO challenges, which are really just in one country. It was difficult to take seriously any of the ideas around ethics and judgement - one more of those gut feelings! Anyways, I'm sure he'd be an interesting neighbour at an airport bar, but I'm not sure I'd tune in for a repeat appearance.

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@kofinas @pineconemacro I enjoyed it and thought it was fairly balanced. I didn't think it was particularly anti-Trump other than pointing out the war has not gone exactly according to plan - is anyone even arguing that at this point?

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@IAmLilRico Field, British Columbia.

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@cameron

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@AMK_Mapping_ worst ceasefire ever

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@bensig Why didn’t you call it MultiPass?

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@octal

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@alifarhat79

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@claudeai What is the point of enabling bypass permissions when it still continually asks me to approve things? The point is for me to walk away and just have Claude build things.

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The part about the fireman watching helplessly as the apartment burns down was moving - but the analogy would only hold in this case if the fireman was also the arsonist. That more or less captures the overall discussion; that while being clear eyed about the consequences, he was unable to connect the dots back to how we got here.

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@RichardDias_CFA you don't agree the Singapore government takes public policy seriously?

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You may not agree with the approach to each public policy challenge, but at the very least you can see serious deliberation goes into thinking about the consequences. As a fan of show, sharing in case you'd like to compare and contrast with another government... @RichardDias_CFA @SteveSaretsky @IceCapGlobal
https://t.co/fzUatIa7O2