Josiah Platt

Principal at @shapingexp. Product leader. Design Technologist(nerd). Entrepreneur.

[Josiah Platt @josiahplatt]

@flarup @RhysKentish It should be blowing up everywhere.

[Sticker Mule @stickermule]

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[Josiah Platt @josiahplatt]

@CharlesPattson Howdy.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

From an amazing Michael Crichton talk:

“Media carries with it a credibility that is totally undeserved. You have all experienced this, in what I call the Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. (I refer to it by this name because I once
discussed it with Murray Gell-Mann, and by dropping a famous name I imply greater importance to myself, and to the effect, than it would otherwise have.)

Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article
on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the
article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues.
Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.

In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page,
and forget what you know.

That is the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. I'd point out it does not operate in other arenas of life. In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything
they say. In court, there is the legal doctrine of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, which means untruthful in one part, untruthful in all. But when it comes to the media, we believe against
evidence that it is probably worth our time to read other parts of the paper.”

[Dr Disrespect @DrDisrespect]

It’s Christmas… Let’s wake up!!!

[Karl Kohlhase @KarlKohlhase]

O Holy Night
~ arranged for guitar

Merry Christmas, everyone!

[Josiah Platt @josiahplatt]

@RealKidPoker I learned chess at a young age (I’m not a good player but I enjoy it). I was taught that the best learning experiences would come from paying close attention when I lose. I’ve never forgotten that lesson. Looking forward to the video & to next year! 👊

[Josiah Platt @josiahplatt]

@RealKidPoker If 20bbs == 0 but immediately pads the next pot I bet you’d see some interesting strategy. Would be fun.

[Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker]

Every year @phil_hellmuth does a grandiose entrance to WSOP main event, and every year some people complain about what is ultimately a minor inconvenience during a poker tournament, saying it’s “disrespectful”

Personally, I think those people should be thanking him for the color and outrageousness he brings to the game because in the end, these pros are all richer, in part, because of Phil’s antics both on and off the felt.

You don’t have to like it.

You can think it’s obnoxious and self indulgent.

I wouldn’t do it… but I’m glad Phil does.

If poker didn’t have outlandish characters like Hellmuth and @junglemandan it would be a lot less fun for everyone

Thank you Phil

Thank you Jungle, for carrying the bizarre torch that is the WSOP main event entrance

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

JUST IN - State of emergency declared in Grindavík, Iceland. Civil defense has decided to evacuate the town.

[Josiah Platt @josiahplatt]

@RealKidPoker @GGPoker I did not think I would enjoy it as the show was starting out - it felt a little bit like a scripted reality show; as soon as the team and gameplay dynamics were clear I was hooked. I can’t wait for more. #teamClubs

[Josiah Platt @josiahplatt]

@KnopeforPres @elonmusk Reading about that now. Thanks

[Josiah Platt @josiahplatt]

Your shorthand required a couple google searches to interpret, but I appreciate you at least giving me some things to look up. I’m reading about the debunking reports now. I don’t know anything about the producer (or anything about grifting claims), but I’m looking into it. Thanks.

[Josiah Platt @josiahplatt]

@elonmusk Someone made a documentary about it:

https://t.co/KjBOeAkjlp

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

French Jewish woman whose house was sprayed with Jewish star graffiti crying “it is the same hatred I saw as a child” 💔