Greg Oyan

Love God, love people.
Tech consultant
I build with AI, debate theology, and have a love/hate relationship with American politics.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

I wish Trump could speak how he writes. Maybe what this proves is that he is intellectually articulate, but has trouble clearly articulating spontaneously. I think many people would agree with that. Sometimes he isn’t as clear in his speaking as we’d wish. But wow, this note is very clear, gracious, and impressive.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

NEW

The New York Times has obtained the letter President Trump left for President Biden in the Oval Office in 2021.

The letter — which Trump wrote by hand using his signature black Sharpie — is printed in Biden’s forthcoming presidential memoir.

Full Story: https://t.co/cIwHwWcS0c

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@MarioNawfal That teacher is a fool.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

If we had a good and honest media, maybe this would be common knowledge amongst Americans. It would be a unifying message too. I think most reasonable Americans are against Iran, and other adversary countries, threatening the USA without consequences.

[Jillian Michaels @JillianMichaels]

It is. Rubio has said exactly this as well. I even communicated it on my show - but people just don't believe it.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

Reading the NY Times article on Dario Amodei makes me much more weary of Anthropic if the reporting even has a sliver of merit. Let me give you an example. In the article, Amodei is quoted as saying, "An exerpt from the article reads:

"Dr. Amodei discussed a decision to give away $10,000. He was choosing to donate to either the Stop TB Partnership, which focused on preventing adult tuberculosis, or VillageReach, which helped vaccinate children in African villages.

The Stop TB Partnership, Dr. Amodei wrote, was superior in “cost-effectiveness” because it served adults and “adults are capable of deeper and more meaningful experiences” than infants. “I think an adult death is perhaps 2 or 3 times worse than an infant’s death,” he added."

The above is an example of what the article and Amodei himself call a rationalist and altruistic world view. What it reads like to me is an absolute nightmare. The world has order, yes, however, people are not rational. It's even possible that the universe doesn't have the order we perceive it to have, there are always outliers. In fact, if you zoom in close enough on anything resembling order we find chaos. That isn't to say that it's turtles all the way down, but what I am trying to say is that someone at the helm of one of the world's most powerful companies seems to have a vision of the world that is arrogant, obviously incorrect, and probably dangerous given the business he's in.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@levelsio Like anything else, there will be competition.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@BowTiedMarmott Tons of people like this. Sometimes risk averse and sometimes they just have no idea what they’re missing.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@RefinedPopulist @DanCrenshawTX this is what actual people are experiencing. Your post about how republicans have done things like give tax breaks, etc were ineffectual or too small to make any meaningful difference.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Interesting

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

It’s nice to hear that he’s willing to work with Musk. The issue I have with his statement is that he says that Musk should stay in his lane. That’s a bogus statement. We should want our best and brightest involved in politics and public service. It’s a very American thing to be able to put money toward things we strongly believe in. If you hold all people to the same standard you’re holding Musk to, then no one would ever serve.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

Dan, you seem like a good guy. This post just proves, in my opinion, that you're out of touch. It isn't that you're not capable of understanding typical American life, but it must be that in Washington, policy makers think some of their policies are more effectual and influential than they actually are. Who are the people who experienced economic boon as a result of Republican policies? I sure didn't. None of my friends or family did. People care about housing costs, groceries, gasoline, and health insurance costs. Did any of those things go down? I don't think so. Obviously, in an inflationary environment, very few things will get cheaper, but why is inflation still high? War...ineffective policy decisions....etc. Maybe affordablilty issues would've been worth it if other goods had counteracted the bad. But did they? Illegal immigration and drug use/deaths dropped substantially which is a major win. However, those two wins were too small to offset the challenges and strife that your average, everyday American faces. Republicans had it all, every branch of government, and they still couldn't deliver.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@GadSaad Isn’t that too much of a generalization?

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@alx The mask is off. What's too bad is that Scott has some reasonable ideas, and now and then even a good idea. However, this really discredits him in a way that shouldn't be recoverable. We shouldn't platform, take advice, or listen to people who peddle this kind of crap.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

I think it will. Don't give up on us yet. I think these midterm elections are a reflection of Trumps unpopularity. However, I think it's a step too far to think that this isn't recoverable. So much depends on the quality of a candidate or leader. We need high-quality people to run and win.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

He and TPUSA were clearly influential over the American political landscape. Young people, in particular, have seemed to sway further to the left in his absence. We do need good leaders to rise up, and I think they will. America is much more resilient than we give it credit for because the principles on which it's founded are strong. I think there are enough intelligent and reasonable people left out there to make good decisions about who is elected.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@uscfb When you've got one of the best film schools in the world, you can make epic videos like this. Love it! Fight on!

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

This is so weird. The joy of my life is doing fun stuff with friends.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Americans are increasingly choosing solitude over socializing, per FT:

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@LilaGraceRose Completely true. You’d think that most reasonable people would agree with this. It’s hard to think that there’s any reason other than selfishness for believing otherwise.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@unusual_whales He ain’t wrong. But it’s one of multiple issues.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@KobeissiLetter Affordability is obviously a huge issue, especially for young people. Trump and republicans have t handled this issue well. It’s clear this is a huge reason why voters went blue.

[Greg Oyan @thegoodreturn]

@ErikaCA47 This is despicable behavior.