Also, how we measure this stuff is ridiculous. If @elonmusk tried to sell his trillion dollar pile of stock all at once so he could give it all to the poor, by the time the stock prices were done plummetting, the amount of cash he'd get for that stock would be far, far less.
When @elonmusk's balance sheet grows to a trillion dollars, it does not mean other people lose money.
It means the economy as a whole is growing.
https://t.co/BHsGChU8TB
This is both government overreach and the industry admitting its tech is so powerful it's dangerous. @AnthropicAI could have fought this but they chose not to. The problem is, if the good guys don't build it, the bad guys will. @Noahpinion check it out. https://t.co/6fMq74cIQt
Smartphones appear to have accelerated the global fertility crisis -- by making social isolation and singledom more comfortable and entertaining.
Chatbots could nudge humanity even further in this direction. Today, digital technology doesn't just provide loners with perpetual stimulation but also, forms of emotional support that previously required real world relationships.
Full article here (and for now, no paywall!): https://t.co/XnsI7Mr6Uy
An estimated 80 percent of cigarettes and vapes consumed in Australia are now illegal, and the black market has been linked to firebombings, extortion, and gangland violence. https://t.co/QuOFZasC66
A conservative is someone who underestimates the amount of suffering in the world. A progressive is someone who overestimates the amount of suffering in the world.
Capitalism can be socialism! Get together with your friends. Pool your money. Start a business. Buy a building and live in it. You don't know what business to start or how to run it? You don't want to fix up an old building? Then don't say "capitalists" don't do anything.
In 1984, a teenager named Piyiti encountered modern society for the first time. He didn't like what he saw. He returned to the Australian desert. He's probably still out there. https://t.co/Y6jiwj9tmi
One of the best speeches in the world about the fact that things are getting better every day, not worse (aside from the ones I've made on youtube!) https://t.co/sRoLB0LdxJ