ahamm

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   by ahamm 3y ago

   I was responding to the initial question actually ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38113521 ). I appreciate the insight though - looking forward to checking out the Gibson book. Still, I'm not sure that I see the
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   by ahamm 3y ago

   I used to think that this fear was driven by rational minds until I read Michael Lewis' "Going Infinite" and learned more about effective altruism [EA]. Michael Lewis writes that what is remarkable about these guys [i.e. EAs]
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   by ahamm 3y ago

   These are sweet - does anyone know how these animations are being generated?
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   by ahamm 3y ago

   Evidence?
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   by ahamm 3y ago

   I believe Nassim Taleb wrote about this in relation to 'virtue signaling' - not swearing being a sign that people are trying to 'signal' professionalism in order to keep their jobs, and therefore are more likely to have
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   by ahamm 3y ago

   thanks for the insight!
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   by ahamm 3y ago

   How is FUTO funded/who are the primary donors? This wasn't clear from the site.