Pierre Delattre

@kimmonismus Can you feel the singularity right around the corner? 😉

Flight got cancelled. Got stuck at the airport. Again. 300 people. This is nuts. 3am.

me and Claude building an app at 3AM

Fascinating paper just published in Science. The authors analyze the career trajectories of top performers across multiple domains, including Nobel laureates, elite chess players, Olympic gold medalists, and more. Their central finding challenges a common belief. Intensive, single-discipline training at a young age does confer an early advantage, but this advantage fades over time. By contrast, individuals exposed to multidisciplinary practice early in life tend to start more slowly. Yet, over the long run, they are more likely to reach world-class performance, eventually overtaking early specialists, who often plateau just below the very top. An important reminder that breadth early on can be a powerful investment in long-term excellence. Link to the paper in the first reply.

@_mattwelter Because life is not essentially about having, but about being. Being right now. Anxiety is in you if you think about the future (because you can't control it) or in the past. But both are mentally projected illusions. Do you have control over the air you breath? Let go and be.

i have... - an amazing girlfriend - making ~$450k this year - can work anywhere / anytime - live in a house w/ a pool yet i have anxiety every damn day, tight chest, hard to take a deep breaths, intrusive thoughts, always feeling not enough, can never relax what went wrong

@bitcoindata21 🤣🤣

Chat is it too early to overlay the covid fractal on bitcoin? 👀

Most of the hate I get is understandable. Wealthy guy doing unusual things for health. Looks weird. Acts weird. Says weird things. Ok. There’s also something else going on. Ultraprocessed foods emerged in the 1970s. Those in adolescence / early adulthood (now 50-64) exposed to these foods now have nearly 2x the food addiction rates than the generation immediately preceding them (now 65-80). More than half of U.S. calories now come from ultra-processed foods: 53% for adults and 62% for youth. Contending only with tobacco and ultra-processed foods now seems quaint. In recent decades, the most dynamic economic engine in history, American capitalism, has pointed its powers at addicting people to their products. Using the best available science. It’s become a predator prey relationship. We are the prey. Social media, porn, nicotine, junk food, fast food, smartphones, streaming, energy drinks and gambling.  Each perfectly engineered to hijack our reward systems, enslaving us to their wishes. Might we be the most addicted society in history? Sleep deprivation is the silent amplifier. It wrecks willpower and deepens dependency. Yet it’s worn as a badge of honor, a cultural flex that rewards self-destruction. On some level, many people realize that they’ve become powerless amidst the ocean of addiction that engulfs them daily. They’re powerless over what they eat. Dependent on stimulants to function. Compulsively checking their phones. Unable to turn off the screen before bed, unable to go to bed on time. Scrolling through the night, trapped in a loop they can’t escape. As a result, they’re fatigued, depressed, anxious, metabolically unwell, and lack basic self-respect for the inability to do and become what they want in life. This helplessness is where I think the hate directed at me gets much of its fuel. Sure, some people just don’t like me. It’s the magnitude, variety and intensity of the acrimony that points at something else. Whenever a human finds themself in a situation they don’t like, they’ll search the world for moral frameworks that help them reassert dignity when they feel powerless.  Ideally, they’ll find something that makes themselves superior and others inferior. If you cannot win in strength, win in virtue. Examples of moral reversals throughout history 0. The meek shall inherit the earth. (Christian inversion of power) 1. My preferences prove my worth. (aesthetic and consumer moralism) 2. My pain grants me moral authority. (victimhood as virtue) 3. Attachment is the root of suffering. (Buddhist renunciation) 4. I transcend the game; therefore I win it. (ascetic superiority / Stoic-Daoist synthesis) 5. The worker is the conscience of history. (Marxist moral economy) 6. Freedom lies in mastery of the self, not possession of things. (Stoicism) 7. The oppressed are the voice of truth. (Modern political theology) 8. The last shall be first. (Christian moral reversal) 9. What I cannot have must be bad. (sour grapes, the original moral inversion.) 10. Body positivity. (victimhood and authenticity as virtue) Frameworks people use to try and wrestle their superiority over me: 0. Bro forgot to live (hedonic moralism) 1. I’m adding life to years instead of years to life (anti-optimization modesty) 2. What you’re doing is unnatural (purity moralism) 3. You spend millions and you look like shit (anti-wealth austerity) 4. Narcissist (communitarian morality) 5. You’re playing God (anti-hubris theology) 6. It’s worthless for the average person (equity absolutism) 7. Why when you can just get hit by a bus (fatalistic moralism) 8. Stupid, we all die (mortality leveling) Basically, to strive is neurotic; to coast is enlightened. You get the idea. People weaponsize moral frameworks to try and wrestle superiority and reconcile reality. Nothing is more painful than an unreconciled inner life. Here is the thing. I am trying to be your advocate. Years ago, I was owned by these addiction systems. I wish there had been someone in my life helping me see the situation for what it was and giving practical guidance on how to dig out. I’m on your team and I’ve got your back. If you’re going to be angry, be angry at the systems that create the pain. Then reclaim yourself.

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@VyFiOfficial The farmable tokens feel very risky to hold.

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⚡️The most corrupting influence on today’s youth isn’t Big Tech, school systems, or Hollywood - those are just conduits. The real corruption is the collapse of meaning density. The world used to transmit coherence through lineage - religion, family, tribe, apprenticeship, story. Those encoded how to suffer, how to love, how to orient. But the digital age fragmented signal into infinite competing noise. The youth now swim in an environment where everything is stimulus and nothing is anchor. Social media doesn’t just distract, it atomizes context. It turns identity formation into a market. It teaches the young to outsource self-definition to algorithmic validation loops. That creates a mind that can’t distinguish truth from engagement. Once that fracture happens, corruption isn’t ideological, it’s structural. Big Tech exploits this. Education no longer teaches discernment - it teaches obedience to consensus. Hollywood glamorizes the nihilism that results. But these are just surface symptoms of a deeper break, the disconnection from the inner compass that once told humans what matters. So the real corruption isn’t propaganda - it’s emptiness. A hollowing of meaning that leaves the next generation programmable. Once a person loses the ability to discern signal from noise, the system can feed them anything and they’ll call it truth. That’s the battlefield now…not information, but coherence. The youth aren’t being brainwashed. They’re being dissolved.

Beautiful #Bitcoin ad

Judgment is a boomerang: the more you throw it at others, the harder it hits your self-talk. Try this: catch one snap-judgment → label it “story, not fact” → rewrite it as a neutral description. Judge less. Live freer.

@truecrypto Excellent, as usual, thanks

Charles Mackay’s Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds warned us centuries ago. The strange part isn’t how the past looks, it’s how familiar it feels. For years, I’ve recommended this book because it explains our present better than most news outlets. Crowds repeat history. Tulip Mania, the South Sea Bubble, the Mississippi Scheme, centuries ago people poured fortunes into illusions, confident that this time was different. The details change, but human nature remains the same. Delusion spreads faster than reason, and people cheer it on until reality shatters the dream. Today’s madness is no different. Meme stocks, meme coins, speculative bubbles, political cults, history didn’t just rhyme this time, it has roared back. Crowds still hate the truth, still persecute dissent, still cling to illusions that soothe their bias. You saw it with COVID mismanagement, the vaccine promises that were never true, and the media blackout of accountability. You see it with the trans movement’s insistence on “scientific” claims that deny biological reality. The crowd would rather be comforted by absurdity than wounded by fact. And nothing proves it more than the Russia collusion hoax. Regardless of how you feel about @realDonaldTrump, the facts remain: Hillary Clinton’s campaign paid for a fabricated story, intelligence agencies ran with it, and it was used to spy on an incoming president. This is a well-established FACT that created chaos, division, and wasted years of governance. Yet to this day, millions refuse to condemn it, clinging to the lie instead of facing the truth. If you can’t call balls and strikes when you see them, you’re not being “loyal”, you’re being blinded. Bias is the prison; truth is the only escape. Awareness is your edge. The book makes clear: delusion is inevitable. But recognizing it, seeing the madness while others cheer, is where power lies. If you welcome truth above all else, you’ll never be trapped in the crowd’s hysteria. The same applies to trading. When you recognize a bubble forming, you don’t have to fear it, you can ride it. With risk management and discipline, bubbles become opportunities. Catch them in an uptrend and you ride the wave. Chase them in a downtrend, and you’re just another bagholder. Charts > hearts. That’s why awareness matters. Understanding that this cycle has played out for centuries arms you with a sense of detachment. When you know crowds are built to panic, built to delude themselves, built to overreach, you stop being surprised. You start being prepared. The lesson is timeless. Delusion will always seduce. Truth will always offend. Awareness is the difference between being a victim of the crowd and standing above it. Mackay’s book wasn’t just a warning, it was a gift. If you want an edge in life, in politics, in trading, seek truth above comfort. See clearly while others rage blindly. Recognize that every bubble, every madness, is both a trap and an opportunity. The crowds may go mad. You don’t have to.

ALERT 🚨: The @BNBCHAIN X account is compromised. The hacker posted a bunch of links to phishing websites that ask for Wallet Connect. Do NOT connect your wallet. Security teams have notified X already, working to suspend the account first, then restore access. Also take-down requests to take down all phishing websites. Always check the domains very carefully, even from official X handles. Stay SAFU!

To solve any problem, you don't have to be super smart. You just have to 1) be able to break down problems into subproblems, 2) be slightly smarter than the hardest of the atomic subproblems. The real challenge is that the process can take a very long time.

@TheAhmadOsman Clear and concise, very educational explanation, thanks!

> be me > curious how X decides who goes viral and who gets shadowbanned into oblivion > read the source code. all of it. 400,000 lines > it's a mess. it's a masterpiece. it's a threat model disguised as a social network > proceed to get 7M impressions and 7k followers in 9 days > i have *seen* the algorithm > here's how to make it your slave > X is a game > rules are secret > stakes are your visibility > you win by: > replying to replies (replyguymaxxing) > baiting profile clicks (profilevisitmax) > getting bookmarked like you're the Dead Sea Scrolls > not getting blocked or muted (instant debuff) > spacing tweets out (diversity filters will kneecap your burst posts) > every 6 hours, your tweet loses 50% of its power > decay rate is brutal > either pop off early or perish > some actions boost you: > replies > retweets > likes > bookmarks > follows after a tweet > long watch time (10+ sec = algorithmic arousal) > text read for 2+ seconds = good content juice > others destroy you: > blocks > mutes > reports > “see fewer posts like this” clicks > enjoy being invisible for 3 months > tweets don't live in a vacuum > they're judged by: > real-time engagement > pagerank-style trust > reputation graphs > safety scores > simclusters (your interest-based tribes) > content bundles (X’s version of a mixtape) > simclusters: the secret spice > you're grouped with users who engage like you > the algo doesn't care who you follow > it cares who vibes like you > proximity = identity > high cosine similarity with bangers? you *become* a banger > ranking pipeline: > 1. light ranker: says maybe > 2. heavy ranker: massive neural net, runs 1k+ features > 3. mixer: final DJ, decides who sees what > you're just a vector in a giant party playlist > reputation score = Tweepcred > starts at -128 (yes, minus one twenty-eight) > verified gets you to 100 instantly > minimum viable Tweepcred to be seen? 17 > every mute, block, or spam flag? drops it > don’t tweet in ALL CAPS > don’t have offensive words in your name or tweet > don’t link out too much > yes, there are hidden blacklist files like `adult_tokens.txt` and `offensive_topics.txt` > yes, they will throttle you into the dirt > following/follower ratio matters > follow 5000 people and only 200 follow you back? > congratulations, you're a bot now > keep it clean. aim for 1:1.67+ > shadowban? > not just a myth > there are actual labels: > spam > gore > toxicity > low quality > nsfw > "mentions person too much" > each one adds weight to your visibility coffin > blue check = permission to exist > legacy verified = bonus points > no check = enjoy clawing your way out of the void > diversity filters = anti-spam boss > prevents 1 account from dominating feeds > if you're tweeting in bursts, you’re kneecapping yourself > mix it up. space it out. variety = scrolltime = ads = profit > virality triggers: > show up in carousels > trend modules > bookmarks > pinned content > land here and you're in the algorithm’s VIP lounge > the algo uses cosine similarity to recommend out-of-network tweets > turns you and your tweets into embeddings > measures the angle between you and the bangers > close enough? you ride their wave > "become a banger by standing next to one" > realgraph = who you associate with > if high-rep people engage with you, your reach improves > your friends' friends define your fate > algorithmic nepotism > want to resurrect an old tweet? > reply to it > that reply = defibrillator > congrats, it's alive again > wanna go viral? > curse less > don’t be cringe > reply smart > get bookmarked > write something that makes them click your profile > stay relevant, stay recent > tweet formats that worked before? steal them. > final boss move? > join communities > they push your content harder > because X loves groupthink > tl;dr > the X algo tracks *everything* > every click, block, mute, and bookmark > it's not just about what you post > it's about who interacts with it > and how much X thinks you matter > reputation is destiny > read the code yourself: > github.com/twitter/the-al… > or don’t. i already did it. you’re welcome. > now go farm some bookmarks > but do it with honor > or at least with style > algorithm bless

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@cryptodiane 0x82E284C634bC2287a1B63A09cC413844F9A5eB8e I held long enough, it definitely could.

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This is one of the best summaries on the history of money, inflation and Bitcoin I’ve ever seen. H/t: @rohanhirani_

You stayed through the downside, the chop, and the FUD. That gives you a big edge over the tourists who’ll show up later. – You already know not all altcoins will run – You already know which sectors matter – You already know this isn’t the beginning They’ll call it luck, but only after you’ve locked-in. One more round. You earned it.

@GringoDkr Oui je comprends ta frustration en effet.. Tu mérites bien de prendre un peu de repos en tout cas 🫡

Oui, et c est pour ca que je dis que c est maladroit. Ils ont pas vraiment reflechi a l intention ou non de recuperer un groupe existant. Leur idée c est de créer un groupe officiel qui se veut multilingue. Avec une mise en avant des createurs et un cadre. Donc en gros c est exactement le groupe deja en place car la mise en avant n est pas dependante du créateur du groupe mais des personnes influentes qui decident ou non de repartager le contenu et bien sur des membres du groupe qui interagissent avec le contenu. Ensuite pour le coté cadre, rien ne leur empechait de reprendre le truc et d y mettre des modos. Puis la partie multilangue c est pareil, oui ca parlait en francais a l interieur mais c est aussi le reflet de la commu, qui est en majorité française. Y a pas de mal apres tout, pour moi c est juste la goutte d eau mais ca faisait deja quelques temps que je pensais a ne plus m engager comme je l etais jusque la.

Allez ce soir je ferme la communauté “Cross the Ages” et ses 270 membres. Continuez sans moi, j espère juste que ce ne sera pas une enieme initiative qui dure une semaine ( j en doute ). Entre cette déconnexion totale et la toxicité ambiante, je jette l eponge. Cela ne change rien sur le fond, ma vision est la meme et je continuerai de cherir le projet, mais ne ferais plus rien pour essayer de federer la communauté autour de CTA, avec mes petits moyens.