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@Graeber_social This book contained zero tangible “theory”. It was mostly a collection of David’s favourite fan mail and some conjecture justified by a sprinkling of statistics that were completely insufficient.

There is a book that answers that question.

@ColonelCrossfi1 @2eggwhite What insight am I missing about the way graphs work?

@t__mmy @2eggwhite I don't think you know how graphs work

Watching a budget cooking video and the woman has to adjust a literal Great Depression recipe because the ingredients would be too expensive in 2026

@Akitti @2eggwhite Do you think we’re buying 1/3 of the food we used to?

@t__mmy @2eggwhite That graph just implies we're buying less food, not that it costs less. Not to mention it's 2.5 decades out of date.

@AlecStapp China's economy is reliant on manufacturing, which uses lots of energy. The UK has an information-based economy. Meaningless chart without context, besides demonstrating that China has industrialised.

This should be a wake-up call for the UK… (Note that this is a per-capita chart)

@OctaviusGilmour @AhoyChristina dogs can actually survive about 12-18 years outside of the water

@AhoyChristina Fish can survive for hours outside of the water, dogs cannot.

There's no moral difference between fishing and holding dogs underwater

@panickssery David Graeber doesn't know the first thing about jobs (he's an anthropologist)

The phrase "bullshit jobs" is ingenious because everybody has some jobs in mind that they think are—in some sense—bullshit, and so they can all use the phrase while ignoring their complete disagreement on what those jobs are (Graeber even put actuaries on the list in the book...)

they started the trailer with "I want to make something clear" followed by the most unintelligible sentence I've ever heard

@ValDelamere it's a single player game. you don't have to memorise power poles.

it's kinda sad how optimised geoguessr has become. i remember playing it in 2015 where i'd win all the time simply from my knowledge of different countries' languages and basic features, now you have to memorise power poles to get anywhere. took all the fun out of it

@Spectrumofreas1 @0xDavecryps That's (arguably) true in the west, but in sub-saharan africa, it's a completely different story

@0xDavecryps Because both are fake problems. And billionaires are smart enough to recognize this. The poorest people today are fabulously wealthy compared to the richest people 500 years ago.

This might sound skeptical, but I’ve always wondered why no billionaire has ever spent their fortune trying to end poverty or tackle climate change. Not out of kindness. Out of ego. You’d think at least one would want the bragging rights of being able to say: “I saved millions of lives.” That’s a far bigger flex than another yacht, mansion, or trip to space.

@dimension__tide you people are insufferable

still astonishing to me this guy is at the alleged precipice of modern big budget filmmaking. the way he masterfully <checks notes> turns the music up real loud and blows out the exposure to signal to the audience shit is getting real for ol' J. Robert Oppenheimer................

@AndyMasley carbon tax + free energy market

I basically think the average voter is pretty wrong on: 1) Nuclear power (it's good) 2) Foreign aid (we spend very little on it and should spend more) 3) Climate change (a majority say they're not willing to have any additional amounts of their tax money spent on climate. The national average willingness to pay for things that help with climate is ~$300 per year) 4) Immigration (I think it's broadly good across the board, and definitely good to get more high skilled immigrants specifically) 5) Price controls in general (bad!) I'd like governments to patiently nod along to voter concerns but quietly approve more nuclear, spend more on foreign aid, pay way more on climate, and allow at least more high skilled immigrants. I just flat out think it's wrong for politicians to have 1-1 similar views to the median voter and sometimes they need to diverge.

@OilCoIntern No you didn't. You just imagined doing that.

Told the HR chick that hiring 50% female interns from a college major consisting of 92% men is sexist

All you have to do to make a frontier AI model is take gpt 3.5 and hardcode in the number of r's in strawberry

@snailsoob is hugh laurie transphobic

crazy because i went to the woman’s account and she spends 90% of her time complaining about the transgender agenda so her and hugh laurie really should be friends

@cinnakoe walk

What do ppl do on their like 2 hr walks

@Econymous_1 I think you could argue that socialism is based on some notions of altruism. The effective part is questionable though.

Maybe if was at least one of "Effective" and "Altruism".

@sjryanwriter @OrevaZSN You're the only one who thinks there was an argument. I simply shared some facts, while you went on a strange narrative about owning the libs and accusing me of being a social policy worker.

@t__mmy @OrevaZSN Okay, I'm weird. How does that make you right? It just makes you a person who resorts to personal attacks when he loses an argument.

This might sound cynical, but I’ve always wondered why no billionaire has single-handedly used their wealth to fund the eradication of poverty, or reverse climate change just for the narcissistic satisfaction of being able to say they saved humanity.

@sjryanwriter @OrevaZSN this 50% and 100M plan was your idea, not mine. I don't know what you think you've proved here. you're a weird dude.

@t__mmy @OrevaZSN You're 35% short and you need to talk to another 99,999,999 leftists. Also, saying shit on the internet doesn't mean people automatically believe you.

@sjryanwriter @OrevaZSN I am a data scientist and I donate 15% of my yearly salary to causes that effectively alleviate suffering and poverty. Search "Giving What We Can". I don't think you've 'gotcha'ed anyone here

@t__mmy @OrevaZSN Elon's money is tied up in physical infrastructure for rockets and EVs, while you can keep doing your 'social policy' job if you cut your salary in half. If you could start donating half your salary, that would be $2500 a year, and if you could just go ahead and do that,