
JPat
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JPat
@BasedBiscuitz
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.








Since 2000, there have been 6 confirmed measles deaths in the US. Since 2000, there have been 500+ reported deaths from the measles vaccine (MMR) to VAERS. VAERS only collects 1% of injuries & deaths. You do the math. Educate before you vaccinate.




there's still a ton of opportunity out there even with all this AI stuff because people always overestimate downside and underestimate upside think about ads. you spend $100 to test something. worst case you lose $100, best case you find an angle worth 10x more but most people judge experiments the wrong way 🙉: count the NUMBER of failures, worried about the win rate 🦊: count the payoff luckily that miscalculation is where a lot of opportunity comes from if everyone else is too scared to run cheap tests, the people who understand the numbers get the upside there's whole businesses around pricing risk better than other people: insurance, warranties, guarantees. a lot of money gets made by understanding risk better than the average person so I wonder why people avoid risk for experiments. maybe it's because school averages your past failures into your final grade but in real life, you can keep taking small shots until one hits. and one good hit can pay for a long list of misses





Yeah I live in an overpriced shoe box but I took the train to the beach for a morning walk, went to the MOMA, had incredible food for dinner, and paid $30 for a comedy show to see some of the biggest headliners in comedy. I’m tired of pretending of living in NYC isn’t amazing.



















