NotesI knew that one day we might have to watch as capitalism and greed and bigotry led to a world where powerful men, deserving or not, would burn it all down. What I didnât expect, and donât think I could have foreseen, is how incredibly cringe it would all be. I have been prepared for evil, for greed, for cruelty, for injustice â but I did not anticipate that the people in power would also be such huge losers.Unfurl
NotesThe more I see of the degradation and commodification of everything around us, the more I feel like wishing Bryan Johnson good luck with his diet of bonemeal and pine-cone rinds, and the constant monitoring of his night-time erections. FeedUnfurl
NotesMetaâs size makes it de facto unkillable, and Iâm sure itâll exist in some form for centuries. But itâs my hope that it will exist in the sense that IBM exists today. Theoretically you know itâs out there, but itâs very hard to grasp the point of it and it feels thoroughly irrelevant. Nobody remembers who started it or why.FeedUnfurl
NotesThe company says it will restrict any image, video, or text post that âidentifies a problem that impacts people and is caused by the action or inaction of others,â which is an incredibly wide swath of content. If you speak about these things on Meta, your reach will be limited and your account will be surfaced to fewer people.FeedUnfurl
Notes"I figure I should probably be respectful to the spirit of the promise with the "meditation me" so that I'll continue to trust my requests for deferred yak shaving during my meditation."Unfurl
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