Your comment on AI or AGI ending capitalism because it eliminates profit from labor is stuck in my mind. It would be an utter dystopia for billions of unemployed people receiving UBI while AI does everything. I imagine in such a world this mass of humanity would revolt, overthrow the tech overlords and smash the machines out of boredom. How is creating mass unemployment an acceptable outcome?
There was some good discussion in your Epstein arc but I did feel like you were more bearish on the big-c Conspiracy stuff than I thought was justified. As you say here, a lot of completely insane tidbits if he was a bona fide rich guy!
Eg, I take your point that there’s a lot of rich dumbies, and Epstein wasn’t unique in that regard. But the purported story of Epstein’s $ is that he was a turbo-PMC for capitalists, and rich stupids tend to be much more of the owner-of-capital type than the elite-professional type. For example, someone (Leon black?) paid him millions for “tax advice”. And say what you will of the super-rich, they hire extremely capable tax guys. Much more likely “tax advice” was window dressing for something sinister.
Not sure if you’ve done something different with your personal styling but at first glance I thought you were Elliot Gould.
wow thank you
Your comment on AI or AGI ending capitalism because it eliminates profit from labor is stuck in my mind. It would be an utter dystopia for billions of unemployed people receiving UBI while AI does everything. I imagine in such a world this mass of humanity would revolt, overthrow the tech overlords and smash the machines out of boredom. How is creating mass unemployment an acceptable outcome?
There was some good discussion in your Epstein arc but I did feel like you were more bearish on the big-c Conspiracy stuff than I thought was justified. As you say here, a lot of completely insane tidbits if he was a bona fide rich guy!
Eg, I take your point that there’s a lot of rich dumbies, and Epstein wasn’t unique in that regard. But the purported story of Epstein’s $ is that he was a turbo-PMC for capitalists, and rich stupids tend to be much more of the owner-of-capital type than the elite-professional type. For example, someone (Leon black?) paid him millions for “tax advice”. And say what you will of the super-rich, they hire extremely capable tax guys. Much more likely “tax advice” was window dressing for something sinister.
Yeah I admitted I was wrong