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Lighthaven now lets me search attendees profiles and suggests who I might have good chats with. Cool tool! When are the gonna have an AI version of me debate other attendees?

Like many communities, I think the flaws of the rationalists are well-known but their strengths less so. Rationalists, to me, are very good at keeping promises. Many people like this trait, even if they wouldn't run an anonymous survey on how honourable they are.

Pretty happy with my dating doc.

been a strange few months in my "best TV series of all time" watchathon

A US strength has been that different states have chosen different paths. Banning state AI regulation seems like a large centralising step and 10 years is a huge time period in AI. From the finance bill:

cons of throat mics

happy Bluesky wednesday to all who celebrate!

"This post breaks my rule of not combining philosophy and quantum mechanics" @NunoSempere

Will America pressure Russia for their unseriousness in regard to a ceasefire or allow them to keep playing for time?

I endorse the Tony Blair Institute, or at least what it seems to be. If I had governed a medium-sized developed nation, then I would want to try and solve a problem in the world. And poorly governed nations are a problem. Neglected and at scale. Is it tractable? To Tony, maybe.

The Gates Foundation is trying to give faster than ever before. Focusing on: - halving deaths per year of children under 5 - eradicating polio, guinea worm, malaria, measles - reducing poverty I find this inspiring! Highlight🧵 x.com/gatesfounda...

I sometimes buy and sell top condition pokémon cards. Feels like a thing you might not guess.

A couple of years back @tradegal_ introduced me to this little word game. We made a group chat. Today they were in marginal revolution! Examples in next tweet ↓

in a parasocial relationship with the two fox cubs in my garden. Yesterday, their mother was here. Today she isn't. i hope she's okay

hobbies: tweeting angst buying SaaS products