EricS -
Thanks for the "hyperactive matter" formulation... I'm not entirely
clear on the broader implications of this analogy, but as a fan of
collective, emergent phenomena, it is fascinating to apply it to more
agentic things than sand-grains for example.
The whole Swarm legacy, of course
I've seen several mentions of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 and its
use in COBOL:
Musk's 150-year-old Social Security recipients can arise in old COBOL codes
when a date is left absent, and 1875 is used as a reference.
Marcus
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This thread merges many of the topics that have been articulated separately
over the past couple of weeks under the head.
Is Musk a “genius”? At what? This is a question about how to understand
cause, I think. How much Musk, and how much the way current social systems
work.
Several years ag
Kalshi won't let me bet on trump's or Musk's death. 8^( But pretty much every
other scenario you list is game.
On 2/14/25 9:03 AM, steve smith wrote:
Marcus -
I do like the "cut of your morbid fascination jib" to strain a metaphor
badly...
Whee!!!
- Steve
I think a confl
One aspect that flew under the radar in Eric's post was Musk's (and trump's) self-aggrandizement. Both the
mention of Hanauer and the distinction between "effective" and "good" target this. And
the phrase "nose for ..." also targets it.
What both Musk and trump do well is persuade their audienc
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