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NOT_RICK, 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago)

I like what John Rennie has to say about Ray:

Therein lie the frustrations of Kurzweil’s brand of tech punditry. On close examination, his clearest and most successful predictions often lack originality or profundity. And most of his predictions come with so many loopholes that they border on the unfalsifiable.

Futurist is such a bullshit title, imo. Leo Laporte has a woman on TWiT fairly often, can’t recall her name, but she’s a “futurist” and she’s constantly sniffing her own farts when she’s on.

NOT_RICK, 4 days ago

Yeah that’s her. Kevin seems like the classic out of touch California VC tech bro so that tracks. If I recall correctly he has a financial stake in the hype.

Amy is always talking about these proprietary analytical tools that she has built that honestly just sound like a charlatan talking about how insightful their crystal ball is. I feel like she goes on just to pitch her consulting work. I agree about Alex

NOT_RICK, 6 days ago

Semaglutide does cure some ailments and does improve lives. The profit incentive isn’t always misaligned with good health outcomes.

NOT_RICK, 6 days ago

This is the kind of stuff that has me holding off on buying solar. Why should I take out a loan now when that money can get me a significantly better system in 5 years?

NOT_RICK, 19 days ago

Glitter is stored in the balls

NOT_RICK, 6 months ago

Water doesn’t compress. The tank operators don’t need their internal organs, right?