Tommy "The Purchase"

I feel like investing heavily into AI companies these days is like investing into internet companies in 2000 or real estate in 2007. I will admit, of course, that I am biased insofar as I severely dislike AI people - I'm firmly on the Butlerian side of this particular issue.

The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, panicked when Sauron Mamdani was elected in New York City and vowed to ensure that no ... Muslim would ever be able to assume office in Texas. So the problem was his religion, not his stated plans to "seize the means production", run government retail stores, and other socialist devilry. Nice going, Greg, you absolute knob.

As a non-American and - surprisingly - unlike large numbers of Europeans, I am fully America First - you lot stay out of our business, we'll extend that same courtesy, and every so often we can have a friendly chat about who came up with what without one side forcing their practices on the other.

The trouble with being an individualist or a libertarian is that both the political left and the political right are so hilariously stupid, vicious, and destructive that you have to be the guy who's against most things most of the time because almost every solution those people present is either unsustainable, unfair, exploitative, destructive, or simply meant to be gamed by politically connected actors. And you cannot ignore them either because they will come and take your stuff without ever offering anything but threats.

One sad thing about having been out of school for many years is that I never get to talk about physics and chemistry anymore, all anyone ever talks about is politics and gossip these days.

Who would prefer society regarding the theft of stolen goods to return to their original owners as immoral? Thiefs.

If your government has a secret police - think FBI, NKVD, MI5, TCK, etc. - they either follow orders from politicians or they don't. Both are equally terrifying.