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decimation: mircea
_popescu: presumably people were googling for reasons why bitcoin prices were falling
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, as russia is finding out as a result of ukraine
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, economic aggression can be just as painful
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, the passport outlines where china thinks its borders are
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, have you seen the latest china passport?
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, china is actually pretty aggressive territorially
decimation: mircea
_popescu: you mean educatin' the local youths?
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, are you a fan of Dan-Mircea Popescu?
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, self-employed, entrepreneur, corporate cog, etc
decimation: mircea
_popescu: sounds legit, I'll try to adopt that nomenclature
jurov: Comment author: Eliezer
_Yudkowsky This is a road that does not lead to Friendly AI, only to AGI. I doubt this has anything to do with Lenat's motives - but I'm glad the source code isn't published and I don't think you'd be doing a service to the human species by trying to reimplement it.
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, it doesn't help that the metrics of a good academic is the number of publications, one that seems to be robust in the face of peer review, but take a peek behind the curtain only to unveil the editorial committee having ties to the same university, sigh
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, yeah i don't care too much for academia, when i've realised the amount of crap coming from most institutions
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, lol let me see
decimation: mircea
_popescu: then don't eat, if deemed shitty in the subjective opinion of the bureaucrat of the day
decimation: mircea
_popescu: you can't, so you put it on display. your job: wash the sidewalk
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, i assume ironic humour, rather than any attempt to negate oneself ;)
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, i was just being euphemistic :P
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, it's the quintessential Veblen goods
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, the value in the set may be so economically, but socially? you attain more value by going for the unattainable
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, you have to appeal to their emotional side :) and the flip side of that is, you don't even have to spend a dime
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, buying them items in hopes to get in their pants would not be very successful, as xmj attested
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, all i'm saying is, once you understand women to be a bag of emotions, rather than logical creatures, their motivations, what it takes to motivate them, becomes plain as day
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, you give a little to get a whole lot more :)
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, in the confines of a conventional western society today
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, lol i would need to trade bitcoin in order to get a wot acct, right?
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, and in not so many words, it's easy to put yourselves in the shoes of a woman, if you imagine them to be first a man, take away reason, and accountability
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, i've been told by a woman that women exist on a plane different to men
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, i like your take
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, what is your take on marriage?
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, they have potential, but are limited by the ability to realise those potential, because of their minority status and not many people defending them really
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, lesswrong is filled with people who have fallen between the cracks of society
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, what model is this?
decimation: mircea
_popescu: re: lesswrong they push that 'hard-ai' bullshit pretty hard
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, well that's why all politicians are liars, in order to be a man of the people, you have to ascribe to philosophies you don't truly believe in to win them over, just so you can fuck them over later on, to protect your class, your clan and family
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, i can see your proclivities towards the ancap notions
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, think social escorts, etc
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, cost of living is high in singapore, so those without the proper education tend to resort to less conducive means to make a living
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, but you're right, it makes for an interesting society experiment
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, it does not affect the parent as negatively as the offspring, particularly if the parent is not emotionally vulnerable to its offspring :)
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, in short, the motivations of the parents are not entirely aligned with the children
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, principal-agency dilemma
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, that's a good point, i like singapore's system too
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, i guess in a way you could say singapore is being "kinder" by telling you upfront that if you take that course, your employment chances will be fucked, so let's help make this idiot-proof as possible by barring you from choosing that road
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, so if photography has low demand but high applicant rates, then most of them get rejected
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, singapore took your opinion to a slightly more extreme point, their university application form consists of a ranking of six majors, and the state then allocates a major to you based on a threshold that is demand-adjusted
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, haha good point
moriarty: bounce has a point even though mircea
_popescu's intentions are noble
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, inefficient, i know, but hey some countries do it
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, to help the poverty stricken
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, of course this ideal is currently impeded by what i consider to be a gross infraction on one of the basic human rights, that is the freedom of movement across borders, one trivialised by border control and such
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, i see countries as clubs, that if you do not like the constitution or culture, then you are welcome to join something more to your inclination
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, like it or not, a country has got to stand up for the reason it was founded, otherwise, there is little point to be loyal or even nationalistic about it, when it can be hijacked philosophically
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, that would not be very meaningful these days considering how some no longer buy/sell bitcoin unfortunately
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, i've done a sybil on localbitcoins though :) just so i don't get pinned down as the guy with shitloads of bitcoin
moriarty: ;;gettrust assbot mircea
_popescu
moriarty: mircea
_popescu, i've fully liquidated my bitcoin position, so i guess no motivation for me to join WoT now
moriarty: sardan
_, how much are you selling bitcoincasino.com for?
moriarty: xmj, well black swan for starters has its roots in the classical Humean dilemma :) (i've referenced him because i know mircea
_popescu would like it)