Dude is quite an asshole on Twitter lol. His books contain a lot of great ideas though (although, they could probably be 10 pages long... instead of 300)
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That's honestly the biggest issue with a lot of these radical climate activists too.
They use intentionally misleading arguments to exaggerate timelines and pretend we're already screwed. The media certainly doesn't help as more climate alarmism generates more clicks.
And of course, if you say that they're exaggerating then you immediately get branded a "climate change denier".
Now you have a generation of 20 year olds who think it's immoral to have children because of climate change and other dumb shit like that.
Also, remove the links to wikipedia and robinhood and change it with links to your projects!
It's good to regularly change those 5-10 passwords on a bi-monthly basis anyway.
That's not true.
However, I would agree that Hardcore History leans more towards the entertainment side, so while the overall picture is inline with what historians say (Cyrus the Great as a leader vs Darius or the effects of the Gracchi brothers), the specific stories that Dan Carlin says may have other interpretations or other versions.
Obviously, it would interrupt the flow to say "Oh but XYZ disagrees and says this specific story actually happened 5 years earlier", so Dan prefaces it by saying that it's one interpretation.
Saying that "AskHistorians thinks Hardcore History is really innacurate" is completely false.
Big fan of hardcore history (listened to all of the multi-part series several times), but never heard of Fall of Civilizations.
Everyone’s recommending Bitwarden now, so I guess that?
Saw some posts on Reddit about poorly conducted security audits with Bitwarden so I was a bit concerned.
Prior to that, it was giving me midwit responses (I didn't post those in the comment.)
I tried it with the poetry question. I had to change the prompt a bit otherwise ChatGPT just gives a typical midwit answer.
Q: Why do most people seem to hold poetry and poets in high esteem yet have approximately zero interest in reading any poetry ever? Give me a humorous response
ChatGPT Response: Well, perhaps it's because people just love the idea of poetry more than the actual act of reading it. You know, it's kind of like how people love the idea of exercising and eating healthy, but actually doing it is another matter entirely. Or maybe it's because people just love the way that poets look in their berets and turtleneck sweaters, all brooding and deep in thought. Or maybe it's because people just love the way that poetry sounds when it's being read aloud by someone with a really pretentious accent. Who knows? The mysteries of human behavior can be strange and elusive at times.
I've wondered this for years.
Like seriously, is there anyone who seriously reads poetry for fun nowadays?
I understand if it's the 1800s and there's literally nothing else to do.
Just applying on Indeed isn’t enough to get noticed.
Reread the thread to see why.
You’ve changed the argument to… i don’t even know?
The question is whether Economics Professors are influential outside of academia and if they’re well connected. The answer is obviously yes. The top professors (i.e. MIT Profs, Harvard Profs, Yale, etc.) are extremely influential far beyond academia.
I'd agree that you're right in other contexts. Like, a history professor or something. But that's not what we're talking about here.
The answer is unequivocally yes.
You seem to have changed the discussion to something else.
Are you joking?
That's absolutely not the case for Economics (the context we're talking about here).
Why don't you look up the backgrounds of the people on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors?
Or, look up who drafts major legislation? If you watch MIT's Econ 101 course on YouTube, the professor who teaches it was actually the guy behind Obamacare (John Gruber).
Modern Monetary Policy has become a huge part of a base of the Democratic Party, again... drafted by an Economics Professor.
> Is everyone putting forth these theories still in college? Do they not know how little power college professors wield outside academia.
No. I'm not still in college.
You just seem to be completely unaware on how influential Economists (almost all of whom are college professors) are.
> Personal connections to the head of the SEC on the other hand are valuable
Oh yeah, head of the SEC is also an MIT Econ Professor.
But... clearly they have no power outside academia!!
Saying otherwise is a conspiracy theory!!
That's my concern. Caroline's father is an MIT professor who was previously Gary Gensler's (head of SEC) boss.
It would be extremely disheartening if Caroline gets an extremely generous plea deal due to her father's connections.
If this were some random other thread, then yeah sure it would be confusing to just say Gary or Caroline.
Seasons 1 and 2 were absolutely hysterical and amazing, but by the end the writing got really terrible.
It would be a slap in the face if they got some absurd plea deal where they didn't have to go to jail if they testified against Sam.
Good for Bloomberg, but bad for consumers and the person of interest.