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An author friend who is a "turn your smart phone into a dumb phone and avoid the news" kinda guy just sent me his latest newsletter article to beta read, and quoted Musk from the Tesla days (plus throwback Thiel!!). I was like, um buddy you may not want to do that. Him: why, what happened?

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Micah@rincewind.run

one of the most frustrating things about what Rowling has turned into is how hard it is to explain to offline people that she’s not just another author who has turned out to have shitty views - her entire life and fortune is dedicated to destroying trans people

IMHO we need hard caps on income and wealth. I think at this point we've got more than enough evidence that cash past a certain point really does seem to provide a kind of access to insulation and reinforcement that isn't healthy, and predispose people to going some combination of crazy &/or evil.