When you're at the frontier of knowledge and capability, you have a capability that cannot be bought for any sum. Some people hunt for it instinctually.

we are really, really, really early we’ve hardly built any gpus and we know next to nothing about the algorithmic limits of intelligence

In two generations most of this will be under solar.

Not enough boredom. There are actually a good number of people with Leibniz-level working knowledge of all these disciplines and more. Read 3 books on each of these topics with steadily increasing difficulty, it will only take a year or two. But very few will actually have the determination to master the basics. The ones that do find each other and derive satisfaction from solving nasty complicated problems that are invisible to most people.

He's a hired CEO, his main job is to not seem like an idiot. Integrity etc is important but further down the list. Plenty of people have <100% monogamous relationships, humans are lightly evolved monkeys, mostly with surprisingly little drama. But if you're a professional suit, your image is very important. If you cannot be discreet in your personal life, you cannot be trusted to be the face of a company that employees and customers depend on. The board firing these two also reveals a relatively obscure fact. Media will often depict CEOs as all powerful and high agency villains who, for example, destroy the world by making cheap gasoline. But in 99.99% of companies, the CEO is extremely disposable, as we have just been reminded. Their job is demanding and failure is not permitted. Note: It's much easier to avoid being caught having an extra-marital affair by simply not having an affair.

Imagine having a house like this and not having 12 children and a machine shop.

Still in awe of this Bronze Age sealstone found at Pylos ten years ago. It's only 3.6 cm long (1.42 in.), but just look at the hair, the muscles, the sword, the patterned kilt, and that limp, dead arm.

Seems pretty clear the algorithm boosts baby content, and I'm totally okay with that. Children are awesome. You can create arbitrary numbers of minions with basic tools in your own house. Permissionless empire building.

posted on my s*bstack re @elidourado's "how to get to an abundant future"

The Royal Navy truly is in a state of collapse