Working on new things. prev founder/CPO @glowforge / founder/CEO @rescuetime I (re)tweet about optimism, effective altruism, rationality, & startups.
Seattle, WA & Orcas Island, WA
Joined February 2007
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1/ .@bookingcom Sick w/ a positive covid test on the road.
The hotel that I booked with the Booking.com app said they’d happily approve a refund but I needed to request it via Booking.com.
Booking.com says…
2/ …The reservation is ACTUALLY through Shenzhen Goodlucktrip International Travel Services, Ltd. (0 results on Google) and Booking.com can’t support the reservation.
What the actual heck?!
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Big news: I’m launching a new podcast!
It’s called @ABraverWay, and it’s about how you (yes, YOU!) can disagree about politics without losing heart. ❤️
Sound on for the trailer… (1/3)
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Green shoots I see in America right now:
1. Industrial policy and the factory boom
2. The YIMBY movement
3. The rise in young people's wealth
4. A whole bunch of new inventions
5. The re-fragmentation of the internet
noahpinion.blog/p/the-new-19…
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One out of every 30 deaths in Canada, and one out of every 22 deaths in the Netherlands, is a medically assisted suicide.
reuters.com/world/americas/c…
This is the way.
"Whoever said to put a pinch salt in coffee to get rid of the bitterness I owe you my life."
iflscience.com/why-people-ar…
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I often think about @bungarsargon’s brilliant point that every time you get angry on the internet, someone is making money as a result.
Reminding myself of that fact really helps me keep my equanimity.
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"The people calling for gun control today wouldn’t shed a tear if every child on earth was shot. Just remember that. They want to to hurt you."
An absurd exaggeration like this (direct quote from a real tweet) is the ticket to viral spread.
But only because people want to either a) believe it, or b) shame the poster to even more culture war power they can abuse.
Both these trigger-happy habits hurt.
So next time you're tempted to spread or shame, stop for a second. See the lie for what it is. And reject it.
Your attention — positive or negative — is your power here. Don't give it where it's not deserved. ❤️
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The doomers are wrong about humanity’s future — and its past. Excellent case by @bryanrwalsh, echoing & expanding arguments I made in Enlightenment Now. vox.com/the-highlight/236273… via @voxdotcom
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Darren Barefoot died on February 20, 2023 following complications from metastatic cancer. Just weeks before he passed, Darren wrote this reflection on his life. I hope you find pleasure in it. darrenbarefoot.com/2023/02/2…
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Idealism isn't thinking the world is different than it is. It's knowing how you want the world to be, orienting your behavior in that direction, and trying to inspire others to do the same.
Idealism isn't naïveté, it's ambition—a refusal to concede the future to the present.
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"Buy American" is very dumb, it raises U.S. costs while giving our allies and friends the middle finger.
"Infrastructure officials complain they can’t find U.S. suppliers for items they need to buy American by law" washingtonpost.com/us-policy…
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Ahead of tonight's #sotu2023, measure the nation's progress with numbers instead of rhetoric!
For instance, did you know that the federal government collected $5.0 trillion in revenue in fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) — or $15,098 per person?
Learn more: usafacts.org/state-of-the-un…
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"Don't hate the player. Change the game." @Liv_Boeree's Moloch videos nail the problem so well.
youtube.com/watch?v=PRz54V7r…
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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
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You have to be cautious with people who are unusually persuasive communicators.
It’s not a bad thing in and of itself, but being a persuasive communicator doesn’t make you any more or less likely to be correct, it just makes you more likely to get people agree with you.
