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2021-10-17T04:51:21Z	**@StarTrek have aged far better with me even when watch the far from perfect recent renditions**
[@StarTrek](https://twitter.com/StarTrek) have aged far better with me even when watch the far from perfect recent renditions. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1449598885542825993)
2021-10-17T04:51:20Z	**Asimov is roughly the Ayn Rand of the left and has aged about as well for me**
Asimov is roughly the Ayn Rand of the left and has aged about as well for me. Watching the new [@AppleTV](https://twitter.com/AppleTV) take on it reminded me how bloodlessly high modernist was the thought of my first favorite author. By contrast the pluralism, humanism and sense of wonder that pervade ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1449598884427145218)
2021-10-13T04:20:55Z	**Thanks to @CurziRose for having the courage to share her experience with this**
Thanks to [@CurziRose](https://twitter.com/CurziRose) for having the courage to share her experience with this. I have no hot take on this and no experience with the group. I do, however, think that understanding communities like this floating around the tech world is important. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1448141678485794817)
2021-10-09T21:41:11Z	**Congratulations to the @NobelPrize for their choice of @mariaressa**
Congratulations to the [@NobelPrize](https://twitter.com/NobelPrize) for their choice of [@mariaressa](https://twitter.com/mariaressa), a true hero and a fellow [@ProjectSpeaker](https://twitter.com/ProjectSpeaker) speaker. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1446953918097883140)
2021-10-08T04:29:07Z	**Why I was wrong to demonize rationalists**
Why I was wrong to demonize rationalists: [https://t.co/JFJJQt81eu](https://www.radicalxchange.org/media/blog/why-i-was-wrong-to-demonize-rationalism/) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1446331802671403009)
2021-10-07T05:34:21Z	**I am deeply embarrassed I’d never read Octavia Butler until @CharlotteCavai1 recommended her to me recently…clearly among the greatest sci fi writers of all time**
I am deeply embarrassed I’d never read Octavia Butler until [@CharlotteCavai1](https://twitter.com/CharlotteCavai1) recommended her to me recently…clearly among the greatest sci fi writers of all time ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1445985830128914436)
2021-10-18T17:43:42Z	**2**
2\. Veracity: This is what really kills a book that claims no normative standing and purely a logical projection of the necessary chain of future events. Hari Seldon these guys are not. One can divide their statements into roughly 3 categories: a) claims of current facts, b) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450155640995807233)
2021-10-18T17:41:02Z	**pedestrian application of the day’s Objectivism**
pedestrian application of the day’s Objectivism, albeit in a particularly grotesque and thoroughgoing fashion. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450154972125941762)
2021-10-18T17:40:48Z	**here were predicted 20 years earlier in JCR Licklider’s “Computers and Government”**
here were predicted 20 years earlier in JCR Licklider’s “Computers and Government”, which went in a much more thoughtful direction in terms of what they could mean for society. In short, there was not visionary technology forecasting here and the social forecasting was a ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450154913065889792)
2021-10-18T17:40:48Z	**way ahead of their time; they were the sorts of things that everyone had been talking about in the Valley for years…Read**
way ahead of their time; they were the sorts of things that everyone had been talking about in the Valley for years…Read, for example, Neal Stephenson's 1992 Snowcrash. In fact, 95% of the technological developments “predicted” ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450154911711125511)
2021-10-18T17:40:47Z	**traveling in those circles at that time**
traveling in those circles at that time, as a largely reheated serving of the standard set of the conventional wisdom at that time in that community. The technological substrate that the fantasies here in were built on were not, as some reading today have suggested, ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450154910389993476)
2021-10-18T17:40:47Z	**garbage here (especially the same specific extreme factual misrepresentations and the egregious prediction errors) were standard fare**
garbage here (especially the same specific extreme factual misrepresentations and the egregious prediction errors) were standard fare. It was that experience that largely led me away from Objectivism. This book reads to me, and I would be willing to bet reads to those who were ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450154909077159943)
2021-10-18T17:40:47Z	**1**
1\. Novelty: It’s easy to look back on a book from 20 years ago and imagine it was much more novel and innovative than it was at the time. While I was young when it was published, I was traveling heavily in the Objectivist circles of the Bay Area of the time and the sort of ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450154907667820544)
2021-10-18T17:40:46Z	**be interpreted as "philosophical"**
be interpreted as "philosophical", "ethical" or "values" and focus instead on three harder-to-dismiss issues: novelty, veracity and sincerity. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450154906363457539)
2021-10-18T17:40:46Z	**f**
f. Total lack of understanding of both the social and physical infrastructure on which "cyberspace" depends.

g. 0 understanding of the range of potential directions of technology beyond one incredibly specific vision.

I could go on but let me leave to one side anything that could ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450154905059008513)
2021-10-18T17:40:46Z	**c**
c. Ludicrous theory of economic value from pre-marginal revolution period, all value can be linearly decomposed.

d. Celebration of military coups and literal witch hunts/trials (no I am not making this up).

e. Treatment of democracy as "fraternal twin" of communism". ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450154903708397569)
2021-10-18T17:47:34Z	**a**
a. On actual fact checking, you are constantly encountering things that seem clearly false statements of fact. Being on paternity leave, I didn't have time to catalog these, but a few statements about econ were particularly easy for me given my background to debunk. I suspect ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450156614741159937)
2021-10-18T17:45:13Z	**on this list are obviously the easiest ones to verify their failures on for obvious reasons**
on this list are obviously the easiest ones to verify their failures on for obvious reasons. Let me start there and work my way down. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450156023172325381)
2021-10-18T17:45:12Z	**easily testable claims about events in the near/specified future and c) vague statements about things that are inevitable but with not clarity on when (though usually something detailed about the texture when they do pass)**
easily testable claims about events in the near/specified future and c) vague statements about things that are inevitable but with not clarity on when (though usually something detailed about the texture when they do pass). They do terribly on all counts, but the earlier items ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450156021821804547)
2021-10-18T17:55:42Z	**I know I am not a very good rationalist/Bayesian**
I know I am not a very good rationalist/Bayesian, but last time I checked I thought that the value of a variable aggregated over a strict subset was usually less than that for a super set. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450158664011051013)
2021-10-18T17:55:42Z	**b**
b. They claim that the top .1% of US income earners pay more than half of all taxes in 1997. Well, at least according to those unreconstructed commies over at the [@NTU](https://twitter.com/NTU), in 1997 the top 1% of earners paid a bit less than 30% of all taxes and ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450158662186504193)
2021-10-18T17:55:42Z	**1990s was pretty high**
1990s was pretty high, but not truly exceptional much last the fastest in the world either comparing it to that country's performance at other times or comparing it to other countries. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450158660831744002)
2021-10-18T17:55:41Z	**Peru was even close to the very top of world growth tables**
Peru was even close to the very top of world growth tables, 1994, It was the 9th fastest growing country in the world: [https://t.co/erVWbWSK2w](https://countryeconomy.com/gdp?year=1994). Obviously this is just one year, but if you look over any other reasonable period here, it is still wrong. Peru's growth during the ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450158659317616640)
2021-10-18T17:55:41Z	**whoppers of this magnitude show up ever 5 pages or so and would be great if someone could go through more seriously**
whoppers of this magnitude show up ever 5 pages or so and would be great if someone could go through more seriously.

Example I: After the Fujimori coup, Peru grew at the fastest rate in the world. This is both literally false and substantively wrong. In the only year where ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450158657866326017)
2021-10-18T18:05:03Z	**certainly lower and more stable than during the periods the book claims are now being transcended**
certainly lower and more stable than during the periods the book claims are now being transcended. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450161014335361027)
2021-10-18T18:05:02Z	**Example IV**
Example IV: Govts will then turn to inflation to make up the difference. Not so much: [https://t.co/KTnXGmiNOE](https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/inflation-rate-cpi) [https://t.co/4OCb4Zgt5Y](https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/EUU/european-union/inflation-rate-cpi) [https://t.co/kyRrC9vpTr](https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/JPN/japan/inflation-rate-cpi) US and EU inflation has been low and stable and Japanese has been incredibly low and stable. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450161012057935876)
2021-10-18T18:05:02Z	**link**
[https://t.co/mYeF1yocRS](https://www.oecd.org/tax/revenue-statistics-united-states.pdf) OECD government revenue as share of GDP has been almost completely flat since the book's publication (actually shocking how flat it has been). ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450161010464022531)
2021-10-18T18:05:01Z	**Example II**
Example II: It will turn out that the Clinton's were CIA assets and were running the US as a narcostate. This one is at QAnon level...even Trump didn't propagate it to my knowledge.

Example III: Govts will soon be unable to raise revenue. Not if you believe [@OECD](https://twitter.com/OECD) stats: ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450161009017061379)
2021-10-18T18:05:01Z	**b**
b. Let's now turn to predictions that are sufficiently specific and near-term that they have at least the potential to be tested.

Example I: The Peruvian coup will set set of a wave of other similar coups that will similarly ignite growth in those countries. Umm, not so much. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450161007402225664)
2021-10-18T18:08:08Z	**Oh**
Oh, one more particularly good one I can't help mentioning: Y2K as harbinger of completely and imminent collapse of all. hmmm. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450161793448366084)
2021-10-18T18:06:55Z	**Again**
Again, I think I'm getting to the point of beating a dead horse here, but if anyone wants to bring forward something else remotely testable from the book I am happy to look at it. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450161484399403010)
2021-10-18T18:12:55Z	**Example I**
Example I: Drying up of good jobs, decline of labor share etc. Book often heralded for predicting these. Note these trends were well underway by its writing. Book claims these will be accompanied by massive increase in aggregate growth (at one point, something like 10x). ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450162994537586688)
2021-10-18T18:10:25Z	**predict cooccurrence of various events**
predict cooccurrence of various events, some of which have come partly to pass in a certain fashion. Did the predicted cooccurrences follow? ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450162367766040579)
2021-10-18T18:10:25Z	**c**
c. Vague predictions about the future with no expiry date are basically unfalsifiable. Think of all the eschatological predictions that are wrong time after time and just get pushed back. But we can at least get some purchase on the predictions here because they ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450162365626945541)
2021-10-18T18:18:21Z	**Again**
Again, let me leave it here as it gets repetitious at some point. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450164361675243528)
2021-10-18T18:18:20Z	**In fact the central prediction in this section that this will be driven by it being super easy to verify links to the real world and no one will want to rely on social conventions has been almost the opposite of what's happened in crypto land**
In fact the central prediction in this section that this will be driven by it being super easy to verify links to the real world and no one will want to rely on social conventions has been almost the opposite of what's happened in crypto land. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450164359745794050)
2021-10-18T18:18:20Z	**Example III**
Example III: Rise of digital money backed by hard assets. Again, not clear we have really seen a huge rise of digital money...yes, there is some significant crypto activity but not a large share of transactions (yet) and it is not backed by real assets. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450164358303006730)
2021-10-18T18:18:20Z	**event addressed most effectively by governments that work well**
event addressed most effectively by governments that work well, etc.) but even after that decentralization was hardly the outgrowth. Govts grew stronger and share of economy captured by few tech giants surged enormously. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450164356730130432)
2021-10-18T18:18:19Z	**Example II**
Example II: Digital everything accompanied by huge decentralization of economic power, collapse of corporations and institution, etc. Even the first part is arguably not very true at all until pandemic, which is itself utterly at odds with the book (very physical ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450164354972741634)
2021-10-18T18:18:19Z	**as enthusiasm for the Chinese regime**
as enthusiasm for the Chinese regime, which hopefully folks know is a bugaboo for me on many fronts as well...just talking facts). ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450164353475379204)
2021-10-18T18:18:18Z	**In fact**
In fact, countries that saw drying up of good jobs saw econ and productivity growth rates cut in half relative to the high industrialism period. Only countries that saw higher growth also saw booming good jobs: China, Taiwan, Estonia. (BTW nothing here should be interpreted ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450164351919263752)
2021-10-18T18:20:03Z	**included the election in a landslide of Colin Powell and the greatest and most sustained depression in human history during the 1990s**
included the election in a landslide of Colin Powell and the greatest and most sustained depression in human history during the 1990s. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450164790337236995)
2021-10-18T18:20:03Z	**But suffice it to say**
But suffice it to say, to view this book as some brilliant prophecy requires a pretty twisted way of reading it. There is good reason why one of its authors was widely ridiculed as "mystic Mogg" (a play on tv psychic "mystic Meg") for his terrible predictions, which also ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450164788730888194)
2021-10-18T18:38:42Z	**will read the book and understand that in the relationship that @peterthiel has with the right**
will read the book and understand that in the relationship that [@peterthiel](https://twitter.com/peterthiel) has with the right, at least one side is being played for fools. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450169482865905665)
2021-10-18T18:38:41Z	**In short**
In short, this book is simply as bad as it gets. It is complete factual garbage, based on idiotic and abhorrent premises and legitimating the worst sort of social and anti-social behavior. I particularly hope that people I respect on the right like [@JohnnieM](https://twitter.com/JohnnieM) and [@JuliusKrein](https://twitter.com/JuliusKrein) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450169481049694211)
2021-10-18T18:38:41Z	**will corrode liberal democracy by undermining and betraying their customers**
will corrode liberal democracy by undermining and betraying their customers. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450169479351074816)
2021-10-18T18:38:40Z	**the book would castigate**
the book would castigate, and the third is a \*government surveillance tech company\*. It is very hard to look at these without concluding that either [@peterthiel](https://twitter.com/peterthiel) is lying about believing in the ideas in the book or he is deliberately funding organizations he thinks ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450169477547495424)
2021-10-18T18:38:40Z	**with this worldview**
with this worldview. Seasteading, etc. have gone nowhere. [@PayPal](https://twitter.com/PayPal), [@Facebook](https://twitter.com/Facebook) and [@PalantirTech](https://twitter.com/PalantirTech) have succeeded. The first is a fixture of the digital branch of the legacy banking system, the second is a \*social network\*, precisely the sort of tech ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450169475794309120)
2021-10-18T18:38:40Z	**of people to read and take seriously the publicly stated plans and influences of major world leaders**
of people to read and take seriously the publicly stated plans and influences of major world leaders. [@peterthiel](https://twitter.com/peterthiel) is a particularly damning/frightening case, given that the investments he is lauded for and that have made him his fortune are so completely at odds ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450169474112389121)
2021-10-18T18:38:39Z	**incompetent and malign leaders**
incompetent and malign leaders, who will fail miserably. I can only attribute the fact that these folks remain acceptable to the parties they are associated with to the same forces that let Hitler sign peace treaties despite Mein Kampf being in wide circulation: the failure ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450169472585650181)
2021-10-18T18:38:39Z	**/endorsement these folks have of the book seems only to have grown**
/endorsement these folks have of the book seems only to have grown. It is very hard to interpret this in any way other than the most extremely cynical/Machiavellian attempt to accelerate the collapse of liberal democracy by deliberately supporting what they consider to be ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450169470899527681)
2021-10-18T18:38:38Z	**irreligious knowledge worker elites**
irreligious knowledge worker elites. Yet [@peterthiel](https://twitter.com/peterthiel) and [@Jacob\_Rees\_Mogg](https://twitter.com/Jacob_Rees_Mogg) have attached themselves to precisely the kind of right-wing reactionary ethnonationalists that the book associates with the death pangs of the nation state, while at the same time the enthusiasm ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450169469066645504)
2021-10-18T18:38:38Z	**circle around him and one of the author's sons**
circle around him and one of the author's sons, [@Jacob\_Rees\_Mogg](https://twitter.com/Jacob_Rees_Mogg). This book predicts/advocates a world where the nation state completely dissolves, good jobs disappear for nationals by free cosmopolitan competition and the world is basically ruled by 100m ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450169467393110017)
2021-10-18T18:44:46Z	**Adding @patrick_mckenna to this list**
Adding [@patrick\_mckenna](https://twitter.com/patrick_mckenna) to this list. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450171012134309888)
2021-10-18T19:17:03Z	**the actual tech designed by the Licklider collaboration etc**
the actual tech designed by the Licklider collaboration etc.) and other graph/network based tech is pluralist. Let's do more of that...and on that note, expect a blog post soon on "Why I am a Pluralist". ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450179136706646017)
2021-10-18T19:17:03Z	**archetypal respectively AGI and Bitcoin maximalist forms) AI is communist and Crypto is libertarian (in @peterthiel's twisted Mad Max ancap version of libertarianism)**
archetypal respectively AGI and Bitcoin maximalist forms) AI is communist and Crypto is libertarian (in [@peterthiel's](https://twitter.com/peterthiel's) twisted Mad Max ancap version of libertarianism). I would add that the internet (not the loose set of things we now call the internet, but ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450179134647197698)
2021-10-18T19:17:02Z	**Ironically**
Ironically, the single best part of the book (in the 2020 edition I read) was [@peterthiel's](https://twitter.com/peterthiel's) preface, because there he is at least honest about the book not really being a prediction by a prescription and restates his classic line which I mostly agree with that (at least in their ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450179132902445058)
2021-10-18T20:39:58Z	**Those depressed by my last tweet stream should read this from @Pontifex**
Those depressed by my last tweet stream should read this from [@Pontifex](https://twitter.com/Pontifex): [https://t.co/K3EfK4fFHI](https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2021/documents/20211016-videomessaggio-movimentipopolari.html). Thanks [@divyasiddarth](https://twitter.com/divyasiddarth) for lifting my spirits. This not [@peterthiel’s](https://twitter.com/peterthiel’s) sophistry is what Christian love lo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450200002655973378)
2021-10-19T16:49:44Z	**The conversation on public digital money forward**
The conversation on public digital money forward. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450504448858472448)
2021-10-19T16:49:44Z	**Congratulations to my old comrade in arms in the debates over financial regulation @STOmarova on her nomination as Comptroller of the Currency**
Congratulations to my old comrade in arms in the debates over financial regulation [@STOmarova](https://twitter.com/STOmarova) on her nomination as Comptroller of the Currency. While I think her recent proposals have been too simplistic and centralized, innovative thinking like hers is crucial to pushing ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1450504447998578691)
2021-10-21T10:20:16Z	**Just realized I’m on there too**
Just realized I’m on there too! ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451131213779931136)
2021-10-22T04:06:27Z	**Bravo**
Bravo. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451399527794036736)
2021-10-22T22:07:37Z	**Or getting on top of AI risk faster**
Or getting on top of AI risk faster? Or keeping up with everything going on in the digital money space? Or taking public goods seriously? The piece and to a lesser extent the recent Nobel award just reinforce how deeply stuck in a technocratic dead end the field is. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451671612546187264)
2021-10-22T22:07:37Z	**Given how broken contemporary economics is and how widely recognized its brokenness has become**
Given how broken contemporary economics is and how widely recognized its brokenness has become, how does speeding it up and zooming it in really help? Might it not make it worse? Would higher frequency data have led to blocking the FB-Instagram merger? ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451671611745062912)
2021-10-22T22:07:37Z	**I have to say I found @TheEconomist’s cover leader briefing this week one of their sillier**
I have to say I found [@TheEconomist’s](https://twitter.com/TheEconomist’s) cover leader briefing this week one of their sillier, along with the one on cancel culture: [https://t.co/Lz2QlWHgmu](https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/10/23/enter-third-wave-economics). Economics has entered a “third era”, yet they cannot pinpoint a single concrete social benefit it has yielded. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451671610822316032)
2021-10-22T22:22:11Z	**dark**
dark. If you think we are in such dark times as those, is there no corner of the world where you can find refuge? Has every country simultaneously either shut the door to you or turned into a totalitarian hell hole? ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451675276073598985)
2021-10-22T22:22:11Z	**started getting beaten up in Germany by his former classmate friends**
started getting beaten up in Germany by his former classmate friends, you bet he exited and man was he lucky to be able to. His family brought almost nothing with them, but the opportunity this country with all its profound flaws offered him was a light of civilization in the ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451675274928537608)
2021-10-22T22:22:10Z	**Give me everything you have and let me leave in a getaway car**
Give me everything you have and let me leave in a getaway car? Personally, I'd be delighted if the "exit" crowd exited from my twitter feed, my nation's politics (where they are funding and campaigning for anti-immigration extremists), etc. When my grandfather ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451675273800257537)
2021-10-22T22:22:10Z	**allowed to**
allowed to, from abroad, take advantage of the infrastructure (social, physical, etc.) that millions have worked for generations to build up in this country. If you don't need any of that, what is stopping you? And if you do need that, then is "exit" just a fig leaf for ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451675272634269696)
2021-10-22T22:22:10Z	**One thing I just don't get about about the "exit" crowd is**
One thing I just don't get about about the "exit" crowd is, what exactly is stopping you? There are plenty of other places to go and the only constraint on going there is that there are some limits on how much capital you can take/steal along with you and how "freely" you are ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451675271426285576)
2021-10-23T12:15:47Z	**Unless we ask the right questions**
Unless we ask the right questions. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451885057812041736)
2021-10-23T12:15:46Z	**As often**
As often, Norbert Wiener put it better than I could have: Whether we entrust our decisions to machines of metal, or to those machines of flesh and blood which are bureaus and vast laboratories and armies and corporations, we shall never receive the right answers to our questions ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1451885056775974916)
2021-10-27T09:59:39Z	**Hats off to @ewarren**
Hats off to [@ewarren](https://twitter.com/ewarren). Even if it takes a last minute scramble, it looks like her important ideas for tax reform are finally going to be tried. It will be a wild ride seeing where they go! ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1453300349670940680)
2021-10-27T23:50:11Z	**A thoughtful reflection on potential approach to financial regulation of Web 3**
A thoughtful reflection on potential approach to financial regulation of Web 3 ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1453509362270433286)
2021-11-01T17:37:29Z	**Fronts**
Fronts. It is economically disastrous legalized piracy. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1455227506395467776)
2021-11-01T17:37:28Z	**Despite crypto framing**
Despite crypto framing, this is one of the better things I’ve ever seen written on capitalism etc. particularly welcome is the calling out of “the left” and [@ntnsndr](https://twitter.com/ntnsndr) in particular for conceding too much. “Neoliberalism” is not economically efficient but problematic on other ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1455227505112088576)
2021-11-02T03:46:38Z	**Those concerned with existential risks from exponential technology need look no further than here for your bete noir**
Those concerned with existential risks from exponential technology need look no further than here for your bete noir. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1455380804939354114)
2021-11-03T16:35:12Z	**that the contents of this first essay in no way**
that the contents of this first essay in no way, shape or form reflect my values. A world where the billionth bot created by [@balajis](https://twitter.com/balajis) and alt-right trolls must be treated with equal dignity to a unique human being is not a world I ever want to live in. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1455936609493282817)
2021-11-03T16:35:12Z	**I recently recommended an essay by @keikreutler on DAOs**
I recently recommended an essay by [@keikreutler](https://twitter.com/keikreutler) on DAOs, which was quite good. However, I did not at the time realize it was a follow-up to this piece: [https://t.co/srkVzr15hl](https://blog.gnosis.pm/inventories-not-identities-7da9a4ec5a3e). While I don't retract my praise for the second essay in the series, I want to be super clear ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1455936608176250888)
2021-11-03T17:01:02Z	**that they can is not what @keikreutler intended**
that they can is not what [@keikreutler](https://twitter.com/keikreutler) intended. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1455943110324674567)
2021-11-03T17:01:01Z	**To be clear**
To be clear, [@keikreutler](https://twitter.com/keikreutler) is a very interesting and often brilliant thinker and multisig wallets are an interesting tool in a broader toolkit. They are just far from a single hammer to which something as rich as identity can be reduced. I hope the implication in this piece ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1455943107975868416)
2021-11-03T21:17:41Z	**Just signed this**
Just signed this: [https://t.co/VzQIdOExf5](https://www.interdependence.online/declaration/e-bw-AGkYsZFYqmAe2771A6hi9ZMIkWrkBNtHIF1hF4). It is very good. Should be harder on bad stuff in crypto, but still very good. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1456007700966297603)
2021-11-03T21:16:52Z	**I am verifying for @verses_xyz**
I am verifying for [@verses\_xyz](https://twitter.com/verses_xyz): sig:0x5a7d85de133916b9d306f7de27bf6812960ca53ef294f65df1cf29d39d7987c73bae3abfc4f3242d47874bd3f7fc8877c8418f8ce5817b9e17f3349c382663c01c ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1456007494786895873)
2021-11-08T16:13:11Z	**I'm honored that @chengela and @WIRED agreed to publish this piece with @DrDaronAcemoglu and Michael I**
I'm honored that [@chengela](https://twitter.com/chengela) and [@WIRED](https://twitter.com/WIRED) agreed to publish this piece with [@DrDaronAcemoglu](https://twitter.com/DrDaronAcemoglu) and Michael I. Jordan: [https://t.co/WOwouNBYJ1](https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-turing-test-economics-business/), ahead of the release of our broader, many authored report from [@HarvardEthics](https:// ... ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1457743008393154564)
2021-11-09T00:55:26Z	**A great initiative that I signed**
A great initiative that I signed. Excesses in the decentralization space are pretty bad too as I think many signers would agree, but an important shot-across-the-bow. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1457874436552491011)
2021-11-10T17:49:20Z	**Had been more on Bentham**
Had been more on Bentham, Simmel, Douglass and George), but it offers a very fresh look at the topic that will confound the narratives of liberalisms champions and critics across the political spectrum. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1458491981286371330)
2021-11-10T17:49:20Z	**Anyone interested in what “liberalism” “really means” historically should read @HelenaRosenblat’s excellent “The Lost History of Liberalism”**
Anyone interested in what “liberalism” “really means” historically should read [@HelenaRosenblat](https://twitter.com/HelenaRosenblat)’s excellent “The Lost History of Liberalism”: [https://t.co/3NiCJPoXt2](https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691170701/the-lost-history-of-liberalism). Like any book of this kind, it’s far from exha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1458491979776462849)
2021-11-11T01:17:35Z	**A small and silly dream came true today**
A small and silly dream came true today: [@RadxChange](https://twitter.com/RadxChange) has more followers than I do! Thanks to so many, especially [@jlmorone](https://twitter.com/jlmorone), [@m\_t\_prewitt](https://twitter.com/m_t_prewitt), [@flakoubay](https://twitter.com/flakoubay), [@ckt4000](https://twitter.com/ckt4000), [@VitalikButerin](https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin) and [@audreyt](https://twitter.com/audreyt), for helping me be part of something greater than  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1458604785305673732)
2021-11-12T00:37:47Z	**The blind need not apply to live in the network state**
The blind need not apply to live in the network state. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1458957160881164293)
2021-11-13T19:15:31Z	**What an interesting paper**
What an interesting paper! An attempt to empirically show the [@peterthiel-](https://twitter.com/peterthiel-) associated “AI is communist/totalitarian” thesis. Hats off to the authors. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1459600834648416256)
2021-11-15T21:20:42Z	**@balajis I’d really enjoy your putting some of your predictions about various institutions collapsing into the form of objectively verifiable quantitative predictions that resolve in the next 3-5 years**
. [@balajis](https://twitter.com/balajis) I’d really enjoy your putting some of your predictions about various institutions collapsing into the form of objectively verifiable quantitative predictions that resolve in the next 3-5 years. I am very likely happy to be the other side of the bet. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1460357114228994053)
2021-11-15T21:31:30Z	**I’d also recommend to “Einstein with internet access” using that access to read some of Einstein’s writings like**
I’d also recommend to “Einstein with internet access” using that access to read some of Einstein’s writings like: [https://t.co/l8KzUFFmOY](https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/1932-disarmament-conference-0/tnamp/) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1460359832192512004)
2021-11-15T21:47:05Z	**Anyone have a line to @anneapplebaum**
Anyone have a line to [@anneapplebaum](https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum)? ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1460363750695849984)
2021-11-15T22:00:50Z	**Or**
Or, for that matter, writings of JCR Licklider, the closest thing the internet had to a founder/inventor, such as “Computers and Government” 1979 ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1460367211571277829)
2021-11-16T11:54:25Z	**Let me extend this to anyone who thinks “The Sovereign Individual” is a prophecy**
Let me extend this to anyone who thinks “The Sovereign Individual” is a prophecy. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1460576991761952781)
2021-11-16T16:46:51Z	**And to anyone who thinks AGI is coming down the road in 3-5 years**
And to anyone who thinks AGI is coming down the road in 3-5 years. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1460650582738288641)
2021-11-17T21:21:47Z	**Very interesting paper on land taxes**
Very interesting paper on land taxes: [https://t.co/aJkwPpmHcQ](https://dors.dk/files/media/publikationer/arbejdspapirer/2017/02_arbejdspapir_land_tax.pdf) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1461082162434740224)
2021-11-19T18:38:44Z	**greater seriousness and less focus on useful but narrow technologies like multisigs**
greater seriousness and less focus on useful but narrow technologies like multisigs. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1461765902907572227)
2021-11-19T18:38:43Z	**Let me also clarify that my overall comments about this piece are not fair to some parts in the middle of it which are quite smart about they ways that pseudonymous histories can be used to build reputations in social contexts**
Let me also clarify that my overall comments about this piece are not fair to some parts in the middle of it which are quite smart about they ways that pseudonymous histories can be used to build reputations in social contexts. I would love to see this be worked out with ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1461765900911071234)
2021-11-21T05:59:17Z	**Her latest “If Then” is one of the best tech histories**
Her latest “If Then” is one of the best tech histories: [https://t.co/2jz9j6ZT2P](https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631496103). Definitely should be near the top of the list of anyone interested in what’s going wrong in tech today. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1462299556222144517)
2021-11-21T05:59:16Z	**Having fun on a Jill Lenore spree…definitely one of the greatest historians today**
Having fun on a Jill Lenore spree…definitely one of the greatest historians today. These Truths ( [https://t.co/gi3eUpYf1V](https://www.amazon.com/These-Truths-History-United-States/dp/0393635244)) contained little I didn’t know but still is probably the highest quality political history of the US per page I have read. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1462299554779303938)
2021-11-21T19:54:57Z	**Quantify and bet against**
Quantify and bet against? My confidence is 80% on each of these and 50% that they will all be true. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1462509862378618882)
2021-11-21T19:54:57Z	**Denominated in fiat**
Denominated in fiat, including CBDC.

Govt spending will not be a devastating drag on growth: there will still in 2025 be a positive correlation btwn GDP per capita and govt share of GDP will not have disappeared. Any other key points of [@balajis](https://twitter.com/balajis) wisdom people want me to ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1462509858515603460)
2021-11-21T19:54:56Z	**I don’t think governments are collapsing any time soon**
I don’t think governments are collapsing any time soon: by 2025, govt tax take share of GDP will not have fallen by more than 5pp from current levels in OECD.

I don’t think fiat currencies are collapsing anytime soon: in 2025 >90% of transactions in economy will still be ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1462509857517367302)
2021-11-21T19:54:56Z	**If betting is a tax on BS**
If betting is a tax on BS, expert evasion going on here, though you can’t really blame him given that it is his largest and most valuable asset. To do my best to incentive compatibly reveal my low holdings thereof, let me offer some bets I’m happy to take. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1462509856120655874)
2021-11-21T19:54:55Z	**Anyone who propagates the #BalajiwasRigbt meme should note that I got crickets in response to this from @balajis**
Anyone who propagates the [#BalajiwasRigbt](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BalajiwasRigbt) meme should note that I got crickets in response to this from [@balajis](https://twitter.com/balajis). I have always thought that the discourse around individual sovereignty was mostly a smokescreen for tax evasion. We seem to have a nice illustration here: ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1462509853675442176)
2021-11-22T21:31:16Z	**I love @audreyt's distinction between pro- and anti-social media**
I love [@audreyt's](https://twitter.com/audreyt's) distinction between pro- and anti-social media. The fact that media is social is a neutral fact, but it can either use this sociality to dig us further and further into holes away from one another or bring us together. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1462896487214436353)
2021-11-22T22:34:42Z	**Thanks to @RistoUuk and @wef for including me in this excellent report on positive AI futures**
Thanks to [@RistoUuk](https://twitter.com/RistoUuk) and [@wef](https://twitter.com/wef) for including me in this excellent report on positive AI futures: [https://t.co/ui8ZTx0zLO](https://www.weforum.org/reports/positive-ai-economic-futures) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1462912451385516034)
2021-11-23T04:46:30Z	**for the left to show it has a real vision for the future**
for the left to show it has a real vision for the future. My vote would be for him. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1463006015767531520)
2021-11-23T04:46:29Z	**The election underway in Chile is probably the most important in the world this year**
The election underway in Chile is probably the most important in the world this year. With candidates so different than in the past, no one can predict what the choice will mean, but I am hopefully that [@gabrielboric](https://twitter.com/gabrielboric) offers the best chance for since the failure of [@SyrizaI](https://twitter.com/SyrizaI) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1463006014316240900)
2021-11-30T18:51:33Z	**a broad but thin state that replaces capitalist institutions with new incentive structures (e**
a broad but thin state that replaces capitalist institutions with new incentive structures (e.g. high wealth taxes to support ample quadratic funding matching funds) but has minimal administrative overhead and operates in a rule-based way that empowers decentralization. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1465755397747138563)
2021-11-30T18:51:33Z	**A lot of current and former libertarians have recently been advocating for a "strong but narrow state" that is hierarchical**
A lot of current and former libertarians have recently been advocating for a "strong but narrow state" that is hierarchical, disciplined and focused on protecting capitalist institutions (Pinochet era Chile comes to mind). I would argue for almost the precise opposite: ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1465755396363091971)
2021-11-30T22:44:49Z	**This is why I consider myself a political economist**
This is why I consider myself a political economist. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1465814100047327233)
2021-11-30T22:43:41Z	**That politics and collective choice are as fundamental and pervasive as is bilateral or price mediated exchange**
That politics and collective choice are as fundamental and pervasive as is bilateral or price mediated exchange. Sociology and economics are equally fundamental, neither a mere superstructure of the other. Instead they form an equilibrium like supply and demand. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1465813812456538113)
2021-11-30T22:43:40Z	**As rationality and strategy are to communicating**
As rationality and strategy are to communicating. I no longer believe most goods are private good and thus that something like general equilibrium is a reasonable benchmark to describe resource allocation. I believe that most goods are at least common to some group and thus ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1465813811131150341)
2021-11-30T22:43:40Z	**Are just as much derived from group beliefs and preferences as the reverse**
Are just as much derived from group beliefs and preferences as the reverse. I no longer believe in the priority of preference, utility and reason over communication. Communication is, in a world of limited individual rationality, as important to making rationality possible ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1465813809868656640)
2021-11-30T22:43:40Z	**These premises but that their negations are as true and fruitful as they are**
These premises but that their negations are as true and fruitful as they are. I no longer believe in methodical individualism; I think social groups are just as much a thing as are individuals and that individuals beliefs and preferences ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1465813808773885952)
2021-11-30T22:43:39Z	**I was trained as an economist but no longer identify as one**
I was trained as an economist but no longer identify as one. I’ll write a longer essay on why soon, but briefly: I no longer accept as true the basic premises of the field that differentiate it from other social sciences. Not to say there if nothing to be gained by entertaining ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1465813807368847366)
2021-12-05T20:42:56Z	**not on principle**
not on principle.). Longer essay coming soon but some examples here: ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467595364811214849)
2021-12-05T20:42:36Z	**I used to be a “social” libertarian**
I used to be a “social” libertarian. By that I mean that on the issues where the average centrist democrat is more libertarian than the average Trump Republican. I am now a relative moderate on these issues (probably still libertarian of the US center but for pragmatic reasons ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467595280031772673)
2021-12-05T20:48:28Z	**and that its sanctity is critical**
and that its sanctity is critical, so we must have a respectful democratic conversation on how to navigate this very difficult moral terrain. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467596759656402944)
2021-12-05T20:48:28Z	**probably the overlapping consensus in many countries of relatively free access in first trimester**
probably the overlapping consensus in many countries of relatively free access in first trimester, very limited access in third trimester and something in between in second trimester is plausible. I don’t think there is any clearly correct answer to when life begins ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467596758431649792)
2021-12-05T20:48:28Z	**I used to believe in completely unrestricted**
I used to believe in completely unrestricted, insurance covered abortion on demand until birth. I now believe that (whatever the constitutional law, on which I don’t have strong views) it is undesirable for abortion to be an issue settled in a constitution and that ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467596756913319936)
2021-12-05T20:48:27Z	**for things they say but I do believe in thoughtful policies on what is discoverable how**
for things they say but I do believe in thoughtful policies on what is discoverable how. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467596755868913665)
2021-12-05T20:48:27Z	**I used to be a free speech absolutist and think that’s as a useful way to look at a lot of issues**
I used to be a free speech absolutist and think that’s as a useful way to look at a lot of issues. Now I think reach is as important as speech and that simple capitalist institutions are nowhere near optimal in facilitating equal voice. I don’t believe in punishing people ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467596753859792896)
2021-12-05T20:48:27Z	**Cases like the 37 gender identifications @Tinder now has**
Cases like the 37 gender identifications [@Tinder](https://twitter.com/Tinder) now has. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467596752593121283)
2021-12-05T20:48:26Z	**certain**
certain, rigid or dismissive of other views. I think the way we classify things affects meanings and social life for everyone in a society. There are real costs to disintegrating or even just rapidly complicating our social categories. One can see this, for example, in extreme ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467596751167111168)
2021-12-05T20:48:26Z	**I used to believe that**
I used to believe that, on principle, anyone should in any context be able to marry, identify, etc in whatever way they wanted with whatever other entity they choose. I am still a strong supporter of transgender rights, gay marriage etc. but these days I am much less ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467596750173052931)
2021-12-05T20:48:26Z	**enforcement that is more equal across class lines so that the wealthy feel the consequences of whatever policies they don’t use their political capital to object to**
enforcement that is more equal across class lines so that the wealthy feel the consequences of whatever policies they don’t use their political capital to object to. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467596748990287875)
2021-12-05T20:48:25Z	**incapacitates herself**
incapacitates herself. There is no reason there should not effectively be an implicit social contract preventing such destructive behavior and it is at least conceivable that the state is reasonable as an enforcer of such an agreement. I’d like to see, more than anything, ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1467596747413147649)
2021-12-07T18:06:35Z	**In addition to appreciating their contributions**
In addition to appreciating their contributions, we try to highlight a theory of political change that can help make their visions a reality. h/t to [@tristanharris](https://twitter.com/tristanharris), conversations with whom helped develop these ideas. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1468280796175765507)
2021-12-07T18:06:35Z	**Delighted to see @BostonReview publish this new piece with @henryfarrell (who should be first-author as he did all the work**
Delighted to see [@BostonReview](https://twitter.com/BostonReview) publish this new piece with [@henryfarrell](https://twitter.com/henryfarrell) (who should be first-author as he did all the work...working on that), reviewing the excellent new books of [@robreich](https://twitter.com/robreich), [@mehran\_sahami](https://twitter.com/mehran_sahami) and Jeremy Weinstein and [@bethnoveck](htt ... ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1468280794741313542)
2021-12-09T17:19:15Z	**Thanks to @TheEconomist for publishing my letter with @VitalikButerin this week on using Quadratic Funding and similar mechanisms to expand public good provision without growing the administrative state**
Thanks to [@TheEconomist](https://twitter.com/TheEconomist) for publishing my letter with [@VitalikButerin](https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin) this week on using Quadratic Funding and similar mechanisms to expand public good provision without growing the administrative state: [https://t.co/8reOOx4xAm](https:// ... ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1468993656963043332)
2021-12-09T18:18:30Z	**Great piece**
Great piece! ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1469008568523264001)
2021-12-09T18:43:47Z	**No disagreement here**
No disagreement here! ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1469014932288991232)
2021-12-09T20:18:41Z	**Kiev and Taipei are today’s 1938 Prague and 1948 Berlin**
Kiev and Taipei are today’s 1938 Prague and 1948 Berlin. What will their fate be? ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1469038815616462849)
2021-12-13T10:53:39Z	**(>50k Twitter followers) mention this incident**
(>50k Twitter followers) mention this incident. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1470346172208332802)
2021-12-13T10:53:39Z	**digital democracy**
digital democracy. My guess is that this will come to be seen as a defining moment of this decade. So [@NathanpmYoung](https://twitter.com/NathanpmYoung) can hold me accountable here’s a falsifiable version: in their decade-in-review essays in late 2029, I assess a 50% chance that >5% of major news outlets ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1470346171377803269)
2021-12-13T10:53:39Z	**Proof if any is needed that promoting digital democracy begins at home**
Proof if any is needed that promoting digital democracy begins at home: [https://t.co/HZUpTnAaIt](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/curious-case-map-disappearing-taiwan-minister-us-democracy-summit-2021-12-12/) [@WhiteHouse](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse) censored an honest description of digital democratic freedoms by the world’s most prominent digital democracy leader and transgender political leader at a summit on ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1470346169859469313)
2021-12-13T16:51:42Z	**One irony not widely remarked on here is that @CIVICUSalliance rightly ranks the US in the middle of its five categories v Taiwan in the highest**
One irony not widely remarked on here is that [@CIVICUSalliance](https://twitter.com/CIVICUSalliance) rightly ranks the US in the middle of its five categories v Taiwan in the highest. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1470436276222369792)
2021-12-14T18:33:53Z	**Fabulous work**
Fabulous work! ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1470824381571952646)
2021-12-14T22:22:14Z	**Beautiful piece**
Beautiful piece ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1470881846451851270)
2021-12-16T12:14:52Z	**Truly remarkable**
Truly remarkable! ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471453772668751876)
2021-12-16T17:06:01Z	**other social philosophies**
other social philosophies. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471527043166658567)
2021-12-16T17:06:01Z	**4**
4\. Given all this it is not that much of a surprise to me that some people who I profoundly disagree with and think have really dark visions like [@peterthiel](https://twitter.com/peterthiel) have recently been on a Georgist kick. Georgism is far too under specified to rule out major abuse, just as are many ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471527042332069892)
2021-12-16T17:06:00Z	**3**
3\. It’s very important not to overfocus on land tax in George’s thought, which also has great stuff on public utilities, trade, public goods, voting, the role of civil society, labor unions etc. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471527041417691141)
2021-12-16T17:06:00Z	**been blind to quantum**
been blind to quantum.

2\. The best way to follow a truly great leader (which I believe George was, while acknowledging his xenophobia and other very real limitations) is emulation not obedience. May we hope to advance political economy as much in our time as he did in his. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471527040343937032)
2021-12-16T17:06:00Z	**I could go on and on**
I could go on and on, but let me stop here. The points are

1\. The simplistic Georgist idea is a beautiful and powerful one and the greatest danger with beautiful and powerful ideas is we get carried away with them. If we had gotten carried away with relativity we would have ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471527039496699906)
2021-12-16T17:06:00Z	**accelerating the relentless focus on structure by structure rent flow maximization is really going to get us where we want to go**
accelerating the relentless focus on structure by structure rent flow maximization is really going to get us where we want to go, though COST/SALSA may help with this by facilitating assemblies. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471527038724952066)
2021-12-16T17:06:00Z	**acceleration of collective governance for conservation**
acceleration of collective governance for conservation, turbo charge the degradation of natural capital. Georgists often deride “fallow” resources, but fallowing land is a sound management practice in sustainable agriculture. Even in urban areas it is far from clear that ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471527037823119362)
2021-12-16T17:05:59Z	**3**
3\. Georgism (and even more COST/SALSA) are good at combatting underutilization of land, which is a major urban problem. But especially outside urban areas over utilization is just as big if not bigger of an issue. Georgism could well, if not complemented with thoughtful ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471527036921339905)
2021-12-16T17:05:59Z	**(eg all revenue goes to the city) are actually better than private property**
(eg all revenue goes to the city) are actually better than private property. Recognition of non individual ownership starts the analysis; it doesn’t conclude it. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471527036116090883)
2021-12-16T17:05:59Z	**And once we realize that many individual landowners in the region spend money charitably**
And once we realize that many individual landowners in the region spend money charitably, commercially and in taxes that contribute to the prosperity of those various collective entities, it becomes much less clear that the most simplistic implementations of a land tax ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471527035226914817)
2021-12-16T20:32:36Z	**Thank you @TheEconomist**
Thank you [@TheEconomist](https://twitter.com/TheEconomist)! Game on: [https://t.co/9gsL2Tcrgc](https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2021/12/18/the-mathematical-method-that-could-offer-a-fairer-way-to-vote) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471579029941620736)
2021-12-16T21:39:26Z	**This is a truly marvelous piece**
This is a truly marvelous piece. One of the best things ever on QV for a few reasons:

1\. New history about Carroll I was unware of.

2\. Fabulous user interface and great questions for the poll.

3\. Super explanation of both the theory and the applications.

4\. Wonderful narrative. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471595852648960000)
2021-12-17T01:12:49Z	**In particular thanks to @s1moncox**
In particular thanks to [@s1moncox](https://twitter.com/s1moncox)! ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471649550486040576)
2021-12-17T17:55:01Z	**Any @RadxChange folks with connections to the incoming Bulgarian government**
Any [@RadxChange](https://twitter.com/RadxChange) folks with connections to the incoming Bulgarian government? ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1471901761640165376)
2021-12-18T15:52:10Z	**omelet**
omelet, be very skeptical of whether it will be poisonous. If you see technodystopians opposing clearly beneficial tech purely based on slippery slope arguments in some distant future, similarly ask them what direction the slope actually points. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1472233233068658692)
2021-12-18T15:52:09Z	**is reasonably conceivable**
is reasonably conceivable. What will determine where we end up is what trajectory we are on. If you see tech bros doing stuff that is making most people's lives worse in the name of some distant goal, be skeptical. If you see political revolutionaries breaking eggs to make an ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1472233231462264833)
2021-12-18T15:52:09Z	**Or conversely**
Or conversely, AI will create so much inequality in the future that Terminator, Hunger Games or whatever will be inevitable, so shut it down or hamper it in whatever way today. The reality is once you go far enough in the future almost any consequence from almost any tech ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1472233229545476096)
2021-12-18T15:52:08Z	**extreme futures in which nearly everything is transformed by technology X and uses this to argue for (or against) the development of X today**
extreme futures in which nearly everything is transformed by technology X and uses this to argue for (or against) the development of X today. AI will create so much abundance once AGI arrives that no one will care about inequality, so don't worry about it now as AI develops. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1472233227536384005)
2021-12-18T15:52:08Z	**Many fallacies in futurism could be avoided by keeping in mind L'Hôpital's rule**
Many fallacies in futurism could be avoided by keeping in mind L'Hôpital's rule, roughly the mathematical idea that when comparing very large quantities one should focus on the trajectory rather than the end state. Perhaps my favorite-to-hate fallacy in futurism concocts ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1472233225888022528)
2021-12-19T16:15:23Z	**Great piece**
Great piece, very connected to [@ProfTortuga’s](https://twitter.com/ProfTortuga’s) work ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1472601463373266946)
2021-12-20T01:13:02Z	**Felicitaciones a @gabrielboric y Chile**
Felicitaciones a [@gabrielboric](https://twitter.com/gabrielboric) y Chile! Hay una oportunidad única ahora para la izquierda probar su poténcial. Las esperanzas de una gran parte del mundo estarán con Chile en los años entrantes. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1472736768625876995)
2021-12-20T01:16:55Z	**Opinião - Ronaldo Lemos**
Opinião - Ronaldo Lemos: Brasil pode apontar caminhos da democracia [https://t.co/1HyCXS42p7](https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/ronaldolemos/2021/12/brasil-pode-apontar-caminhos-da-democracia.shtml) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1472737745952915460)
2021-12-24T04:19:08Z	**Excellent thread on why blockchains aren't likely a core part of useful decentralization movement**
Excellent thread on why blockchains aren't likely a core part of useful decentralization movement. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1474233154672103429)
2021-12-27T16:28:37Z	**Exitocracy/network state a la @balajis is just the embrace of Moloch…the renunciation of any attempt at thoughtful collective coordination in favor of the dictatorship of diffuse coordination failure**
Exitocracy/network state a la [@balajis](https://twitter.com/balajis) is just the embrace of Moloch…the renunciation of any attempt at thoughtful collective coordination in favor of the dictatorship of diffuse coordination failure. David Grewal’s Network Power puts this very nicely. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1475503896093081614)
2021-12-31T01:40:43Z	**In case anyone is still underestimating @peterthiel Ada geopolitical actor**
In case anyone is still underestimating [@peterthiel](https://twitter.com/peterthiel) Ada geopolitical actor. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1476730004012560386)
2022-01-01T19:18:33Z	**If anyone was wondering if Estonia is in the digital democracy or the exitocracy/sovereign individual camp**
If anyone was wondering if Estonia is in the digital democracy or the exitocracy/sovereign individual camp: [https://t.co/tYQfRXykLc](https://cointelegraph.com/news/estonia-s-new-aml-laws-set-to-clamp-down-on-crypto-industry/amp) [@pujalight](https://twitter.com/pujalight) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477358600930480128)
2022-01-02T01:53:40Z	**@elipariser) v synthetic technocracy (@sama**
[@elipariser](https://twitter.com/elipariser)) v synthetic technocracy ( [@sama](https://twitter.com/sama), [@MattBruenig](https://twitter.com/MattBruenig), [@AndrewYang](https://twitter.com/AndrewYang), rationalism). Current crisis is largely transition from the 20th century mode of fascism v communism v democracy to this. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477458035115130881)
2022-01-02T01:53:38Z	**Yes I think the defining political divide of the 21st century will be roughly captured in the terms laid out @CivGame Civilization 6 Gathering Storm expansion**
Yes I think the defining political divide of the 21st century will be roughly captured in the terms laid out [@CivGame](https://twitter.com/CivGame) Civilization 6 Gathering Storm expansion: corporate libertarianism ( [@balajis](https://twitter.com/balajis), [@peterthiel](https://twitter.com/peterthiel), Sovereign Individual) v digital democracy ( [@audr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477458029742202882)
2022-01-02T02:04:18Z	**the remaining faith of the public in the public health system and @potus**
the remaining faith of the public in the public health system and [@potus](https://twitter.com/potus). [#TTSI](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TTSI) was the right strategy for 2020, but won’t work in 2022. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477460713228541955)
2022-01-02T02:04:18Z	**For the public health of misled vulnerable populations**
For the public health of misled vulnerable populations, the lives of students and others who will be disrupted in futile attempts to make [#TTSI](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TTSI) work with targeted shutdowns that will quickly become universal and most of all extremely dangerous politically as it will undermine ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477460712108670976)
2022-01-02T02:04:17Z	**As I should have said a week or two ago (Holidays and family intervened)**
As I should have said a week or two ago (Holidays and family intervened), while it’s gratifying to see [@potus](https://twitter.com/potus) as [#TTSI](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TTSI) so seriously, this strategy cannot significantly slow Omicron given its R0 and giving the false impression it can is dangerous ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477460709608865792)
2022-01-02T04:39:13Z	**on pretty much everything you can make sense of and overwhelmingly harmful in the influence he had on the world**
on pretty much everything you can make sense of and overwhelmingly harmful in the influence he had on the world. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477499699355537410)
2022-01-02T04:39:13Z	**tastes awful to me but that everyone says is prized**
tastes awful to me but that everyone says is prized. There are all kinds of contemporaries of Marx who I think are enduring geniuses, that, whatever their limitations, I have gained enormously from. Marx always struck me as impenetrable, wrong even by the standards of his day ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477499697694527490)
2022-01-02T04:39:12Z	**I've held a lot of political views in my life but I have to say that one thinker I have never had any genuine attraction to is Marx**
I've held a lot of political views in my life but I have to say that one thinker I have never had any genuine attraction to is Marx. There is almost nothing I have read of his (except the 18th Brumaire) that I found more compelling than I do some aged bottle of wine that ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477499695840694273)
2022-01-02T05:29:05Z	**More complexity**
More complexity, less complication ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477512246884331520)
2022-01-02T11:33:24Z	**A very nice thread**
A very nice thread, though misses that Licklider thought many of the functionalities Web 3 people are trying to get at were seen as necessary by the Licklider-Engelbart-Nelson complex but never built with the required public and academic support ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477603931018588161)
2022-01-03T02:14:20Z	**What are people’s favorite examples of something genuinely good for the world that was significantly facilitated by crypto/Web 3 already not hypothetically**
What are people’s favorite examples of something genuinely good for the world that was significantly facilitated by crypto/Web 3 already not hypothetically? ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1477825625071095809)
2022-01-03T15:13:50Z	**at present to a more or less equal (“decentralized”) distribution of wealth**
at present to a more or less equal (“decentralized”) distribution of wealth? But those are more ambitious projects. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478021793654870016)
2022-01-03T15:13:50Z	**something good with it” or “this is a nice vehicle for speculation”**
something good with it” or “this is a nice vehicle for speculation”. Would love to see this all written up concisely and documented somewhere. Even more fascinating would be to try to tally the harms and make some sort of a net. For example, has crypto overall led ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478021792929226753)
2022-01-03T15:13:50Z	**of people willing and able to experiment with new social organization**
of people willing and able to experiment with new social organization.

4\. Opening of the conversational space around new political economies.

I also got a bunch of stuff that I don’t think should count like “this really good person randomly made a ton of money and did ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478021792258150405)
2022-01-03T15:13:50Z	**I would add a few of my own not mentioned**
I would add a few of my own not mentioned:

1\. Lots of pressure being put to reform on big tech that wouldn’t have been as credible from a purely regulatory approach.

2\. Lots of pressure on public sector to invest in digital democracy and CBDCs

3\. Incredible community ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478021791553490945)
2022-01-03T15:13:49Z	**5**
5\. In very low or perverse institutional contexts, Bitcoin and even more stable coins really help with transactions.

6\. Money has poured into privacy tech that wouldn’t have.

7\. Some other ways to earn from online activity/creation are emerging: play or move to earn ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478021790836297729)
2022-01-03T15:13:49Z	**easier as a way of managing common property than are the complex legal mechanisms usually required**
easier as a way of managing common property than are the complex legal mechanisms usually required.

3\. Emerging democratic governance approaches empowered by some DAOs and proof of humanity approaches are exciting.

4\. NFTs are really working for some cultural communities. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478021790144163840)
2022-01-03T15:13:49Z	**Thanks to everyone for responding to my query on beneficial Web 3 projects**
Thanks to everyone for responding to my query on beneficial Web 3 projects. I got a lot of good answers. Some of my favorite:

1\. [@gitcoin](https://twitter.com/gitcoin), [@Givethio](https://twitter.com/Givethio), [@coordinape](https://twitter.com/coordinape) and other ways to creatively and dynamically make charitable and public goods funding work.

2\. Multi-sigs are way ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478021789250772995)
2022-01-03T15:22:39Z	**I’d say my overall takeaway is that this space may**
I’d say my overall takeaway is that this space may, just may, have a pairing social flow earning, but the social P/E ratio is very very high. One major benefit has been getting more attention to other decentralized tech with a much lower social P/E ratio. I hope that accelerates ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478024011355279360)
2022-01-03T16:00:29Z	**as transit**
as transit. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478033531817234433)
2022-01-03T16:00:29Z	**harms that may more than offset**
harms that may more than offset. But the general idea that communication is dumb and BIG AWESOME STUFF is great strikes me as a phallis measuring contest in minimal disguise. Telegraphs followed railways…which was more important? Communication maybe at least as important ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478033531087425538)
2022-01-03T16:00:28Z	**The “I ordered flying cars and I got 140 characters” meme strikes me as having a kernel of truth but being overall extremely dismissive/dumb**
The “I ordered flying cars and I got 140 characters” meme strikes me as having a kernel of truth but being overall extremely dismissive/dumb. Like we can argue about value add of Twitter…my personal experience is quite positive but I think probably the overall space has major ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478033529472577536)
2022-01-03T20:21:49Z	**Just saw this wonderful @WhiteHouse initiative**
Just saw this wonderful [@WhiteHouse](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse) initiative: [https://t.co/eJ1N1mwvop](https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2021/12/08/white-house-announces-launch-of-the-international-grand-challenges-on-democracy-affirming-technologies-for-the-summit-for-democracy/). So great for [@RadxChange](https://twitter.com/RadxChange) extended community! ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478099298994638850)
2022-01-05T05:48:12Z	**An important paper by @lgetoor and co authors on how intersectional**
An important paper by [@lgetoor](https://twitter.com/lgetoor) and co authors on how intersectional, Tocquevillean style webs of social relations (rather than “objectivity”) can undermine polarization: [https://t.co/0zIL1aGi8M](https://www.pnas.org/content/118/52/e2112552118#ref-71) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478604224007061507)
2022-01-05T14:45:58Z	**Sorry for not mentioning you @balietti…didn’t know you were on Twitter**
Sorry for not mentioning you [@balietti…didn’t](https://twitter.com/balietti…didn’t) know you were on Twitter! ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478739557415669762)
2022-01-06T04:08:31Z	**can’t perform necessary care**
can’t perform necessary care. Even the updated and slightly improved [@CDCgov](https://twitter.com/CDCgov) guidelines are pure political theater. Anyone who can do basic pandemic modeling knows this. Anyone with any power to shape these responses needs to get this understanding and level with the public. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478941523202899972)
2022-01-06T04:08:31Z	**Let me reiterate in less ambiguous terms**
Let me reiterate in less ambiguous terms. [#TTSI](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TTSI) is almost completely useless against this variant. All it will do is cost most of the country this month. It will save at most a de minimus set of lives and probably actually cost lives as essential workers isolate and ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1478941522401763329)
2022-01-07T05:25:42Z	**Another wonderful piece on Quadratic stuff**
Another wonderful piece on Quadratic stuff! To the quadratic lands... [@owocki](https://twitter.com/owocki) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1479323338052759553)
2022-01-08T20:04:58Z	**Another truly excellent post on why the current Web 3 trajectory is unlikely to achieve decentralization**
Another truly excellent post on why the current Web 3 trajectory is unlikely to achieve decentralization: [https://t.co/MK6KqvKylS](https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html) h/t to Jordan Usdan ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1479906998380494848)
2022-01-08T23:05:54Z	**Another nice one**
Another nice one, h/t [@divyasiddarth](https://twitter.com/divyasiddarth): [https://t.co/bfhaav6NVU](https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psl.com%2Ffeed-posts%2Fweb3-engineer-take&data=04%7C01%7Cglenweyl%40microsoft.com%7Cefa5df9f4c8c49c293d108d9d2f13758%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637772755736881974%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=OhihAj8fuxRNQth0ji1UP%2Botk8jViZf2M02ajTE5 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1479952531165892609)
2022-01-09T21:37:38Z	**lightly used private estate**
lightly used private estate. On average, yes, physical things have more rivalry but it is a quantitative not qualitative difference and highly context dependent ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1480292705599057923)
2022-01-09T21:37:37Z	**Is physical property necessarily more rivalrous than IP**
Is physical property necessarily more rivalrous than IP? Consider the “freedom to roam” in private wilderness for recreation v an author’s moral rights or trademarks. The violation of the later seems much more clearly rivalrous than the invocation of the former to enter a ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1480292704751796225)
2022-01-10T18:51:43Z	**I am deeply honored to be profiled along with @audreyt in the latest issue of @ICAF_org's ChildArt magazine on radical creativity for radical democracy**
I am deeply honored to be profiled along with [@audreyt](https://twitter.com/audreyt) in the latest issue of [@ICAF\_org's](https://twitter.com/ICAF_org's) ChildArt magazine on radical creativity for radical democracy: [https://t.co/Ny4RuuSlSD](https://icaf.org/Creativity/) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1480613340363722753)
2022-01-12T19:18:34Z	**Exciting opportunity in privacy-enhancing technology at MSR this summer**
Exciting opportunity in privacy-enhancing technology at MSR this summer: [https://t.co/mriVf8ybuf](https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/1236680/Research-Intern-Aether-Working-Group-on-Privacy-in-ML) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1481344873751977988)
2022-01-19T16:45:41Z	**have been influenced by it without reading it or work with or around those who are followers of it**
have been influenced by it without reading it or work with or around those who are followers of it. It is one of the most important and least examined books of our time. ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1483843113722384384)
2022-01-19T16:45:41Z	**In a more readable and organized format**
In a more readable and organized format, here is my review of the Sovereign Individual by Donaldson and Reese-Mogg: [https://t.co/tGbTHXet5Z](https://www.radicalxchange.org/media/blog/sovereign-nonsense/) I hope it’s helpful to those who don’t want to read the book and those who have read and been influenced by it, but especially to those who ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1483843112459853829)
2022-01-20T23:05:01Z	**If you want to know why people are justifiably afraid of where Web 3 could go (in terms of truly catastrophic risk)**
If you want to know why people are justifiably afraid of where Web 3 could go (in terms of truly catastrophic risk), The Sovereign Individual highlights it: [https://t.co/P75o3SAqq9](http://bit.ly/RxCBlog-SovereignNonsense) ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1484300964739772416)
2022-01-21T04:31:35Z	**If data processing systems are “artificial intelligence”**
If data processing systems are “artificial intelligence”, aren’t NFTs quite literally “artificial scarcity”? ⌘ [Read more](https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1484383148007837700)