Steve Patterson Name and picture from twetch — not on-chain. The signature is; the profile is not.

Or the argument for protectionism:

"Jane is constantly suffering because of X"
"Jane pays Bob to take care of X"
"Billy creates a new technology to solve X"
"Help us save Bob!"

My take on the "good times create weak men" idea:

Success breeds arrogance, which breeds incompetence, which breeds corruption, which results in collapse, which refreshes the need for competence, which brings about success.

After acquiring food and shelter, humans next acquire arrogance.

This puts my happiness into Nash Equilibrium.

Scientific progress looks like it depends more on the complexity of the discipline rather than on the intelligence of scientists.

Most disciplines are too complex for real empirical investigation (but chemistry looks like it sits in the Goldilocks zone)

The Banach-Tarski paradox is literal nonsense. 20th century paradigms will collapse in the 21st century. Math will not be an exception.

Norman Wildberger is doing some of the most important work in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grN-nDNQs74

It doesn't take much reading of contemporary academic literature to feel pity for academics.

These poor souls are trapped in a system that expects them to write meaningless material for no audience.

Bad thinking, bad writing, simply to chase prestige.

The incredible thing about the straight and narrow path is that it's straight.

Once you find it, you just have to walk straight ahead. No more complex than that.

The “behavior” of "things" in the world is really "a theoretical explanation for patterns in my experience.”

There are no geniuses. There are only people with methods.

Real utility!

If I recall correctly, the show was always "The Three Numpties", and then we'd have a guest to fill the fourth spot.

@931 was a frequent fourth guest, but not an official Numpty...

Made me laugh out loud.

Lol "standing on hind legs"

"Ronald M. Donald, the famous Michelin-star chef and pipefitter, claims to have won nineteen different lotteries across Australia, totaling over four billion dollars... "

Indeed, you should do that.

Contentious BSV fork coming... soon.

You had me at, "Can't wait until Steve Patterson dies"

Not that I've heard.

"I wish that I may never think the smiles of the great and powerful a sufficient inducement to turn aside from the straight path of honesty and the convictions of my own mind."

-David Ricardo

If it's 1000, that's like 950 who have never been public about it.

The quality of crypto commentary from established investors seems roughly similar to the quality of commentary from random Twitter accounts.

I don't think that's coincidental.

Where there's a road, there's dinner!

Yeah we're looking at the Caribbean right now. Some islands have better internal food production than others. Not having kids yet makes this decision a lot easier!

Yeah we're looking at the Caribbean right now. Some islands have better internal food production than others. Not having kids yet makes this decision a lot easier!

Agreed.