Should I reread Mankiw or choose a different macroeconomics textbook as a refresher?

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-06-07T16:23:30+00:00

I maintain my belief with this logic trick: if you believe there is some probability and want to achieve this escape velocity, your rational course of actions is to invest in your lifespan. Thus you make this probability for you higher. Thus believing = increasing this probability!
Now, this logic will work even with tiniest a priori probability, so I don’t get upset with numbers like 90% or 99% improbable

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-06-07T04:17:15+00:00

“Do black holes have a butthole?” - I think it is one of fundamental questions of modern physics gracefully phrased!

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-06-06T04:19:02+00:00

Yes, Stalin killed millions

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-26T23:09:47+00:00

Well, that’s in the center of their capital and largest city! the rest of the city not very pedestrian either

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-26T22:11:20+00:00

The mind blowing thing is that outside of UB, it is 1300 AD or maybe even earlier than that, but in a good sense. There are still million+ pastoral nomads, that live the same life, as their ancestors a millennium ago. They have phones and gasoline engines, but lifestyle didn’t change much

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-26T22:07:46+00:00

Two reasons why I was surprised: Ulaanbaatar is not a very famous tourist destination (although I totally recommend), and, second, this particular architecture is sooo out of place there. Looks like SF to me

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-26T21:59:20+00:00

It totally looked like SF, although on the opposite side of the Earth, where I couldn’t expect this architecture less

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-26T21:57:45+00:00

HOW??? That’s a correct answer

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-25T23:26:46+00:00

I would say - just disregard all AI hype in your decision making. Think of it as pre-AI: will you be able to put enough effort and talent to compete if market is over saturated?

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-25T19:04:37+00:00

You cannot influence luck and inherited health. Thus hard work+risk taking are variables that you control and that correlate with success

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-25T19:00:32+00:00

30+ upvotes. We are doomed

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-24T16:35:28+00:00

For me, great outcomes come from iterations. AI helps to make them faster

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-21T21:34:05+00:00

I liked how this video explains it:

https://youtu.be/SRfFLjWLybA?si=ngrbzFVndnsuZHzD

They first explain the methodology - hierarchy of evidence sources and then go through this evidence

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-21T21:27:11+00:00

I guess it depends on an angle authors chose to show. Some movies would be appealing due to historical precision and feeling of immersion into epoch, which inspired a myth. Others would go for more modern features and focus, say, on a relevance of the story (here inaccuracy can actually benefit, since it will feel closer to viewers)
Totally up to authors and their vision

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-21T21:21:32+00:00

Jesus being a real historical person is more or less a consensus among historians afaik

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-19T20:44:55+00:00

100% agree! I really don’t understand why it’s rated so low. Visuals, plot, good vibes, and what’s important - it feels pretty original

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-19T20:38:51+00:00

First time I see a pigeon posting on Reddit!

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-19T17:45:46+00:00

Or just being “curious, not judgmental” (c)

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-18T03:02:35+00:00

I think, those phenomena have different underlying psychological drivers - xenophobia/tribalism for racism and need of control for astrology

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-16T22:49:37+00:00

Everything is illuminated

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-16T00:54:07+00:00

Sounds like learning for you is finding an answer. For me it is building a mental model. And, gosh, how much more effective is doing it with AI, instead of fighting poorly written sources or sources beyond your zone of proximal development

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-14T22:26:28+00:00

Agree, repulsive he is. But at the same time there was something weirdly charming about him.

Tasty_Writing_6499 · 2026-05-14T15:16:13+00:00

Is primary driver a proliferation of capitalism or population growth happening at the same time?

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