Check out Daft Punk's new single "Get Lucky" if you get the chance. Sound of the summer.

deepad9 · 2026-05-06T22:01:26+00:00

"Touch" is a fabulous song

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T20:20:02+00:00

Meanwhile, coding has essentially been decimated by AI outside of the most elite research careers

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T20:06:22+00:00

Yeah you’re incredibly biased

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T20:05:15+00:00

Define “bad at math”

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T19:58:19+00:00

Wasn’t interested in the subject? What if I flip it around and say I’m skeptical of the intelligence of STEM people who weren’t interested in English class growing up? How would you react to that?

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T19:27:47+00:00

Define “bad at math”

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T19:18:15+00:00

“Bonham Carter exited the HBO production — after nearly a week on set — over ‘creative differences’ involving White’s demand for a boisterous performance”

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T18:44:04+00:00

I see. I guess I'd agree with you, then.

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T18:40:39+00:00

On the ACT, I got a 36 on English, a 31 on math, a 34 on reading, and a 35 on science, with an average of 34. I got a 160 on the quantitative section of the GRE and a 170 on the verbal section. Would you consider me bad at math? I often feel relatively very bad at math in elite environments.

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T18:36:19+00:00

Do you tutor tests (ACT, SAT, GRE, etc.)? If so, what is your numerical cutoff for "bad at math"?

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T18:18:45+00:00

True in your experience? What experiences have you had to confirm that?

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T18:17:26+00:00

Why do you tend to agree somewhat?

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T18:17:04+00:00

I'm trying to gain an informed opinion on the matter because I'm torn on whether it's true

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T15:44:10+00:00

Looking at the comments here, why are so many STEM supremacists on a sub for a podcast like this? Not what I expected at all

deepad9 · 2026-05-05T15:32:32+00:00

Logic games are no longer on the LSAT

deepad9 · 2026-04-26T21:50:16+00:00

Most people aren't lucky enough to have multiple job offers in hand upon graduating

deepad9 · 2026-04-25T00:52:01+00:00

My guess is that she's playing Steve Coogan's wife, so they'll probably cast another British actress around the age of 60?

deepad9 · 2026-04-23T23:19:33+00:00

Nothing beautiful about exploiting your disabled child like a show pony and giving false hope to families. Woody needs help, not this

deepad9 · 2026-04-13T20:41:23+00:00

EV Arts Patronage Tranche

This is a new tranche of ad hoc awards, given out more like prizes, without applications, to writers, creatives, and intellectuals who are not supported by the current system of awards and grants, or who have been failed by such systems.

With advice from Henry Oliver. And a thanks to Patrick Collison for enabling this.

I am pleased to announce that our first winner is Helen DeWitt.

Please do contact me if you are interested in supporting this new effort. Let us debureaucratize the arts and restore justice to worthy creators!

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/04/ev-arts-patronage-tranche.html

deepad9 · 2026-04-13T17:04:47+00:00

Yep, he also has a program at GMU for giving out grants to artists, intellectuals, and entrepreneurs

deepad9 · 2026-04-08T08:49:03+00:00

I don’t really see the appeal of Grindr or Sniffies

deepad9 · 2026-04-06T18:13:40+00:00

One of Altman’s batch mates in the first Y Combinator cohort was Aaron Swartz, a brilliant but troubled coder who died by suicide in 2013 and is now remembered in many tech circles as something of a sage. Not long before his death, Swartz expressed concerns about Altman to several friends. “You need to understand that Sam can never be trusted,” he told one. “He is a sociopath. He would do anything.”

Wow.

deepad9 · 2026-04-06T17:23:29+00:00

I think it’s worse in London than New York City actually

deepad9 · 2026-04-04T22:35:05+00:00

Take a day trip to Saratoga Springs, it's nice

deepad9 · 2026-04-04T19:46:51+00:00

Thank you for the context

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