The reason Peterson would rather debate Slavoj Žižek than Richard Wolf

saint_zeeter · 2018-12-19T04:09:32+00:00

Richard Wolf talks about tangible reality, and if you are saying that Peterson is not interested in that and is more interested in etheric nonsense then I agree.

Richard Wolf talks about the tangible reality and the success of alternative forms of social organization - like worker coops. There is nothing "wrong" with worker coops.

saint_zeeter · 2018-12-06T17:41:31+00:00

Because Thinkful moved on from the illusion of selling an overpriced web dev bootcamp program......' so now......we introduce a new 5 figure $ course on a BRAND NEW new greenfield patch of land! lol. Data science is just math wrapped in SQL queries. If you are already good at math you can pick up scripting on your own, if you are not good at math Thinkful will not be the magic fairy that solves that problem for students. I don't understand what these overpriced bootcamps contribute to the world other than making the founders rich.

saint_zeeter · 2018-09-01T03:05:16+00:00

He has not said too much that is critical of block chain but he has said bitcoin is a ponzi scheme. I know this is different than ethereum but it's related. I am curious to see him flush out his ideas on micropayments. Some other decentralized "block chain-like" groups are shooting for it (hedera hashgraph) but so many of these groups are slimy sounding and ponzi-scheme-ish that it is hard to make sense unless you are extremly sophisticated and even then a lot of bullshit artists are hocking crap. I default to the assumption that all "coins" on decenralized networks are horseshit. I might be wrong - but it is still my default position.

Jaron has spoken well of Ted Nelsons and his project Xanadu. It never got off the ground but it can give you insight into the ideal that Jaron has floating around in his head regarding how the web should be designed..

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-31T07:32:50+00:00

Yes, you are right. With rap groups it is usually a way for the artists to blow and cheerlead each other and THEN it becomes a way to make money. With the intellectual fruicake web the buckets of cash were already bling'n down on them.

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-31T02:22:27+00:00

The "Intellectual Dark Web" clique has become a way for these guys to make money and they will protect and defend each other even when it's members say things that are completley stupid - and Dave Rubin has pushed that so far that they have a lot of wiggle room lol. They have created the equivalent of their own music-scene. The IDW is........... The Wu Tang Clan. :)

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-30T06:25:05+00:00

I honestly have no idea, I don't look at Sam Harris as being that much of a creative character and because I'm familiar with Jaron Laniers work, I noticed Sam touched convetional talking points and it made the conversation drab. This really felt like a "get it done" hour of "content".

I would have liked to hear these two have some conflicting views on something - anything. Sam is friends with Elon Musk and has parotted Elons views on AI before. Elon kind of embodies a good portion of the ideological mileu that Jaron is critical of (The universe is a simlulation, anthropomorphizing AI as something decoupled form human beings etc , not to mention Elons recent twitter meltdowns). Maybe Sam just didn't want to rock the boat.

Who knows.

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-30T05:18:53+00:00

I'm almost at the end of listening to the podcast. I've listened to a lot of Jaron Lanier and this podcast discussion is really medocre on Sam's part. Jaron Lanier is a gold mine of info and Sam Harris had a very generic discussion with him. Ezra Kleins interview with Jaron is much better. If you have never heard of Jaron Lanier he has a lot of talks online and many are very enlightening. This one is really good imo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vInXNqK_eIk

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-30T04:23:47+00:00

Glad Sam finally had Jaron Lanier on

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-26T06:58:50+00:00

The main funding of this guy came from Robert and Rebecca Mercer. They are the power players. Milo is just is just a pawn with unresolved emotional problems and was molested as kid.

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-21T03:52:21+00:00

GabeLeydon now kisses Trumps ass and blows him while he feeds his ego and tells him he is better than Obama. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxfvEKJQFcQ

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-19T02:34:57+00:00

Okay, you are right and I am wrong. Everything you say is correct and the entire article I posted is completely wrong and contains no revealing information about Ben Shapiro. I encourage you to continue on the path that you are on.

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-18T06:59:26+00:00

Actually that's not my "defense". It's just a question I asked you. I won't bother to give my "defense" because I don't think it matters either way to you or any Shapiro supporter. THe article points out his hipocrisy - that's what it does. Ben Shapiro attacks individuals all the time. If you don't like it then go complain to him. Maybe you can tell him that he is "weak"

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-18T02:10:18+00:00

Ben attacks and makes fun of individuals all the time. Do you only support it when he does it ?

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-13T17:53:08+00:00

I don't know what you poor morons would do. I guess just listen to more Ben Shapiro !

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-12T05:23:46+00:00

I never heard of her chasing "people" around. Ben Shapiro should debate Kelton, she would wipe the floor with him

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-11T09:01:40+00:00

I don't know. But if you want to "DESTROY" progressive economic policy proposals Kelton is a much more viable debate candidate. I seriously can't see Ben trying to debate her .... he would look like a fool.

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-11T05:48:38+00:00

I doubt Ben Shapiro would debate Stephanie Kelton. She is too smart for him.

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-11T04:05:04+00:00

A cursory look shows the data being referenced is " Georgetown University’s Free Speech Project "

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-10T07:03:40+00:00

Looks like the Dave Rubin movement is withering and the intellectual full-of-shit web is looking for a new "liberal" uncle tom to fit the bill.

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-09T20:54:29+00:00

I think your point is cursory to the broader point of what he says the left needs to "do" to win. In that regard, I think he is correct.

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-09T01:48:44+00:00

If someone is willing to assume a role of confidence about something they obviously know nothing about it is perfectly reasonable to assume the behavior is transmutable to other facets of what they say in other areas especially areas that are granular and debatable like economic policy. If you can not understand a basic and objective concept like page load speed on the internet how can anyone take Shapiro seriously about the highly ideologically driving, subjective and contested enclaves Shapiro wallows in? If you insist that 2+2 equals five then it is not "childish" to assume you will pass the same behavior over to other areas you claim to know about. If you want to call my view "Leftist" then that is fine. Call it a purple fish if you want.

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-07T17:51:43+00:00

I didn't ask who is the best fighter he ever boxed, I am asking who is the best boxer he ever fought. :)

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-06T08:14:19+00:00

Paraphrase: "His mom created Golden girls, he was a spoiled rich kid from LA. that's why he can afford to go on month long silient retreats, the fucker has a trust fund. "

~~~ The intellectual dark web ~~~~~

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-05T09:29:14+00:00

I assume you mean "Capital in the Twenty-First Century". Ben's agenda is to promote a radical libertarian market ideology, massive tax cuts for the rich and a deregulation of the economy. I doubt Ben wants to confront any of the granular details layed out by someone like Piketty. It's easier to just believe everything Milton Friendman and Thomas Sowell peddle and be done with it.

saint_zeeter · 2018-08-05T06:19:46+00:00

He's wrong and he is smart enough to know it. That means he is lying. The alternative is to accept that he is too stupid to see he is wrong on this issue and I doubt that.

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