This is why I’m still one of the greatest investors and economic forecasters ever, if not the greatest, because I understand how things work. My dad and I loaded up on Tesla before the pandemic, have hundreds of shares post-spilt: Compare Tesla to Bitcoin: Since early 2018, Bitcoin has also been surpassed by Apple, Google,… Continue reading Tesla Crushes Bitcoin
How Taleb Uses Twitter
Taleb “Jack, I have a request.” Jack “Sure.” “I want you to block everyone for me on my behalf.” “What do you mean?” “I want you to have your programmers preemptively block everyone on Twitter for me…I cannot block everyone myself.” “But then the site won’t work.” “I will go through each account individually and… Continue reading How Taleb Uses Twitter
Media wrong about GameStop, Tesla,
GameStop stock is above $180 on news of a stock split. It looks like I was right yet again when last year I predicted that GameStop’s gains would hold, when the media was overwhelmingly pessimistic and calling it a bubble. The GameStop Bubble Is a Lesson in the Absurdity and Uselessness of the Stock Market… Continue reading Media wrong about GameStop, Tesla,
The Ukraine Rollup , media fails again
It’s remarkable but not that surprising (to me at least, given that I predicted it) that the Ukraine situation has decelerated from 60 to 0. It’s still ongoing, but fell way short of the doom and gloom forecasts a month ago. A month ago were being told to prepare for nuclear war. I am not… Continue reading The Ukraine Rollup , media fails again
Ukraine-Russia Update
It looks like I was right again, although wrong once: I was wrong about Putin not invading Ukraine. But I was right about the war being self-contained, not being as bad as feared, and the stock market making a sudden and V-shaped recovery, which it did last week and this week. Even though the situation… Continue reading Ukraine-Russia Update
Taylor Hawkins dies
Vox Day blames Taylor Hawkins’ sudden death on the Covid Vaccine: I suspect there are going to be a lot of deaths attributed to overdoses and other factors that are actually the result of a heart weakened by the Covid vaccinations. Given the unreliability of the medical community, the only reliable statistic will be the… Continue reading Taylor Hawkins dies
It is possible for large groups of people to keep secrets for a long time
A common argument against the existence of conspiracy theories is that large groups of people are unable to keep secrets, so the existence of the conspiracy will inevitably leak to the public. How can thousands of people be involved in a moon landing hoax, UFOs, or 9/11, and not have at least one of them… Continue reading It is possible for large groups of people to keep secrets for a long time
The Debate over Cancel Culture: Some Thoughts
Over the past week there has been considerable discussion about cancel culture and free speech. But some of the analysis possibly misdiagnoses the problem. Much of the media attention and hype focuses on academic censorship or social media censorship, but–news flash–censorship is everywhere where there are humans and a scarcity of the most valuable resource… Continue reading The Debate over Cancel Culture: Some Thoughts
Sam Altman and College: Why the Bubble Refuses to Pop
The following Sam Altman tweets about college went hugely viral over the weekend: Most of all, it's clearly a bad deal for many students, or we wouldn't have the student debt crisis. Cancelling student debt is good if it's tied to fixing the problem going forward, which means not offering it, or having the colleges… Continue reading Sam Altman and College: Why the Bubble Refuses to Pop
Not that smart
From Cernovich People assume because I used to look like a model, and remain handsome for my age, that I can’t bring the heat. In fact physical health is a sign of high IQ. The brain is organic matter, after all. I would like to invite Noah to run hill sprints with me. ❤️❤️❤️ https://t.co/e6SLgWmfRT… Continue reading Not that smart