I saw this article going massively viral, by Tracing Woodgrains: Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record. There are two issues here: 1. The problem is not so much that Wikipedia is biased or has corrupt editors (this has been known for a very long time, and has… Continue reading Wikipedia’s Problem is its Popularity

Given the ongoing decline of the credibility of the Biden administration and post-debate implosion of his campaign, a second Trump term must be seriously entertained. Here is what I predict will happen: Similar to 2016-2020, Trump will not do much legislatively, save for tax cuts, which are an easy legislative win if the Republicans can… Continue reading A second Trump term: expect the economy to boom, and other predictions

AFIK, I was the first, in late 2021, to argue that leveraged tech is superior to Bitcoin and “this decade’s Bitcoin“, and that Bitcoin would severely lag tech stocks, while at the same time track the stock market on the downside. Fast-forward to 2024 and Bitcoin is dying as tech stocks surge, as I said… Continue reading Governments Continue to Dump Bitcoin as Price Crashes , Bitcoin Lags Tech Stocks

Interesting article: How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult? I should have noticed when tech leaders started talking about attaining immortality and resettling on Mars. It’s easy to ignore crackpots like that, or pity them—because they live in delusion and still end up dead here on planet Earth. They talk a lot about… Continue reading How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult?

Since we’re on the topic of IQ again, from Tracing Wood: chess plays an important role in keeping the rest of us honest Ethan Pang has been playing for four years. he is better at the game than you will ever be. if you quit your job and studied chess full-time for four years, you… Continue reading Child chess prodigies are likely high-IQ prodigies

There are three certainties in life: Death, taxes, and Bitcoin falling. Bitcoin continues to crash as predicted, breaching $57k on its eventful trajectory to $20k or lower. The divergence between Bitcoin and leveraged tech ETFs keeps widening, as predicted also: Earlier this year it looked like I was wrong, but then Bitcoin inexplicably collapsed as… Continue reading Bitcoin keeps falling as stocks keep going up

Every indicator points to the rise of a post-work, post-scarcity economy, such as forecasts of ‘hundreds of millions of jobs’ lost to AI, or discussions of 4-day workweeks, which have being tentatively tried with success. Or some cities implementing small-scale UBI programs. Or the trend of companies ‘doing more with less’, such as mass-layoffs of… Continue reading The end of work

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook… Continue reading Consider Specialization: The Benefits (and drawbacks) of Specialization

Spoke to a boomer relative. He said ‘yeah Biden was weak at first, but he got a lot better….’ Useful reminder that even if we see a disaster, there are people out there who didn’t, or just didn’t want to. Apparently older whites like Biden, and it’s going to be tough to move… — FischerKing… Continue reading Debate Disaster

During the Biden-Trump debate (or more accurately, the DNC’s crisis moment), many people assumed or predicted Biden’s loss would be good for crypto, but as Bitcoin falls again this Friday–as it always does–those hopes evaporated yet again. Bitcoin is looking as frail as Biden was on the stage last night. Bitcoin is already $7k lower… Continue reading Bitcoin, the dems, and Biden are today’s big losers as always. Tech stocks always win.