Gray Tribe
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A place to discuss and build tech-forward political movements. Gray ≠ Red or Blue. Gray ≠ Black or White. Gray = A Decentralized Center.
I avoid reddit because it’s slop but fascinating to look at occasionally. The top two items right now…
from the polar opposite of "gray tribe":
I love Costco but we need much stronger regs regarding factory farming.
You’re telling me you hatched a chicken, raised it from birth, butchered, transported, and rotisserie’d it for under $4.99?
You’re telling me you hatched a chicken, raised it from birth, butchered, transported, and rotisserie’d it for under $4.99?
gray tribe is boring
AI is the Intern for your life that you never knew you needed
In a free economy the government has one simple but hard job: make (value captured / value created) stay between 0 and 1 everywhere.
When it's below 0 you have unrewarded (or unpunished) externalities. When above 1 you have scammers or rent seekers. Many such cases!
When it's below 0 you have unrewarded (or unpunished) externalities. When above 1 you have scammers or rent seekers. Many such cases!
The application of AI that I'm most excited about in the upcoming wave:
checking in on the opposition
Feels like a bad time for free speech.
- In US and Europe, there's a growing gusto for suppression of "misinformation"/"disinformation"/etc which often turns out to be correct later...
- On the flip side, here's Trump casually shitposting that the news "must be licensed". What in the third world?
In this environment, permissionless media & credibly neutral sources of ground truth will keep getting more important. Only way out is through.
https://x.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1843976221639442878
- In US and Europe, there's a growing gusto for suppression of "misinformation"/"disinformation"/etc which often turns out to be correct later...
- On the flip side, here's Trump casually shitposting that the news "must be licensed". What in the third world?
In this environment, permissionless media & credibly neutral sources of ground truth will keep getting more important. Only way out is through.
https://x.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1843976221639442878
my politics is the opposite of whatever this is, the robot version of "they terk our jerbs". fully automated luxury space capitalism or bust
this is why we need Community Notes everywhere & for all sides. youtube video? Notes. debate? live Notes. guy in front of you says something? Meta AR Google: "⚠️ .."
shorten the FA>FO cycle to zero
https://x.com/annakhachiyan/status/1839661797801898348
shorten the FA>FO cycle to zero
https://x.com/annakhachiyan/status/1839661797801898348
i understand the excitement around having presidential candidates support crypto
however, the direction we should celebrate is the separation of money and state
they are NOT the same — in fact, in can mean the opposite
however, the direction we should celebrate is the separation of money and state
they are NOT the same — in fact, in can mean the opposite
Modern algo feeds can do very sophisticated censorship. No more blunt hammer of visible bans of specific people or posts. Important thread
https://x.com/tszzl/status/1835494866262147484
https://x.com/tszzl/status/1835494866262147484
"But I will say that Vitalik has a special place in my head and heart. He doesn't just talk a good game. He lives his beliefs and leads from there. He is a very special human. And this film does a great job of showcasing that."
^hard agree. and since crypto is not just a technology, but a politics... this matters!
^hard agree. and since crypto is not just a technology, but a politics... this matters!
super excited to listen to this one!!
30m left to predict tomorrow's news https://tmr.news/
The market nailed it pretty much every day so far.
You can login with Farcaster → deposit with Daimo
The market nailed it pretty much every day so far.
You can login with Farcaster → deposit with Daimo
One hour left to frontrun the NYT https://tmr.news/
Complete party realignment re free speech, which was 100% a left coded issue during the Patriot Act era
But the NYT never wavered. They were team big brother then and they’re team Trust and Safety now
But the NYT never wavered. They were team big brother then and they’re team Trust and Safety now
Why we keep going back! Capitalism sucks too, how about we come up with new models?!
No model gonna last forever!
No model gonna last forever!
'Silicon Valley's Ultimate Exit: Voice, Exit, and New Systems'
by @balajis.eth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOubCHLXT6A
by @balajis.eth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOubCHLXT6A
Generally agree, but bullish that Network School can change this.
The euroboomer wearing a 18th-century powdered wig while sentencing someone to jail for a facebook post is a bit on the nose.
https://x.com/ctjlewis/status/1823499280071713240
https://x.com/ctjlewis/status/1823499280071713240