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Mike Brock
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Unfashionable.

You are certainly in control of what you're interested in.

Kind of surprised: a lot of the people I thought my most recent WBD interview would really irk, have had pretty positive things to say about my arguments -- even if they didn't fully agree with me!

Democracy theorists have been thinking about this for a long time. Technically, electing representatives through lotteries is still completely democratic.

Democracy just means that everyone has equal political rights and equal political franchise. A random lottery still fits this definition!

The arguments for it are reasonably compelling. Trial juries are often cited as an example of how randomly selected citizens do a much better job at making dispassionate decisions than self-selected groups are.

Who thinks I should return to Nostr?

Replying to Avatar signal_and_rage

nostr:npub1hyqrsvl6hle8r5rc9cpshesm0mpcee75tgde4p5lhke5h83dyqqqdwk7cp do you think the AI will save us from ourselves?

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Tried Threads. If I'm being honest with myself, I think it might be widely successful. But not necessarily because I think it's good. I think it's because they've clearly chosen to go all-in on algorithmic dopamine hits, and engagement farming to maximize addiction. Which, let's be honest, is bad for humanity and democracy.

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I know nostr:npub1hyqrsvl6hle8r5rc9cpshesm0mpcee75tgde4p5lhke5h83dyqqqdwk7cp is going to have fun with this one. 😂 nostr:note1upjt573dcsht5ky7t4waetk0vyzyua69h45kma62cxzke2qpujzsea4rpc

The thing about aliens is: it's never aliens.

New track drop by my daughter, Autumn! https://tidal.com/track/299386433

A lot of armchair economists in bitcoin seem to think that there's such a thing as a true equilibrium price (my words) for things. Especially US Dollars and Bitcoin, and that that this price differs greatly from the marginal price, as a result of naïveté of participants in the market. This allows you to deduce the inevitability of future price trends with high certainty. Personally, I think this is nonsense. The marginal price is all that exists. Period.

I think this is true of *all* exchange markets, without exception.

Lot's of exciting things happening in Lagos!

I have officially confirmed that Chicken Republic in Nigeria is way better than KFC.

Hi Nigeria. 👋