I wanted to like this but I feel it gives too much credit to the anti postmodern crowd. I am no expert but it seems like the basic narrative around anti post modernism is basically and invention of a couple political operatives in the 80s. It's basically a pejorative.

Is this a bit?

Agreed. I'm no expert but from what I've seen it feels like a proxy rhetoric for real issues around power.

You have any good run downs of the issues on it so I could share with friends?

Their point is going over your head completely.

This doesn't track with the use of "thankfully"

Slides and speaker notes can be found here: docs.google.com/presentation...

The real big brain move is to realize that markers are a creature of the State and regulation. It's like trying to talk about a painting with no edge.

Part of the issue is that many people are not given full time gigs from their job. They work multiple jobs for less than a "full" schedule to avoid paying benefits.

To your face in person or just on the internet?

And yes you can nutpick but this doesn't mean anything about representive sample or proximity to real power.

Well there's no way for that to be abused!

I believe that was a kit in think geek :
newatlas.com/north-paw-vi...

I always wanted one but figured it would look too much like an ankle monitor. Would have been better embedded in shoes. (with smaller batteries and motors these days maybe that would work!)

How are bets like this even enforceable?

The only way to deal with the FAANG issue is anti trust. And to the degree that a tech company out performs the rest of the market, that's a good thing and should be incentivized. It just shouldn't be protected via monopoly status.

You point that this isn't your belief per se but it bears repeating.

AGI is as incoherent a concept as general intelligence. There is no general evolutionary fitness. Only particulars. Somethings are real and not reduced to a scalar abstraction.