Julius
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Julius
@juliusg.bsky.social
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We have a $100B media problem that needs to be addressed or we are potentially facing catastrophic consequences.

This isn't something we can coach our way out of. In the coming months I will be in a position to meet with those who are serious about finally tackling this problem head-on.
Those free bets I placed on the Knicks in October look pretty good right now 👀

Towns finals MVP at +6500
Brunson Finals MVP at +900
Win Eastern Conference +300
Win NBA Finals +750
May 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Starters are still in the game for the Knicks under 4 minutes to go down 22…
May 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Why are ANY of these starters still in the game for the Knicks?

Brunson shouldn’t have even been there to pick up his 6th foul.
May 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I cannot believe the Indiana Pacers just did what they did 🤯

They might take out the Cleveland Cavs in 5!
May 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Best for the lakers to just take this L here and regroup for next season.

Unlikely to win three in a row and still have even stronger teams awaiting. Luka hurt, LeBron hurting a bit.

Wolves in 5?
May 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
What an awful possession by the Knicks. WTF was Karl Anthony Towns doing there 😆
April 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Young Abe Lincoln has taken over in Memphis
April 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Inexcusable game by Karl Anthony Towns tonight.

The Pistons inexperience cost them late in game 1 and any other team would be up 2-0 on the Knicks right now!
April 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The Nuggets are really trying to rely on Russell Westbrook in the 4th quarter of playoff games?

😬
April 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A
April 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Some very strange calls in this Grizzlies-Warriors game
April 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We have a $100B media problem that needs to be addressed or we are potentially facing catastrophic consequences.

This isn't something we can coach our way out of. In the coming months I will be in a position to meet with those who are serious about finally tackling this problem head-on.
April 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I can’t think of a better clip to demonstrate how much Joe Rogan has changed.

Somewhere along the lines the guy got lost. My guess is that it happened around COVID and was fully captured by those pushing wet paper bag, flat-earth conspiracy theories.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XVg...
Neil deGrasse Tyson DESTROYS Anti Science Beliefs on Joe Rogan | This Will Make You Think Twice
YouTube video by Joe Unfiltered
www.youtube.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My ‘aha’ moment was realizing that technical limitations allowed us to communicate better directly and prevented mass platform weaponization

Modern platforms are clones of each other tweaked with better tools, but not getting to the root of the problem

They grow and devolve like their predecessors
April 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Banning smartphones in schools or coaching people on how to use social media feels like the attempts to ban games like Mortal Kombat 2 in the 90s.

Only this time they are tools people use to communicate. The cat’s out of the bag with varying levels of disagreement ensuring it will never happen.
April 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
100% spot on. This is ultimately why I decided that I needed to step away from Bitcoin.

A cult has formed around it eager to take down anyone who disagrees with this maximalist worldview.

It extends beyond X. Top voices amplify these beliefs in books, mass media and fringe networks like nostr.
Why does Bitcoin have food rules?
Why does it condemn modern art?
Why do its high priests quote Austrian economists like scripture?
Because it’s no longer a currency. It’s a cult.
Clear Thinking v. Bitcoin Cult
This is, after all, a philosophy blog.
www.notesfromthecircus.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In general it’s always best to look forward instead of looking back.
April 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is the best recent interview with @profgalloway.com.

The conversation about social media is one we've needed to have for a long time. The incentives have outweighed the consequences and we are way past needing noisy economic models (newsfeed) for discovery

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqNm...
Prof G on AI eating itself, social media rage & the end of the CMO
YouTube video by Uncensored CMO
www.youtube.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
For the millions who apparently got paid to protest yesterday make sure you don’t spend it all at once as prices continue to creep up.
April 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The cable news channels are not going to change.

Social media which relies on noisy economic models aren’t going to change either.

We need something completely different and until people get serious about tackling this massive problem we will continue living in this alternative facts age.
April 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"Loss of localism also undercuts the public-service mission of the media, and this can have dangerous consequences."

- Ted Turner

washingtonmonthly.com/2004/07/30/m...
My Beef With Big Media | Washington Monthly
How government protects big media — and shuts out upstarts like me.
washingtonmonthly.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I hope today is a peaceful day with all these hands off protests are happening. We don't need to replicate what happened during some of the BLM protests nor what happened on January 6th to get a message across.
April 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Pete Alonso is so damn strong. 2-0 METS!

LFGM!
April 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Your sons and daughters will still want the Nintendo Switch 2 so get prepared to buy forced bundles from launch all the way through Christmas.
April 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm glad these conversations are happening, but we have to get together and address what I've called the grand slamwich problem.

We are in a noisy media world in where the latest wet paper bag conspiracy theories on podcasts are front and center ahead of your local events and news stories.
Great conversation on the Diary of a CEO podcast with host Steven Bartlett and Logan Ury, behavioural scientist turned dating coach and Director of Relationship Science at Hinge.
Masculinity Debate: Are Dating Apps Creating Incels?! Lonely Men Are More Dangerous Than Ever!
YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM