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Just thinking about how the initial thought on hearing a diagnosis now is "wow, how inconvenient/rough is the treatment going to be?" rather than "how long are theh expecting?"
December 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just thinking about how the initial thought on hearing a diagnosis now is "wow, how inconvenient/rough is the treatment going to be?" rather than "how long are theh expecting?"
"Cancer treatment" is a huge one too
December 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Cancer treatment" is a huge one too
I'd be interested in if there are any studies on who tends to place into high earning entry-level jobs. I have a feeling part of this is that it's pretty correlated to family background, so landing a "guaranteed comfortable salary for life" means less
December 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'd be interested in if there are any studies on who tends to place into high earning entry-level jobs. I have a feeling part of this is that it's pretty correlated to family background, so landing a "guaranteed comfortable salary for life" means less
With a tldr that a substantial part of thr current Evangelical movement is expressly a secularization of white Protestant Christianity
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
With a tldr that a substantial part of thr current Evangelical movement is expressly a secularization of white Protestant Christianity
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December 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Really need to just keep this in my clipboard, but highly recommend www.amazon.com/Jesus-John-W...
Some of it is also that the prosperity we have has become pedestrian. Continued example: a month down the shore for a few grand every year isn't extravagant but the same for a week in Europe is
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some of it is also that the prosperity we have has become pedestrian. Continued example: a month down the shore for a few grand every year isn't extravagant but the same for a week in Europe is
I think a lot of this is the breakdown of some social signifiers and boundries. An entry level FAANG employee making mid six figures is in the same social strata as someone making 40k. My mom still talks about a to-do family coming to something at her house in the 70s as an event
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I think a lot of this is the breakdown of some social signifiers and boundries. An entry level FAANG employee making mid six figures is in the same social strata as someone making 40k. My mom still talks about a to-do family coming to something at her house in the 70s as an event
I'll give the opening of Solo credit for trying to thread this wrt the average soldier. Though SW is a lot more interesting to view from an early modern framing than an early 20th century
December 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'll give the opening of Solo credit for trying to thread this wrt the average soldier. Though SW is a lot more interesting to view from an early modern framing than an early 20th century
One of the things we did well during covid was making the actua vaccine appointment about 30 seconds
December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
One of the things we did well during covid was making the actua vaccine appointment about 30 seconds
People tend to just assume there's just unlimited space and labor available. UH countries still had massive problems with having enough beds during covid. The whole point of the vaccine is that it's safer and cheaper than any hospital stay
December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
People tend to just assume there's just unlimited space and labor available. UH countries still had massive problems with having enough beds during covid. The whole point of the vaccine is that it's safer and cheaper than any hospital stay
Maybe because of all the recent mil-posting I've seen, but it's kind of like the operator stuff? Real technological improvements that are almost entirely subsumed by the discussion around what it says about an individual. And a limited connection to outcome.
December 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Maybe because of all the recent mil-posting I've seen, but it's kind of like the operator stuff? Real technological improvements that are almost entirely subsumed by the discussion around what it says about an individual. And a limited connection to outcome.
There may be some idea of broad outcomes, but by and large people usually focus on the personal: productivity, value in skill, etc. To me, this ends up being being a social signal. Posters(and in this case pretty much everyone) tend to tie their position to aperceived value vs other individuals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
There may be some idea of broad outcomes, but by and large people usually focus on the personal: productivity, value in skill, etc. To me, this ends up being being a social signal. Posters(and in this case pretty much everyone) tend to tie their position to aperceived value vs other individuals.
You really should trademark this and "It's social signaling". A thing to notice about the conversation writ large, though probably more on the AI side, is how the driver of reasoning is less whole-product/whole-outcome.
December 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
You really should trademark this and "It's social signaling". A thing to notice about the conversation writ large, though probably more on the AI side, is how the driver of reasoning is less whole-product/whole-outcome.
*or we do talk about actual outcomes, but in the sense of talking about putting the tires on a race car, not winning the race
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
*or we do talk about actual outcomes, but in the sense of talking about putting the tires on a race car, not winning the race
I appreciate the hypo and think you hit on a number of good points. But I still think a lot of what we're really struggling with, to crib you, is how much usage has become a social signal. It's pretty apparent in how much we always talk about personal usage, not actual outcomes
December 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I appreciate the hypo and think you hit on a number of good points. But I still think a lot of what we're really struggling with, to crib you, is how much usage has become a social signal. It's pretty apparent in how much we always talk about personal usage, not actual outcomes
But, especially over the last few days, it's gotten gross in ways I think are new
December 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
But, especially over the last few days, it's gotten gross in ways I think are new
Yeah, trying to be a little magnanimous wrt areas that there do seem to be legitimate use cases for it that are getting swept up
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Yeah, trying to be a little magnanimous wrt areas that there do seem to be legitimate use cases for it that are getting swept up
And the whole nature of the discourse isn't great because everyone wants to say that, no, those other people are fungible, but I'm not.
December 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
And the whole nature of the discourse isn't great because everyone wants to say that, no, those other people are fungible, but I'm not.
Actually, this sort of touches why I disagree with the original post: what we're seeing isn't the result of an individual's talent, its the result of a workflow, of which the director is a part.
December 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Actually, this sort of touches why I disagree with the original post: what we're seeing isn't the result of an individual's talent, its the result of a workflow, of which the director is a part.
I think it is, but to pull at something I've noticed a lot around all of this is the idea of who gets to get good? (ironically from the AI side more frequently)
December 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I think it is, but to pull at something I've noticed a lot around all of this is the idea of who gets to get good? (ironically from the AI side more frequently)
*lauditory
December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
*lauditory
You are pretty good at pushing extremely niche buttons with reasonable observations
December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
You are pretty good at pushing extremely niche buttons with reasonable observations
*by we I mean the discourse at large
December 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
*by we I mean the discourse at large