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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • I’d argue that it makes plenty of sense when you see it through the lens of terrible people profiting from human misery wanting to hold onto those profits: letting prisoners learn useful skills leads to lower recidivism which means fewer dollars going to the prison industry in the future. Meanwhile more racist books in the library means less hassle to prison guards when the prisoners turn on each other, boosting gangs that alighn on racial lines, instead of pushing back on the assholes actually making their lives worse.






  • The good old days when VCs could thrive by adopting a “spray and pray” investment strategy and counting on a surging market to lift all valuations are over — even when it comes to AI. Investors are going to have to make smart, discrete bets in a time of technological turmoil and in a highly unpredictable world. But that, after all, is their job.

    None of that is very flattering. Sounds like the entire investment / venture capital industry itself should be replaced entirely by AI.