Neat. So the Paperclip Maximizer is inevitable because in a very real sense it already exists and is wreaking havock right now as we speak. Cool cool cool cool cool.
How #LosAngeles propaganda works - people have started blaming unhoused folks for the #i10 being closed. But they shouldn't - it's the endless accumulation of profit which: a) kicks homeless ppl out from everywhere except under a freeway; b) laces pallets with highly-flammable & toxic chemicals because slightly cheaper than heat-treatment; c) forces public utilities like CalTrans to lease land under freeway instead of using it something useful to public
If you are the tiniest bit cryptocurrency-curious, you need to read Zeke Faux's book Number Go Up. Finished it on Sunday. Super-fast read. Totally bonkers stories throughout. The chapter on pig butchering was new to me and yet another damning indictment of the state of the griftswamp.