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Language models can take a big chunk of text and smush it down like a foot crushing a can of Coke. Except it doesn’t come out crushed—it comes out as a perfectly packaged and proportional mini-Coke. And it’s even drinkable! This is a Willy Wonka-esque magic trick, without the Oompa Loompas.

One way to come back to earth is to come into the atmosphere really fast and let the atmosphere slow the spacecraft down

Most importantly, virtual worlds will level the playing field. We’re living through unprecedented income inequality, with global wealth concentrated at the top. In the analog world, talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not. In virtual worlds, everyone will have equal access to opportunity: all a participant needs is Internet access. Vir... See more

Jack began offering a hat which was a reference to his NPC series that he is dropshipping from a hat supplier. He is selling the hats via an Etsy store-front (linked to via Snipfeed), which earns a small margin per hat. (1% of income)

Paul Graham put it this way: “Half the distinguishing qualities of the eminent are actually disadvantages.”