Fringe

I listened to Joe Rogan and Marc Andreessen’s two-hour convo.

I remembered again why so many people like to Rogan, and why I can only take him in micro-doses.

His follow-up questions as an interviewer aren’t great, and he’s just not funny as a comedian.

He reminds me of my 10 year old nephew.

I was a Netscape Navigator fanboi and have tracked Marc Andreessen’s fringe ideas since the 90’s.

Besides LinkedIn, I’m basically only using decentralized open-source social media now. I believe in open-source.

It doesn’t surprise me that transcendental thinking correlates with fringe thinkers.

For humans math has two extremes: it’s mind-numbingly boring or it’s transcendental.

To “”embrace AI” is like hugging a hammer: it’s a tool.

We use tools to do things. Hammers are not inherently good.

A deranged person can use it as a weapon.

A tool like AI can be wielded by a human unlocking the superpower of their craft or a lunatic intent on spreading doom.

There will be both creative value unlocked and some effective gloom.

Human ethos and pathos inform the logos of the word calculator.