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1. Ethan Marcotte 4 min later

   @zachleat sky blue; water wet

   1. Zach Leatherman 14 min later

      @beep tbh I don’t blame him — can you imagine being alone with his thoughts

      1. Khalid ⚡ 18 min later

         @zachleat @beep That guy is a human appliance apparently. 😅

      2. Ethan Marcotte 20 min later

         @zachleat no thank you, i imagine it just sounds like if joe rogan ever did a guest spot on mad money (derogatory)

         1. Zach Leatherman 26 min later

            @beep a reboot of wolf of wall street in cold war era germany starring the kool aid man as ronald reagan breaking through and tearing down walls (derogatory)

            1. Ethan Marcotte 1 hr later

               @zachleat um that’s what i said??

               1. Ethan Marcotte 1 hr later

                  @zachleat (zach this was poetry)

                  1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

                     @beep allow me to wave off any criticism (and praise tbf) with adam smith’s invisible hand

                     1. Ethan Marcotte 2 hr later

                        @zachleat sorry was that in a book??? because if so i have terrible news for you (us)

                        1. Zach Leatherman 2 hr later

                           @beep grok please summarize this thread in a way that doesn’t make me feel bad or challenge any of my biases

2. Mia [data-css=poetic] 18 min later

   @zachleat Socrates never clarified anything about the value of an examined life. Until he puts out a statement, I'm moving forward with the assumption that it's just as bad. Maybe worse?

   1. Ethan Marcotte 21 min later

      @mia @zachleat did socrates ever have to care about terms sheets???? checkmate loosers

      1. Zach Leatherman 28 min later

         @beep @mia we truly put the no-op in techno-optimistic

         1. Matt Stein 36 min later

            @zachleat 🏆@beep @mia

3. cthos 🐱 42 min later

   @zachleat And apparently thinks introspection was invented in 1920 or something equally stupid.

   1. Zach Leatherman 49 min later

      @cthos humanity famously became self aware in 1920

4. tripleman, a 🇨🇦 in 🇩🇪 44 min later

   @zachleat Shocking. I'm shocked. This is my shocked face 😐

5. Taylor “Tigt” Hunt 2 hr later

   @zachleat Now that you mention it, all those circa-ViaWeb essays* never once hem nor haw nor hedge anything

   * those are the only ones I’ve read

6. Simon MacDonald 2 hr later

   @zachleat I showed my wife the video and she said, "How has this guy not heard of the Greek, Roman, Indian or Chinese philosophers?"

   1. Zach Leatherman 2 hr later

      @macdonst might be an object permanence thing