6/ After 2000 AD you start to see the massive run ups in GOOG, AMZN, FB, etc. So, stop working at age 29, live off interest from $2M of the $5M, stick rest in angel investing, try to get in on the above. In 10 years (age 39) you're def > $100M, and life is good.
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17/ Replay was good. I was very underwhelmed by Rewrite tho https://www.amazon.com/Rewrite-Loops-Timescape-Gregory-Benford/dp/1481487698 …https://twitter.com/JASutherlandBks/status/1288224464946302977 …
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18/ Concur. I think the market was a lot calmer / slower in the 1980s and 1990s.https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1288225128371892224 …
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19/ Oh, crap, boss move is to JOIN a startup very very early on. Duh. I remember playing w NSCA Mosaic in 1993 in Boston, and thinking "This is the future ; I should cold call Andreesan and try to join his startup". Didn't tho, bc coward.
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20/ Yeah, this is my thinking. With $50M in the bank you can also get a Thiel blood boy for transfusions, personal chef / trainer, etc.https://twitter.com/tigerboy74u/status/1288225775343173632 …
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21/ People keep tagging into the thread, not reading what I've wrote. BTC launched in, what, 2009 ? The point I've belabored above remains: gotta grind for ~20+ years before the easy-money / big-money bets start appearing.https://twitter.com/FakkaFranz/status/1288225915068190722 …
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22/ This is a good point, but OTOH, time as a child ... and under the restrictions of a child ... was / would be kind of hellish. Stuck in the suburbs, with no money, no transportation, no adult conversation, bedtime, homework ... ergh.https://twitter.com/FakkaFranz/status/1288228896077422592 …
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23/ * this ignores the "grind" point I've made like 100 (well, OK, 20) times above * this ignores the "actually, it's kinda tricky to make $50M even if you know the future" point I've also made over and over.https://twitter.com/FakkaFranz/status/1288229260059193344 …
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24/ gosh, if only I'd considered this possibility in the threadhttps://twitter.com/FakkaFranz/status/1288231164952686592 …
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26/ And I've played that mental game, too. First off, the electric motor is far too tricky, especially without electricity to power it. Let's do something simple - a steam engine. First, build a machinist's metal lathe. And build the patterns that the foundrymen will cast
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27/ So, you arrive penniless in 1750 or 200 AD or whatever. First, get a job...as a day laborer. WHEW, LADS.
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28/ Yep, that's the other aspect. I hope back to age 10, and my now-wife is 8 years old and 1,000 miles away. Does one arrange to "meet" the future spouse at age 18? Now you're kind of a creepy 60 yo in an 18 yo's body ... and if you met at 30 or 40.. https://twitter.com/Unendedquest/status/1288232260102049793 …
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29/ ...do you even have much to say to her? Most of what made her her are experiences, things learned, things read, etc AFTER that age. Basically, your family is dead and gone, lost in the timeline. REEEEEEEE
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30/ oh, yeah, hmm, that is a good point I should have dug into this in the thread abovehttps://twitter.com/FakkaFranz/status/1288232557579046912 …
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31/ yeah ... you're basically friendless until you get a job and meet coworkers ...and even if you have a lot in common with the 50 yo curmudeon 3 cubes over, he's going to see you as a kid and not gonna be your bff it's a hard lonely life ...https://twitter.com/ZombieClaudeR/status/1288233632461492224 …
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32/ and this "friendlessness" gets back to "the grind" that I keep talking about. I ALREADY DID "ten years with no friends" once in my life; not really eager to do it again.
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33/ In Rewrite, by Benford, the character who reads STRONGLY as Mary Sue Benford, 60 yo in a 17 yo body, goes ahead and bangs his 17 yo crush like a church bell in a hurricane. It was ... uh ... uncomfortable to read.https://twitter.com/cicero418/status/1288235991589965825 …
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34/ YEEEEEP Stock trades used to be super expensive. $50 fee c. 1985 is $120 today, inflation adjusted. Have $2k to invest in this time travel scenario? Lost 5% off the top. PLUS a wide bid-ask spread! https://www.businessinsider.com/historical-trading-commissions-2014-3 …https://twitter.com/Bobthewelding1/status/1288236623000408065 …
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35/ Yep. As I suggested upthread, I think that indy writing is the way to go. Standard quality in RPGs, novels, etc. c. 1981 wasn't that high. I could compete well. Buy desktop publishing software and a Mac c. 1985 ... https://twitter.com/crybx/status/1288237282596593666 …
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36/ health is a good point, too keto + gym from age 13 or whatever would be amazing https://twitter.com/crybx/status/1288237831513612288 …
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37/ yeah, I'm sure that there are TONS of 50:1 bets (literal sports bets, but also shorting stocks, going deep on margin and buying for 1-day pops, etc.) out there I'm implicitly playing the game with the rule "no time to research and memorize"https://twitter.com/drethelin/status/1288239426104156160 …
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38/ yeah, is the dress blue or white? there are two different ways to play the game; I read it as "back to 1981", but you can play it the other wayhttps://twitter.com/Cristiona/status/1288240303858753541 …
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39/ If I had to come back as a 10 year old in 2020 USA, I suppose I could write novels after school and launch them via Kickstarter / KDP ...
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40/ Have thought about this. I ABSOLUTELY could not rewrite it from memory. I could write a SIMILAR book, but ... man...I don't know if I ** COULD ** By which I mean, I've already written it 6 times (drafts), and the magic is gone, in the sense that >https://twitter.com/SquaresToCubes/status/1288242937818517504 …
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41/ the absolute burning compulsion to tell this story, right, and well ... has already been shorted to ground. It was already a massive uphill task to write 1,300 pages an accomplish what I wanted to ... WHEN THERE WAS A FIRE IN MY BELLY. Whew.
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42/ I know. I addressed it 10 or 20 tweets above.https://twitter.com/magilnick/status/1288251140635627522 …
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