Most important US public intellectuals of the past decade (top six): 1) Satoshi Nakamoto and / or Nick Szabo 2) Steve Sailer 3) Curtis Yarvin 4) Elon Musk 5) Peter Thiel 6) Scott Alexander
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Replying to @neuralshroud @Outsideness
The Bitcoin White Paper is without serious question the most important philosophical text of our times.
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Replying to @UF_blog @Outsideness
No doubt about the importance of it, but I don't feel that "public" is the correct word. Anybody who publishes a paper is a public person then.
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Replying to @neuralshroud @Outsideness
The public impact doesn't seem in doubt, does it? No crypto-currency topic without it.
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Replying to @UF_blog @Outsideness
Having an impact on the public and being a public figure don't have much in common
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Using well-chosen words (with substantial conceptual content) to shape public conversations defines the activity of a "public intellectual".
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Replying to @Outsideness @UF_blog
If that's the definition you're going by, then no contest here, Sakamoto takes the prize for sure
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