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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
once upon a time i brainstormed ideas about how to organize a commune with all my dope friends where we could raise children together relatively unimpeded by the demands of normal jobs and one of my only ideas was that we should be some kind of consulting / coaching agency
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
like okay you want to pay to talk to us about your problems? we got an alexander technique guy, an energy worker, a business coach, an unlicensed therapist, take your pick cover all the bases with people with different areas of expertise
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
it's like the old "rationalists should have secret identities" - if you're in the job of going meta real hard on human nature or w/e you still need an object-level pursuit that grounds and tests your insights and i don't really know where to look for that yet
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
i don't think it's overgeneralizing too much to say that this corner of twitter attracts the sort of people who wouldn't be and aren't happy in traditional jobs working for bosses etc. but there are so many of us! we could just make jobs for each other instead!
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
obviously these thoughts are all inspired by the recent stonks shenanigans. like yes let’s talk about making money off silly trades, great but also, as they say, “if you’ve penetrated the veil of maya so much why aren’t you rich” (he said, to himself)
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
literally i'm only able to think about this right now because the balance has finally shifted such that making a bunch of stupid mistakes trying to make money with the homies seems like more fun than dicking around playing video games
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