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Writer at @WIRED. Author of NYT bestseller 'Chaos Monkeys'. Formerly @Facebook, @YCombinator, @GoldmanSachs. Yes, I live on a boat and in a yurt. 🇺🇸🇪🇸

Orcas Island, WA
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    Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 3

    Antonio García Martínez Retweeted Mike Duncan

    We seem to be about two-fifths of the way through the century-long process that destroyed the Roman republic.https://twitter.com/mikeduncan/status/1057655399443296258 …

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    Mike DuncanVerified account @mikeduncan
    Have a piece up at Washington Post. This is how republics end... https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/31/this-is-how-republics-end/?utm_term=.c9af44a80a61 …
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    • David Hallowell R city cynic Rogz Remco Groeneveld Jeffrey Miller (((Murshak))) John J. Higginson Nikolai Yakovenko
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      2. The End Times‏ @TheAgeofShoddy Nov 3
        Replying to @antoniogm

        Let's all be honest here and acknowledge that Cicero would have pimped his soundcloud in the replies too.

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      3. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 3
        Replying to @TheAgeofShoddy

        Hahaha...

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      2. Argyris Zymnis  ⚙‏ @argyris Nov 3
        Replying to @antoniogm

        The question is wether the much faster speed of information dissemination will accelerate the pace of this decay. I’m guessing that the answer is probably yes

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      3. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 3
        Replying to @argyris

        Good question. I imagine it does accelerate things. Note however that the major trend the author cites is increasing inequality caused by structural economic changes and wealth concentration, and even now those still occur on timescales measured in decades.

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      4. Argyris Zymnis  ⚙‏ @argyris Nov 3
        Replying to @antoniogm

        I should read the article before chiming in uninvited

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      2. Burak Yenigun‏ @BurakYngn Nov 4
        Replying to @antoniogm

        I tend to think historical comparisons have a massive “overfitting” problem. Tiny sample size. We only see 1 Rome but we need to observe 1000, ideally in parallel... History may be great in predicting micro behaviour (envy, greed). Macro behaviour is harder to predict.

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      3. Burak Yenigun‏ @BurakYngn Nov 4
        Replying to @BurakYngn @antoniogm

        Inequality probably *is* an issue... This time around though, it is reasonable to expect it playing out different. I’d be shocked if the 1/∞ sample turned out to be representative.

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      1. LEGIONNAIRE‏ @LegionnaireCLE Nov 4
        Replying to @antoniogm

        Nice!

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      1. BigSlothOne‏ @BigSlothOne Nov 4
        Replying to @antoniogm

        An exaggeration (but point taken) When I start to see a ‘reality star’ 5-star general like a cross of Douglas MacArthur and Kim Kardashian, Then yea maybe. And then I’m buying land in Auckland.

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      1. Crypt0cracy‏ @Crypt0cracy Nov 3
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        Illegal migrant caravan = Visigoths in a Trojan Horse.

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      1. Bert Hyman‏ @berthyman Nov 3
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        So, maybe I actually will be dead before things fall apart? Great!

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      1. Alex Lemieux‏ @AlexPLemieux Nov 3
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        Trump = Grachi Bros. Next step is for someone competent to accomplish what Trump's success hints is possible. Perhaps someone will figure out how to be a general and simultaneously being some sort reality tv star.

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      1. ben wilkinson‏ @benwilkinson Nov 3
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        that’s almost 50% to the end 🤷🏻‍♂️

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