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Patrick McKenzie
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Patrick McKenzie

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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 21
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      The shape of the world rewards a kind of curiosity that is willing to look really, really closely at ten boring things to find one worthy of More Examination Than Could Possibly Be Worthwhile, and returns to this sort of curiosity are probably increasing over time.

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    2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 21
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      I think the Internet both acts as a distributed anomaly detection system, an organizing system for ad hoc and persistent flocks of people looking into things, and a broad secular boost on the returns of being right with regards to some classes of anomalies.

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    3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 21
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      Interestingly, fiction tends to say that anomalies are generally found by deeply disturbed people or long-time experts who are also generally some flavor of broken, which... doesn't really match who ends up doing the yeomen's work on these things?

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 21
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      If there were actually a large reptile spotted off the coast of Japan there would be a subreddit within a day, and the moderators would probably have far more Wikipedia edits than most people but otherwise be pretty normal.

      2:13 AM - 21 May 2020
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      • Sagar Dubey Dogs Don't Make Jokes Near Humorless People kaywave CreateAccYour Robert Pankowecki 👨‍🎨 José Gonçalves 👨‍💻 निर्भीक चौहान Abstract Fairy Joe The Rigolo
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        2. निर्भीक चौहान‏ @nirbheek May 21
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          Replying to @patio11

          I was wondering what you'd think of that film when I was watching it last month. Didn't have to wait long to find out :D

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        3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 May 21
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          Replying to @nirbheek

          Which film? (2016's Shin Godzilla, hopefully, which is one of the best social commentaries ever made and also a Godzilla movie.)

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