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This is my conversational account. For my work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian.

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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 4 Aug 2018
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    This might be my most popular tweet ever. Recipe: basic 2nd order Pohl's Law take ("job of sci fi is to predict traffic jams not automobiles"), with a dash of Cunningham's Law ("post a wrong answer to get the right one") plunked right into set of active derpquake faultlines 😝https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1025592926888288256 …

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    Just hit me that at say $3/gallon and say 40mpg, it would be cheaper for a self-driving gasoline car to just circle around than park anywhere at more than $3/hr. At say $0.5/mile fully loaded operating cost it’s not worth parking above $20/h. The loitering car cloud is coming.
    10:04 PM - 4 Aug 2018
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      2. Keith Huddleston‏ @KeithHudd 5 Aug 2018
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        Ah, pulling a Taleb, are we? Twitter: where the intelligent become contemptuous.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 5 Aug 2018
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        😈

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      2. das blinkenlight‏ @tubelite 4 Aug 2018
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        Easier recipe to predict the autonomous future: visit a human-resource-rich country which simulates autonomy using humans. In this case, chauffeur-driven cars. Loitering car cloud has been in existence for years.

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      3. 40% Evil Educator‏ @twneslscience 5 Aug 2018
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        Yeah, it's a taxi fleet. If it's more efficient in the future we get more loitering but fewer cars, so a win. It's.. kind of low-end insight for you, honestly.

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      1. Jim V.o.R.‏ @JimYoull 4 Aug 2018
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        my economically-rational self likes this. the rest of me is concerned but can’t overrule the other dude.

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      1. Noah Rosenberg‏ @nrose 5 Aug 2018
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        Hone that formula and you can run for office

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      1. Tamara‏ @tltroup 5 Aug 2018
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        This reminds me of the Good Roads era when sociopolitical effort was centered around technology & logistics not humans in communities. There was a time when work was put on hold because of a spontaneous street dance.

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      1. CF‏ @Clearingfog_ 5 Aug 2018
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        Good deconstruction of the psychology at play. What aspect touches on Cunninghams law? The wrong solution/answer being clearly not to have cars drive in circles? In your example that wouldn't be wrong tho right? Maybe suboptimal from a pollution standpoint tho

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      2. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea 5 Aug 2018
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        Yeah well most of my Roman OGs thought murderous conquest,keeping slaves and treating women almost like slaves were pretty much OK. You know, much like 30-40% of modern Americans.

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        But despite those things being Obviously Terrible now and Arguably Pretty Bad then, I hesitate to bigoteer. They lived in a time when violent subjection to foreign barbarians was more than a political talking point, and we have about 2 millennia of moral and ethical work on them

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