If not stop claiming Seldon status for yourself or Foundation status for your org. The bar is MUCH higher than you think.
At best you/your org are a Seldon candidate/Foundation candidate. @EpsilonTheory is one of the few who has really tried to qualify.
https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1255655431080312832?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1255655431080312832 …
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I’m trying too, though on a more modest scale and along a different tack than Ben
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By my more rigorous new standards, Thielverse does not qualify, though in 2016 I thought it might. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/757343946863292417?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/757343946863292417 …
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I eventually mapped Trump to the demagogue in the last days of empire, Laskin “Jo Jo” Joranum. By that mapping, Thiel would be one of his backers. Trump as Mule doesn’t work. He’s a consequence of history, not a driver. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Foundation_series_characters#Laskin_Joranum …
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A Mule figure would have to be more like Genghis Khan. Exploding from the margins to materially throw history off course.
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Just realized I can check yes on all five. Where are we going?
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If you have to ask you have failed the Seldon test
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Seldon checklist... trying to come up with a method of analysis good enough that some secret society of powerful robots will ally with you to actually change the world? Sounds like the Twitter, except there is no Daneel.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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