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Real-world inflation still raging despite optimistic claims. US money supply hits record high. Commodities surge 12 percent

August 10, 2025 10:25 am

It's interesting to see some people claim inflation is slowing. The equal-weighted commodities index is up 12% in the past year. That’s real-world inflation. Meanwhile, US money supply just hit a new high, and the dollar is weakening sharply against other currencies, including… pic.twitter.com/xYS56p7DeX — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) August 9, 2025 Commodities surged 12% …

Elon’s AI will learn from machines not real-world data

July 12, 2025 10:26 pm

CHAMATH: ELON WILL TRAIN FUTURE GROK VERSIONS ON SYNTHETIC DATA, IT’S CRAZY “Elon said future Grok models won’t train on any traditional data sets. Instead, he’s going to have AI agents creating synthetic data from scratch to drive all the training, which I just think is crazy.” Source: @theallinpod @xai @chamath 🇺🇸 CHAMATH: ELON WILL …

Hyped tech drains billions while real-world results disappoint and risks mount

May 21, 2025 12:26 pm

They promised a revolution. They said these technologies would change everything. But what we got was a parade of expensive, glitchy, and often unnecessary gadgets that fail to deliver on their grand promises. Let’s take a closer look at the reality behind the hype. Artificial Intelligence Training advanced AI models now costs upwards of $78 …

Libertarianism Proven a Real-World Failure Again

October 18, 2025 9:38 pmAugust 30, 2023 7:53 pm

by Chris Black >Oregon voters legalize small quantities of hard drugs, including heroin, with Measure 110 in 2020 >Now the bodies of comatose addicts litter the streets of Portland and other Oregon cities >Three years later, voters ready to dump and lock the drug addicts up https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2023/08/oregon-voters-souring-on-measure-110-with-many-in-favor-of-a-complete-repeal-new-poll-find.html Sending an addict to jail is probably the …