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The benefits of crypto are self evident, thus it is necessary to build an elaborate faux education system to demonstrate them.

I'm sure there will also be some Network Fascism in there for good measure.

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[-] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

Previously discussed here at https://awful.systems/post/2182339

I apologize for posting this link for those who click it and read

infohazardthe quote about how long Bryan Johnson's erections last

[-] UnseriousAcademic@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

It's truly a wonder where these topics will take you.

[-] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

The Network School is particularly aimed at "dark talent" cohorts—individuals with exceptional skills or perspectives that often fall outside traditional educational and professional molds. These include creative individuals, physical fitness enthusiasts, tech innovators, and media mavericks who bring a diverse array of skills to the educational environment.

so... they're already "tech innovators" and "media mavericks" but they need to go to school?

How many bitcoin are we wagering it'll be 90 days of drug taking and buying the services of sex workers?

[-] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago

Nah, I think they're trying to sell the combination of that and some kind of valuable networking opportunity to the kind of person who is to tech entrepreneurship what the unpublished guy who loudly tells everyone in Starbucks they're a novelist is to writers.

[-] gerikson@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago

It's interesting how little buzz this is getting on HN...

[-] istewart@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago

I feel like it’s too much to hope that even the HN crowd have figured out Balaji S. is a more prolific bullshit machine than any LLM…

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago
[-] UnseriousAcademic@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

These people aren't real nerds.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

my taxonomy of nazis expands beyond tie nazis and boot nazis to guys like this, shove into a locker nazis

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

Counterpoint, all tie nazis are shove-into-a-locker nazis.

[-] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago

They are practically handing you free leverage

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