tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post1595731664715588551..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: The Will to PowerSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-72944210026204437152013-08-26T17:57:10.547-04:002013-08-26T17:57:10.547-04:00People end up with people like themselves Dave. LY...People end up with people like themselves Dave. LY is unmarried or he's married a girl whose background is like his own. If he's unmarried it is for the paucity of people of his background at level of Mustapha Mond world-controller (also a physicist), though he may not see this.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-35645649696609830592013-08-26T10:44:18.464-04:002013-08-26T10:44:18.464-04:00So narrowly construed. Lawyers and financiers hav...So narrowly construed. Lawyers and financiers have jobs that are fundamentally transactional, and so consequently require social skills. Why would geek with strong tendencies to focus [The Sitzfleisch!] pick a geek, a partner who is likely to isolate her even more? I don't see how 'background' dominates this discussion except that it is so important to you.David Coughlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-39718245709133513622013-08-26T02:55:14.572-04:002013-08-26T02:55:14.572-04:00I wonder if LY has found that however rich he can&...I wonder if LY has found that however rich he can't affect having a better background than he has with the opposite sex. He once said all his ancestors were poor. <br /><br />And obviously Geeks have backgrounds inferior to financiers and corporate lawyers. Concern with anything other than status characterizes those with less of it.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-7076172571512347202013-08-26T02:30:09.316-04:002013-08-26T02:30:09.316-04:00Philosophy 160A
http://www.tow.com/2000/08/06/phil...Philosophy 160A<br />http://www.tow.com/2000/08/06/philosophy-160a/Al_Linoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-84051459157400876642013-08-25T21:07:00.598-04:002013-08-25T21:07:00.598-04:00I hesitate to calculate the financial opportunity ...I hesitate to calculate the financial opportunity cost of each physics paper I write ;-)steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-40041898270639281052013-08-25T21:02:21.366-04:002013-08-25T21:02:21.366-04:00"and, though surrounded by geeks, she made ce..."and, though surrounded by geeks, she made certain to marry a financier/lawyer!"<br /><br />That's the uh unfairness of life in a nutshell, isn't it? Just imagine if our good buddies Chris and Laurent had sold out and become Wall Street quants, instead of idealistically trying to change the world through their work at BGI. They probably wouldn't be sitting on a couch next toYan Shennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-70601571238851515242013-08-25T20:53:43.242-04:002013-08-25T20:53:43.242-04:00and, though surrounded by geeks, she made certain ...and, though surrounded by geeks, she made certain to marry a financier/lawyer!LondonYoungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-41233238068952337382013-08-25T20:50:22.647-04:002013-08-25T20:50:22.647-04:00Who says she's an ubermensch? She did pretty w...Who says she's an ubermensch? She did pretty well with what she had ...steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-29846041240290119482013-08-25T20:48:27.103-04:002013-08-25T20:48:27.103-04:00"The Will to Power"
I thought uh Steve&..."The Will to Power"<br /><br />I thought uh Steve's definition of an Overman was 1) someone who majored in math or physics at Caltech as a undergrad and 2) obtained a math or physics PhD from an elite university. Maybe Marissa Mayer's feminine wiles have caused Steve to relax his usually high standards...Yan Shennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-67571745168381025012013-08-25T20:28:24.810-04:002013-08-25T20:28:24.810-04:00Wrong again, D.Wrong again, D.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46894646867329331282013-08-25T13:10:04.801-04:002013-08-25T13:10:04.801-04:00Intellectually useless, but evidently not practica...Intellectually useless, but evidently not practically useless.5371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-45855340434574109642013-08-25T09:30:26.272-04:002013-08-25T09:30:26.272-04:00Do "qualifications" really matter if you...Do "qualifications" really matter if you are younger than 30? Nobody at Google really had "qualifications" when she got to Google. I am inclined to think that her work there stands on its own.David Coughlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-67826125623404418152013-08-25T07:25:01.494-04:002013-08-25T07:25:01.494-04:00Psssst, secret about stuck up b****es. If you tell...Psssst, secret about stuck up b****es. If you tell one she's a stuck up b****, she'll be wispering sweet nothings into your ear the next day. <br /><br /><br /><br />It's happened to me.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-63417051424261612422013-08-25T03:16:34.711-04:002013-08-25T03:16:34.711-04:00Don't forget her "controversial" pos...Don't forget her "controversial" pose/article in Vogue...<br /><br />http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hail-to-the-chief-yahoos-marissa-mayer/#1Yan Shennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-68702925492025377822013-08-24T22:55:43.878-04:002013-08-24T22:55:43.878-04:00“There was no time for short conversation or human...<i>“There was no time for short conversation or human emotions. It was very boom, boom, boom.<br />“Most people walked away from that meeting saying, ‘Holy shit.’”</i><br /><br />Sounds like a rather typical stuck up b****. I still have Y as a home page (mostly too lazy to look for alternatives) after filtering out all of their annoying moving and flashing crap. One change I noticed in the last DKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-8709676816480472692013-08-24T21:48:52.710-04:002013-08-24T21:48:52.710-04:00A great example of someone devoid of any qualifica...A great example of someone devoid of any qualifications other than a degree from Stanford.<br /><br /><br />Yahoo makes Murdoch tabloids look like The Financial Times.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.com